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 […]

HE CAME TO CALL SINNERS From a letter by St Maximus the Confessor7 ◊◊◊ God’s will is to save us […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) March 10 - 16, […]

THE CROSS OF OUR LORD From a commentary by St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ Although we praise our common Lord for […]

THINK OF YOURSELF IN HUMILITY From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny2 ◊◊◊ Now you, blessed sinner, although not […]

GOD WILL HELP YOU From the Fourth Vision of St Hildegard of Bingen3 ◊◊◊ Dearest children, open your eyes and […]

LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER From a sermon by St Leo the Great4 ◊◊◊ In the gospel of John the […]

THE ROLE OF THE PROPHET From the writing of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel5 ◊◊◊ The certainty of being inspired by […]