THE TRUE CHRISTIAN From a treatise by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Let us not flatter ourselves in the mere fact that […]

THE DEDICATION OF OUR CHURCH From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ My brethren, we ought to observe […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) November 16 - […]

BY PATIENT ENDURANCE From a commentary by Nilus of Ancyra ◊◊◊ In time of trial it is of great profit […]

THE INNER SELF From the writing of Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ The inner self is not a part of our being, […]

FOR THE GOOD OF ALL By Henri Le Saux ◊◊◊ Vocations are as diverse as temperaments are diverse. More simply, […]

OUR SERVICE OF GOD An excerpt from “The Book of Special Grace” by St Mechthild of Hackeborn ◊◊◊ If any […]

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 […]