THEY SET OUT TO PREACH REPENTANCE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid 1 ◊◊◊ Besides teaching himself the Lord […]

THE LIFE OF ST BONAVENTURE From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 2 ◊◊◊ Of the youth of this greatest successor […]

THE MARTYRS OF ORANGE ◊◊◊ The Martyrs of Orange were a group of 32 beatified religious women martyred at Orange, […]

RELIGION IN A FREE SOCIETY By Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel 3 ◊◊◊ Little does contemporary religion ask of man. It […]

ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 4 ◊◊◊ Camillus de Lellis was born in 1550 at […]

DIRECT YOUR THOUGHTS UTTERLY TO GOD From “The Form of Living” by Richard Rolle 5 ◊◊◊ Because you have abandoned […]

MARY AND THE RETURN OF THE LORD From a book by René Laurentin 6 ◊◊◊ It is of the essence […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 16th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 21 - […]

A KINDLY SAVIOR AND PHYSICIAN From a commentary by Bede the Venerable1 ◊◊◊ The apostles returned to Jesus and reported […]

KEEP WATCH AT THE DOORS OF WISDOM From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny2 ◊◊◊ Abraham exulted that he […]

A JOYFUL AND GENUINE HUMILITY From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux3 ◊◊◊ Do you see that humility makes […]

THE SHIELD OF FAITH By William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ To the devil who was tempting him to blasphemy and […]

CAN YOU DRINK THE CHALICE? From a homily by St John Chrysostom5 ◊◊◊ Let no one take scandal if we […]

JOACHIM AND ANN From a sermon by St John Damascene6 ◊◊◊ Ann was to be the mother of the Virgin […]

THE BLESSING GIVEN TO MARY By Paschasius Radbertus7 ◊◊◊ The nature and the greatness of the blessed and glorious ever-virgin […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 28 - […]

THE WORD OF GOD From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ are […]

THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]

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 […]