Vigils Readings

ST PETER CLAVER THE SLAVE OF THE NEGROES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ He was born in Catalonia, […]

MARY’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD From a homily by Ogier of Locedio1 ◊◊◊ This most holy Virgin Mary was of royal […]

THE CALL OF GOD By Hans Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ Every call of God is a proclamation of the eternal […]

SAINT PETER II, ARCHBISHOP OF TARENTAISE From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ St Peter of Tarentaise was born near […]

ST CHRYSOSTOM’S CHARM From "Historical Sketches” by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ Whence this devotion to St. John Chrysostom, which […]

THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS From a treatise by St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ Isaiah made it clear that Christ will […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 24th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 15 - […]

FOLLOWING CHRIST From a commentary by Caesarius of Arles1 ◊◊◊ When the Lord tells us in the gospel that anyone […]

A LETTER FROM ST CYPRIAN TO ST CORNELIUS ◊◊◊ My very dear brother, we have heard of the glorious witness […]

ST HILDEGARD OF BINGEN From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ Hildegard of Bingen would have been remarkable in any […]

THE CHURCH AND ITS MINISTERS From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux1 ◊◊◊ "Our bed is covered with flowers; […]

PREPARING A THRONE FOR THE MOST HIGH From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ is to be not […]

THE KOREAN MARTYRS A reading from Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ Christianity came late to Korea, for it was […]

ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST From “The Saints” by John Coulson1 ◊◊◊ Few people love the tax collector... Much more […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 25th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 22 - […]

THE MOST ESTEEMED BY CHRIST From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ As he was teaching his disciples the […]

ST PIO OF PIETRELCINA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ The most famous stigmatist since St Francis of Assisi […]

BE READY TO MEET THE LORD From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ By comparison with the evil […]

A THEOLOGY OF DEATH By Karl Rahner1 ◊◊◊ The ultimate act of freedom, in which we decide our own fate […]

THE ESCHATOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH From the encyclical Lumen Gentium1 ◊◊◊ The Church, to which we are called […]