THE ONE BODY OF CHRIST From a commentary by Origen ◊◊◊ The temple and the body of Jesus, seem to […]

THE VIRGIN AND THE TEMPLE From the writing of Fr Yves Congar6 ◊◊◊ The only occasion on which the Gospels […]

THE VIRGINITY OF ST CECILIA From a homily by Fr Ronald Knox ◊◊◊ The legends of the early Roman saints, […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 34th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) November 23 - […]

IN THE STEPS OF THE MARTYRS From a homily by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Let us not imagine that in keeping […]

IN THE STEPS OF THE MARTYRS From a homily by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Let us not imagine that in keeping […]

ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Since about the tenth century, veneration of St Catherine […]

OF TOMBS AND GARDENS From the writing of Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ Whose voice is fittingly heard in the […]

THE FULLNESS OF THANKSGIVING By Xavier Léon-Dufour ◊◊◊ The first reality of biblical history is the gift of God, gratuitous, […]

THE GENTLENESS OF CHARITY From “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Let anyone who finds it […]

MAIDEN AND MOTHER From “The Son’s Course” by Gerald Vann ◊◊◊ In the Church’s devotion to Mary great emphasis is […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (II) November 30, - December […]

CHRIST’S TWOFOLD COMING From a commentary by Paschasius Radbertus 1 ◊◊◊ Watch, for you do not know the day or […]

THE MISSION OF CHRIST By Pope St John Paul II 2 ◊◊◊ In Christian discipleship and love for the person […]

THE COMING OF CHRIST From a treatise by St John Chrysostom 3 ◊◊◊ The prophets foretold not only that God […]

ST FRANCIS XAVIER From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 4 ◊◊◊ Francis Xavier was born in Spanish Navarre at the […]

A SIMPLE SURRENDER TO GOD From the Spiritual Conferences of John Tauler 5 ◊◊◊ "You shall be witnesses unto me […]

NOTHING LESS THAN LOVE From a letter by Hadewijch of Flanders 6 ◊◊◊ I will tell you without beating about […]

THE ONE RIGHT WAY By St John Henry Newman 7 ◊◊◊ It takes a long time really to feel and […]