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 […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 25 - March […]

DIVINE GLORY From a commentary by St Ephrem1 ◊◊◊ Jesus took the three apostles up to the mountain for three […]

PRAYER AND FASTING By St Bernard of Clairvaux2 ◊◊◊ Notice in this Lenten observance how prayer and fasting assist each […]

TRUE REPENTANCE From a sermon by St Ambrose3 ◊◊◊ Behold now is the appointed time, in which you must confess […]

LOVE THE LORD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART From a meditation by Dom Alban Boultwood4 ◊◊◊ In Chapter 49 of the […]

BE CONVERTED TO GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux5 ◊◊◊ "Be converted to […]

FORGIVE US, AS WE FORGIVE From a sermon by Caesarius of Arles6 ◊◊◊ If any one of us is in […]

THE SEASON OF PURIFICATION By Pope St Leo the Great7 ◊◊◊ This sacred season is dedicated to the purification of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 3 - 9, […]

THE TEMPLE OF GOD, THIS BODY OF CHRIST From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ God’s temple is holy, and […]

YOUR VERDICT ON OTHERS, WILL BE THE VERDICT PASSED ON YOU From a homily of St Asterius of Amasea2 ◊◊◊ […]

EVERYWHERE MERCY PRECEDES From a sermon of Blessed Guerric of Igny3 ◊◊◊ O happy the humility of those who repent; […]

THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW ROAD From a sermon of St Caesarius of Arles4 ◊◊◊ I beseech you, beloved, with God’s […]

THE BEATING HEART OF THE UNIVERSE From a homily by Pope Benedict XVI5 ◊◊◊ It is not God’s presence that […]

HE BORE THE PUNISHMENT WHICH BRINGS US PEACE From a sermon by St Cyril of Alexandria6 ◊◊◊ In the account […]