DEAD-43 08.17.2022 Fear and Hope from a book by Michael Schmaus1 To Understand God's call as one of love does […]

OT-GEN96 08.18.22   Jacob Blesses the sons of Joseph – by St John CHrysostom Joseph realized that his father was […]

08SN1903 08.19.22 The Life of Bl Guerric of Igny – from the Introduction to his Sermons By Fr Hilary Costello, […]

08.SN2008                                                                                          08.20.22   St. Bernard as master of mystical and spousal love in Christ: a reading from a letter […]

Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) August 21 – 27, 2022   Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 […]

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A Reading on the Book of Maccabees from a book by Dom Damasus Winzen 1 During the exile, a great […]

From a Homily of Isaac the Syrian 1 Let us shun the body with all our strength, surrender our souls […]

ON THE PRAYER OF HIS MOTHER MONICA FOR HIS CONVERSION, from the  Confessions of St Augustine     You, O […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) August 28 […]

  Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Bruno of Segni  1 Invited to a wedding feast, the Lord looked […]

    John the Baptist – the Precursor of Christ in birth and death  - From a Homily by St […]

  From Tractate 15 on the Cenobitic or Common Life, by Baldwin of Ford (CF 41:156-157)   It is by […]

  A Commentary on the Second Book of Maccabees by Damasus Winzen 1 The second book of Maccabeesd, which presents […]

A Commentary on the Second Book of Maccabees by Damasus Winzen 1 In the books of Maccabees the opposition between […]