Vigils Readings

THE SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT AND LAST WISHES of St Pope John XXIII ◊◊◊ On the point of presenting myself before the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 28th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) October 12 - […]

THE CRY OF THE HEART From a commentary by Bruno of Segni ◊◊◊ On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed […]

THE ONE TRUE VISION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ However much a duty […]

THE SAFEGUARD OF CHARITY From “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ I think it advisable for […]

ST TERESA’S CHILDHOOD From the autobiography of St Teresa of Avila ◊◊◊ To have had virtuous and God-fearing parents along […]

ST HEDWIG OF SILESIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Hedwig was born in Bavaria about the year 1174, […]

GOD’S WHEAT From the Letter of St Ignatius of Antioch to the Romans ◊◊◊ I am writing to all the […]

ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST By Servant of God Marie-Joseph Lagrange ◊◊◊ A custom had grown up among the Greeks of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 29th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) October 19 - […]

THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER From a commentary by St Gregory of Nyssa ◊◊◊ The divine Word teaches us how to pray, […]

THE PRECEPTS OF THE RULE From “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Speaking about things having […]

CHRISTIAN UNITY From the Encyclical “Ut Unum Sint” by Pope St John Paul II ◊◊◊ The Second Vatican Council exhorts […]

THE ONE SAVIOR OF ALL From the Encyclical “Redemptoris Missio” by Pope St John Paul II ◊◊◊ The redemption event […]

THE CALL OF THE APOSTLES By Fr Romano Guardini ◊◊◊ What are “Apostles” really? Frankly; the impression we get from […]

THE TRUE NATURE OF THE CHURCH From “Life and Holiness” by Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ We must not regard the Church […]

THE HUMILITY OF GOD’S HANDMAIDEN By St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ You can be saved without virginity; without humility you […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 30th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) Oct. 26 […]

THE TAX COLLECTOR AND THE PHARISEE From a commentary by St Gregory Palamas1 ◊◊◊ The spiritual champion of evil is […]

THE ENJOYMENT OF GOD From “The Golden Epistle” by William of St Thierry 2 ◊◊◊ To “seek the face of […]