LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF GERARD By St Bernard of Clairvaux4 ◊◊◊ How much better for me, O Gerard, if […]

ON THE SIN OF ANGER A Sermon by Alphonsus Liguori 5 ◊◊◊ ANGER resembles fire; hence, as fire is vehement […]

CAST YOURSELF INTO HIS HEART From the mystical dialogue between Jesus and Sister Josefa Menéndez6 ◊◊◊ With a gesture of […]

THE VIRGIN KEPT ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART By St Elizabeth of the Trinity 7 ◊◊◊ "Those whom God […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 11th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) June 18 - […]

GATHER IN THE HARVEST From a commentary by St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ All farm work is undertaken with a view […]

LOVING YOUR ENEMIES A sermon by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.2 ◊◊◊ I am certain that Jesus understood the difficulty […]

WHEN PRAYER PROCEEDS FROM PURE GRIEF FOR SOMEONE From a reflection by St Silouan the Athonite3 ◊◊◊ The Lord would […]

FROM A LETTER TO HIS MOTHER by St Aloysius Gonzaga4 ◊◊◊ Your letter found me lingering still in this region […]

FROM A LETTER WRITTEN IN PRISON TO HIS DAUGHTER, MARGARET by St Thomas More5 ◊◊◊ Although I know well, Margaret, […]

HOW NOAH, DANIEL, AND JOB CROSSED THE SEA A Sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux6 ◊◊◊ This great and wide […]

MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD A homily by Johannes Tauler7 ◊◊◊ When the Baptist said: "I am the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 12th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) June 25 - […]

GRAINS OF WHEAT From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ Thanks be to that grain of wheat who freely chose […]

ON SLANDER AND JUDGING From a commentary by St John Climacus2 ◊◊◊ No sensible person, I think, will dispute that […]

THE SECRET OF THE PSALTER From the writing of Dietrich Bonhoeffer3 ◊◊◊ The Psalter occupies a unique place in the […]

PERFECT KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE ATTAINED IN THE PRESENT LIFE From the writing of St Irenaeus of Lyons4 ◊◊◊ Just as […]

WHEN PRAYER BECOMES WONDER From the letters of John of Dalyatha5 ◊◊◊ Understand, my brother, Our Lord said to Simon, […]

ON HESITATION IN PRAYER From “The Commendation of Faith” by Baldwin of Forde6 ◊◊◊ The fact that the righteous are […]