THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TO COME From “Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr Alexander Schmemann3 ◊◊◊ The liturgy of Christian […]

THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]

THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]

CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]

MARY AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PLAN From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton7 ◊◊◊ In Mary is perfectly realized God’s whole […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 4 - […]

THE BREAD OF LIFE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as […]

AN INDESTRUCIBLE TEMPLE From a homily delivered at the Council of Ephesus by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ I see […]

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS By Han Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ The Gospel of the Transfiguration is preceded by the first […]

ST CAJETAN From the writing of Alban Butler1 ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]

THE PRAYER OF ST DOMINIC1 ◊◊◊ The holy father Dominic also had another beautiful way of praying, full of devotion […]

THE EUCHARIST AS A MEANS OF SALVATION From an essay by St Edith Stein1 ◊◊◊ Christ’s suffering and death are […]

ST LAWRENCE By St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The Roman Church commends to us today the anniversary of the triumph of St. […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 19th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 11 - […]

HIS MOST DIVINE LIFE From a commentary by Denis the Areopagite1 ◊◊◊ In his goodness and love for humankind, Jesus, […]

THE DIVINE CALL From the writing of Hans Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ Christian revelation is primarily a revelation of hearing, […]

THE CENOBITIC LIFE From the writing of Baldwin of Ford.1 ◊◊◊ The common life of the angels is a sort […]

A TESTIMONY FROM THE BEATIFICATION PROCESS OF ST MAXIMILIAN KOLBE1 ◊◊◊ Fr Kolbe and I worked together in May or […]

TODAY SHE HAS FOUND HIM From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx1 ◊◊◊ Among all those who are Christ’s, […]