Vigils Reading – SS Martha, Mary, & Lazarus
THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]
THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TO COME From “Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr Alexander Schmemann3 ◊◊◊ The liturgy of Christian […]
THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]
THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]
CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]
MARY AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PLAN From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton7 ◊◊◊ In Mary is perfectly realized God’s whole […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 4 - […]
THE BREAD OF LIFE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as […]
AN INDESTRUCIBLE TEMPLE From a homily delivered at the Council of Ephesus by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ I see […]
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS By Han Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ The Gospel of the Transfiguration is preceded by the first […]