THE VISION OF CHRIST’S GLORY From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria ◊◊◊ With three chosen disciples Jesus went […]

I HAVE BROUGHT FASTING INTO MY SOUL From a meditation by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich ◊◊◊ With fasting I gladden my […]

PRAYER AND FASTING By St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ Notice in this Lenten observance how prayer and fasting assist each […]

THE GUARDIAN AND PROTECTOR OF THE SON OF GOD From a homily by Fr Karl Rahner ◊◊◊ “Joseph, the husband […]

THE BEATING HEART OF THE UNIVERSE From a homily by Pope Benedict XVI ◊◊◊ It is not God’s presence that […]

CHRIST’S PATIENT ENDURANCE OF SUFFERING From the spiritual writings of John Ruusbroec ◊◊◊ He began to suffer at the time […]

THE SEASON OF PURIFICATION By Pope St Leo the Great ◊◊◊ This sacred season is dedicated to the purification of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) March 23 - 29, […]

ABIDE IN GOD’S LOVE From a commentary by St Augustine of Hippo ◊◊◊ It is My Father’s glory, Christ said, […]

A SEASON OF HEALING By Thomas Merton2 ◊◊◊ The Paschal Mystery is above all the mystery of life, in which […]

A KIND WORD From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ The solemnity of the Lord’s Annunciation providentially interrupts […]

MORALITY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS From “Mere Christianity” by C.S. Lewis ◊◊◊ Human beings judge one another by their external actions. God […]

THE SPIRIT OF LENT From a meditation by Dom Alban Boultwood ◊◊◊ In Chapter 49 of the Holy Rule, “On […]

ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE From “Meditations and Prayers” by Evelyn Underhill ◊◊◊ Adoration, as it more deeply possesses us, […]

THE DIVINE REMEDIES A sermon by St Leo the Great ◊◊◊ Apostolic teaching, beloved, exhorts us that we “put off […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) March 30 - April […]

A FATHER AND NOT A JUDGE From a commentary by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ All that God looks for from […]

EVERYWHERE MERCY PRECEDES From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ O happy the humility of those who repent; […]

A DELUGE OF MERCY From a sermon by St Maximus the Confessor ◊◊◊ We must accept with all reverence, brethren, […]