ON THE THRESHOLD OF CONTEMPLATION From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ My brethren, I beseech you, be […]

A DELICATE SENSE OF GOD’S PRESENCE By St Francis de Sales ◊◊◊ The soul thus inwardly recollected in God or […]

THE BEARER OF A MISSION By Fr Lucien Cerfaux ◊◊◊ In terms of today, Paul passed from the Jewish religion […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) Jan. 26 - […]

THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER A reading from the “Exordium Parvum” ◊◊◊ We Cistercians, the first founders of this […]

THE VIRTUE OF ST TIMOTHY AS A PATTERN FOR CHRISTIANS From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ “Drink […]

THE ATTITUDE OF ST THOMAS AQUINAS BEFORE THE TRUTH By Josef Pieper ◊◊◊ In considering the teaching of St Thomas, […]

THE HAPPINESS OF HEAVEN From a letter by St Alphonsus Liguori ◊◊◊ While we remain on earth, it is difficult, […]

THE FIRE OF LOVE By John of Ford ◊◊◊ ‘May your will’, Lord Jesus, ‘be done on earth as it […]

SIMPLICITY AND OPENNESS From the Collected Works of Saint Rafael Arnaiz ◊◊◊ One must walk so many tortured paths to […]

SHE HEARD THE WORD OF GOD AND KEPT IT By Fr Hans Urs von Balthasar ◊◊◊ Mary is a "prototype […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) February 2 - […]

THE PASCHAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS’ PRESENTATION From “Sign of Contradiction” by Pope St John Paul II ◊◊◊ Forty days after […]

THE EYEWITNESS OF THE APOSTLES By Fr Hans Urs von Balthasar ◊◊◊ The Apostles are the founders of the Church, […]

ON PREACHING CHRIST By St Albert the Great ◊◊◊ Just as the body is borne about on legs, so Christ […]

ST AGATHA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Agatha has retained her place in the Universal Calendar following […]

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST PAUL MIKI AND HIS COMPANIONS By a contemporary writer ◊◊◊ The crosses were set in place. […]

THE WATERS OF REGENERATION From a sermon by St Ambrose ◊◊◊ What is regeneration? You can read in the Acts […]

MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS By St Thérèse of Lisieux ◊◊◊ In speaking of our Lady, we ought not to […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) February 9 - […]