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THE LIFE OF ST SCHOLASTICA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Scholastica, who was St Benedict’s sister, traditionally […]

ST BENEDICT OF ANIANE From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Benedict was the son of Aigulf of Maguelone and […]

BLESSED HUMBELINE From the Life of St Bernard ◊◊◊ From earliest childhood Humbeline and Bernard had been drawn together by […]

CONCERNING FOUR WAYS OF LOVE By St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ There are two loves, carnal and spiritual, from which […]

SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ In 862 there arrived in Constantinople an ambassador charged […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 6th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (II) February 15 - […]

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS From a commentary by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ Christ gave his life for you, and do […]

TO LIVE FOR GOD ALONE From the Second Vatican Council decree “Perfectae Caritatis” ◊◊◊ From the beginning of the Church […]

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

WHY WE FAST From a sermon by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ Why do we fast for forty days? Formerly many […]

WE ADORE YOUR CROSS By Aemiliana Löhr ◊◊◊ the veil is taken off the cross and tearful thanksgiving fills the […]

THE UNBOUNDED LOVE OF GOD From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ If we look carefully at the famous […]

THE MANNER OF KEEPING THE LENTEN OBSERVANCE From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ I beseech you, most […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (II) February 22 - 28, […]

THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT From a commentary by St Gregory Nazianzen ◊◊◊ We must not expect baptism to free […]

A COMMON SHARING OF CHRIST’S CROSS From a sermon by St Leo the Great ◊◊◊ Among all the Christian solemnities […]

THE RAYS SHINING FROM THE THORNS From a commentary by St Gregory of Nyssa ◊◊◊ Let us, like Moses, live […]

A PHYSICIAN OF SOULS From the Philokalia of Origen ◊◊◊ Nearly all readers of the Book of Exodus, both believers […]