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, […]

IN PRAISE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY1 From a sermon by Amadeus of Lausanne1 ◊◊◊ Since we have, at the […]

A SONG OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE By Gerald Vann1 ◊◊◊ In the Church’s devotion to Mary great emphasis is laid […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 20th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 18 - […]

REAL FOOD AND REAL DRINK From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ We have heard that unless we eat […]

THE LIFE OF BLESSED GUERRIC OF IGNY By Fr Hilary Costello, OCSO1 ◊◊◊ Guerric of Igny was born around 1075 […]

THE MELLIFLOUS DOCTOR By Pope Pius XII1 ◊◊◊ "The last of the Fathers, but certainly not unequal to the earlier […]

A READING ON ST PIUS X By Leonard von Matt1 ◊◊◊ Pius X, the canonized Pope, holds a special place […]