Vigils Readings

A VIRGIN LIFE From the writing of Louis Bouyer3 Baptism is our union with Christ’s cross, our union with his […]

THE SAINT AND THE MISSION An excerpt from “The World of Prayer” by Adrienne von Speyr4 A saint's standing before […]

THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST From the Second Vatican Council’s declaration Nostra Aetate5 For the Church of Christ acknowledges that, according […]

MERCY AND JUDGMENT by Isaac of Stella6 "Happy are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Even a righteous person […]

PRAYING TO THE SAINTS by Fr Karl Rahner7 Nothing can come 'between' God and us. On the other hand, one […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 31st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) November 3 - […]

OUR REASON FOR LOVING From a commentary by St Francis de Sales1 ◊◊◊ Because God created us in is own […]

THE LEGACY OF ST CHARLES BORROMEO From a homily by Fr Ronald Knox2 ◊◊◊ When our Lord’s apostles came to […]

VOLUNTARY POVERTY From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux3 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered into a certain fortified town, and a […]

GOD REQUIRES ONLY LOVE A letter to Hugh the Recluse from St Anselm of Canterbury4 ◊◊◊ The person who will […]

DIVINE CALLS From a sermon by St John Henry Newman5 ◊◊◊ We find in scripture a remarkable instance of a […]

HIS CROSS IS MY GLORY From a homily by William of St-Thierry6 ◊◊◊ It is to my crucified one that […]

DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA7 ◊◊◊ The blessed Pope Sylvester I instituted the rites which the Roman Church observes in […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 32nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) November 10 - […]

LET US GIVE GLADLY From a commentary by St Paulinus of Nola1 ◊◊◊ What have you, asks the Apostle, that […]

ST MARTIN, A MAN OF PRAYER From a letter by Pope John XXIII2 ◊◊◊ If St Martin was a bishop […]

THE CALL TO REPENTANCE By Pope Paul VI3 ◊◊◊ Christ, who during his life always did what he taught, spent […]

IN PRAISE OF THE MONASTIC VOCATION From “The Golden Epistle” by William of St-Thierry4 ◊◊◊ Surely it is right to […]

THE INSTRUCTIONS OF MARY QUEEN OF THE ANGELS Given to Venerable Mary of Agreda5 ◊◊◊ Your astonishment at the singular […]

THE FOUNDATION OF GETHSEMANI ABBEY By Dom Eutropius Proust6 ◊◊◊ We left Louisville on the twentieth of December, and were […]