BE FIRM, STAND FIRM, ACT BOLDY A letter from Henry Suso to a spiritual daughter4 ◊◊◊ Dear daughter, why do […]

THE SUSTAINER OF LIFE From the writing of Howard Thurman5 ◊◊◊ It is of enormous reassurance to us, our Father, […]

WHEN A PERSON’S MIND IS TOUCHED BY GOD From the mystical discourse between God and St Hildegard of Bingen6 ◊◊◊ […]

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HER? From “Revelations of Divine Love” by Julian of Norwich7 ◊◊◊ He showed his sacred […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 14th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) July 9 - […]

GENTLE AND HUMBLE OF HEART A commentary attributed to St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ Our Master is always the same, gentle […]

RELIGION IN A FREE SOCIETY By Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel2 ◊◊◊ Little does contemporary religion ask of man. It is […]

BENEDICT’S DISCIPLES ARE FOREWARNED OF HIS DEATH From “The Dialogues” of St Gregory the Great3 ◊◊◊ In the year that […]

HEAL THE SICK; CAST OUT THE DEMONS An address by Paul Tillich to his graduating seminarians4 ◊◊◊ People often ask, […]

MAY THE VISION OF YOUR BEAUTY BE MY DEATH From the Spiritual Canticles of St John of the Cross5 ◊◊◊ […]

KATERI TEKAKWITHA The Mohawk Saint6 ◊◊◊ 12 Kateri Tekakwitha was born in 1656 in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon, just […]

WHEN THROUGH ECSTASY OUR AFFECTION PASSES OVER ENTIRELY INTO GOD From the writings of St Bonaventure7 ◊◊◊ Christ is the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 15th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) July 16 - […]

BRING FORTH FRUIT BY PATIENCE A commentary by St Gregory the Great1 ◊◊◊ Dearly beloved, the reading from the holy […]

THE AUTHOR OF ENVY From the “Conferences” by John Cassian2 ◊◊◊ Let us not look for peace outside ourselves and […]

ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS Patron of the sick and of nurses3 ◊◊◊ Camillus de Lellis was born in 1550 at […]

FOOLS ARE PLEASING TO GOD From “The Praise of Folly” by Desiderius Erasmus4 ◊◊◊ Our Lord gave thanks that God […]

THE SWEET YOKE OF CHARITY From “The Nature and Dignity of Love” by William of St Thierry5 ◊◊◊ What shall […]

DIRECT YOUR THOUGHTS UTTERLY TO GOD From “The Form of Living” by Richard Rolle6 ◊◊◊ Because you have abandoned the […]