THE TRUE TEMPLE AND CITY OF GOD By St Hilary of Poitiers3 ◊◊◊ God chose Zion for his abode and […]

THE ACTIVITY OF ALL ACTIVITIES From “The Golden Epistle” by William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ In the first place then […]

THE SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT AND LAST WISHES of St Pope John XXIII5 ◊◊◊ On the point of presenting myself before the […]

ENTIRELY TURNED TOWARDS GOD By Lucien Legrand6 ◊◊◊ The significance of Mary’s virginity is entirely different from both cultic virginity […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 28th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 13 - […]

FOLLOWING CHRIST’S CALL From a commentary by St John Henry Newman 1 ◊◊◊ All through our life Christ is calling […]

THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS From the encyclical Lumen Gentium 2 ◊◊◊ The Church, whose mystery is set forth by […]

SURRENDERING OUR WILL TO GOD From the writing of St Teresa of Ávila 3 ◊◊◊ We can promise easily enough […]

ST HEDWIG OF SILESIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 4 ◊◊◊ Hedwig was born in Bavaria about the year […]

ON THE NEED TO PERSEVERE IN OUR FAITH From a letter of St Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians 5 […]

THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN By St Jerome 6 ◊◊◊ Luke, a physician from Antioch, who, as his writings show, was not […]

THE NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS From Butler's Lives of the Saints 7 ◊◊◊ On March 16, 1649, the Iroquois attacked the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 29th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 20 - […]

THE SERVANT OF ALL From a commentary by St John Chrysostom1 When the ten disciples were indignant with James and […]

HAPPY ARE THE MEEK From a sermon by Isaac of Stella2 The disease of desire for gain closely accompanies the […]

THE ONE SAVIOR OF ALL An excerpt from “Redemptoris Missio” by St John Paul II3 The Church's universal mission is […]

AUTHORITY AND PRIVATE JUDGMENT From the writing of St John Henry Newman4 It is the custom with Protestant writers to […]

DEATH AND NEW LIFE IN CHRIST By Fr Johannes Pinsk5 The tragedy and paradox of all cosmic life is that […]

THE UNKNOWN JUDGMENT From the writing of Blessed Guerric of Igny6 Brethren, how beautiful and blessed it is not only […]