SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND A Commentary by Origen 1 ◊◊◊ To the seeker after the fine pearls may be […]

CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From the “Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola2 ◊◊◊ In the case of those who go […]

THOSE WHO LOVE GOD ARE ALWAYS HAPPY From the writing of St Alphonsus de Ligouri 3 ◊◊◊ Alphonsus the Great, […]

THE PARADISE OF THE HEART From the spiritual writings of John Comenius 4 ◊◊◊ I walked between the rows of […]

THE LAST STAGE OF LOVE From “Purgation and Purgatory” by St Catherine of Genoa 5 ◊◊◊ In its creation the […]

THE CROSS IS THE LADDER TO HEAVEN From the writings of St. John Vianney 6 ◊◊◊ You must love while […]

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major 7 ◊◊◊ As the Church in Rome […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) August 6 - […]

THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AUGUST 6th, 1945 From the recorded account of Fr. Pedro Arrupe 1 ◊◊◊ It was 8:15 […]

ST CAJETAN From the writings of Alban Butler2 ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]

THE SIX VIRTUES OF ST. DOMINIC From the writings of St Mechthild 3 ◊◊◊ On the feast of St. Dominic […]

I WILL REMAIN WITH YOU From the writings of Edith Stein (St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) 4 ◊◊◊ You […]

CONCERNING BURNED LOVE From the writings of St Mechthild 5 ◊◊◊ "Ah, dear Lord, have mercy on one who has […]

THE TESTAMENT OF SAINT CLARE From “The Life and Writing of St Clare of Assisi6 ◊◊◊ Among the many graces […]

THE GLORIOUS AND HAPPY TRANSITION OF THE MOST HOLY MARY From “The Mystical City of God” by Venerable Mary of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 19th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) August 13 - […]

LORD, I AM DROWNING, SAVE ME! From a commentary by St Augustine 1 ◊◊◊ The gospel tells us how Christ […]

A MIGHTY EXPLOSION OF LIGHT From a testimony at the beatification of St Maximilian Kolbe 2 ◊◊◊ Fr Kolbe and […]

SHE FOUND HIM WHOM HER SOUL LOVES From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx 3 ◊◊◊ Among all those […]

IN PRAISE OF THE VIRGIN MARY From the devotional poems of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 4 ◊◊◊ Clear […]