ON THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH By St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ Today we celebrate another glorious feast: it is […]

ST FRANCIS AND THE PEASANT From “The Little Flowers of St Francis” ◊◊◊ The next morning, as his companions knew […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 27th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) October 5 - […]

WATCH AND PRAY From a commentary by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Reading the holy gospel nourishes in us the habit of […]

ST BRUNO FOUNDER OF THE CARTHUSIANS From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Bruno came of a good family and […]

THE PRAYER OF MARY From the Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II on the rosary ◊◊◊ The Rosary of […]

THE NEWNESS OF LIFE From “The Mystery of Time” by Fr Jean Mouroux ◊◊◊ Christ died to deliver us from […]

A COMMUNITY OF PARDON From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ Let us remember especially that the Church is […]

ONE IN CHRIST From a sermon by St Leo the Great ◊◊◊ I rejoice, dearly beloved, in the pious affection […]

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

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 28th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) October 12 - […]

THE CRY OF THE HEART From a commentary by Bruno of Segni ◊◊◊ On the way to Jerusalem Jesus passed […]

THE ONE TRUE VISION OF CHRISTIAN FAITH From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ However much a duty […]

THE SAFEGUARD OF CHARITY From “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ I think it advisable for […]

ST TERESA’S CHILDHOOD From the autobiography of St Teresa of Avila ◊◊◊ To have had virtuous and God-fearing parents along […]

ST HEDWIG OF SILESIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Hedwig was born in Bavaria about the year 1174, […]

GOD’S WHEAT From the Letter of St Ignatius of Antioch to the Romans ◊◊◊ I am writing to all the […]

ST LUKE THE EVANGELIST By Servant of God Marie-Joseph Lagrange ◊◊◊ A custom had grown up among the Greeks of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 29th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) October 19 - […]

THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER From a commentary by St Gregory of Nyssa ◊◊◊ The divine Word teaches us how to pray, […]