THIS FAST OF FORTY DAYS From a sermon by St Maximus the Confessor 6 ◊◊◊ We must accept with all […]

LIFE RISES THROUGH DEATH From “The Eternal Year” by Fr Karl Rahner 7 ◊◊◊ There is a distance of God […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 18 - […]

PREPARE YOUR SOUL FOR AN ORDEAL From a commentary by John Justus Landsberg 1 ◊◊◊ Everything the Lord Jesus decided […]

THE LIGHT OF LENT By Thomas Merton 2 ◊◊◊ There is confidence everywhere in Lent, yet that does not mean […]

REND YOUR HEARTS, BUT KEEP YOUR GARMENTS WHOLE From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux 3 ◊◊◊ If you […]

CAST YOUR CARE UPON THE LORD From a sermon by St Leo the Great 4 ◊◊◊ Apostolic teaching, Beloved, exhorts […]

THE CHAIR OF ST PETER By St John Henry Newman 5 ◊◊◊ The very first act of the Apostles after […]

BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME From a sermon of St Aelred of Rievaulx 6 ◊◊◊ These forty days are […]

GOD’S LOVE POURED OUT From a commentary by Origen 7 ◊◊◊ St. Paul has told us that the love of […]