PICK IT UP, READ IT From the “Confessions” of St Augustine 2 ◊◊◊ I flung myself down under a fig […]

ON THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST From the writing of Fr Jean Danielou 3 ◊◊◊ John's death appears as […]

ST AMADEUS OF LAUSANNE4 ◊◊◊ Amadeus’ religious formation began, in fact, well before the days of his youth. He was […]

THE JOY OF THE ONE WHO LIVES FOR GOD ALONE From the letters of Saint Rafael Arnaiz5 ◊◊◊ God alone. […]

THE GATE OF ENTRY TO THE CASTLE From “The Interior Castle” by St Teresa of Avila6 ◊◊◊ Consider our soul […]

WHY DID SHE NOT ASCEND WITH HIM IN HIS ASCENSION? From the writing of St Amadeus of Lausanne7 ◊◊◊ As […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) September 3 - […]

TO TAKE UP ONE’S CROSS From a commentary by St Augustine 1 ◊◊◊ Our Lord's command seems hard and heavy, […]

ON WORK AND PRAYER From “The Divine Milieu” by Fr. Teilhard de Chardin2 ◊◊◊ Our work appears to us, in […]

GENEROSITY From the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa3 ◊◊◊ Without a spirit of sacrifice, without a […]

THE WOUND OF LOVE From the writings of St Gertrud the Great4 ◊◊◊ I had laid a certain person under […]

THE CROSS From “Gravity and Grace” by Simone Weil5 ◊◊◊ Christ healing the sick, raising the dead… that is the […]

MARY’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD From a homily by Ogier of Locedio6 ◊◊◊ This most holy Virgin Mary was of royal […]

ST PETER CLAVER THE SLAVE OF THE NEGROES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ He was born in Catalonia, […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) September 10 - […]

IF YOUR BROTHER SINS AGAINST YOU From a commentary by St Jerome ◊◊◊ If our brother sins against us and […]

THE RISE OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER From the “Exordium Magnum” of Conrad of Eberbach2 ◊◊◊ By the generous grace of […]

THE SOUL’S ENCOUNTER WITH GOD From the writings of Blessed Madeleine Delbrêl3 ◊◊◊ We do not need to find silence; […]

ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM From “Historical Sketches” by St John Henry Cardinal Newman4 ◊◊◊ Whence this devotion to St. John Chrysostom, […]

GIVE ME TO DRINK From “Story of a Soul” by St Thérèse of Lisieux5 ◊◊◊ One Sunday, looking at a […]