TODAY SHE HAS FOUND HIM From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx1 ◊◊◊ Among all those who are Christ’s, […]

IN PRAISE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY1 From a sermon by Amadeus of Lausanne1 ◊◊◊ Since we have, at the […]

A SONG OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE By Gerald Vann1 ◊◊◊ In the Church’s devotion to Mary great emphasis is laid […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 20th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 18 - […]

REAL FOOD AND REAL DRINK From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ We have heard that unless we eat […]

THE LIFE OF BLESSED GUERRIC OF IGNY By Fr Hilary Costello, OCSO1 ◊◊◊ Guerric of Igny was born around 1075 […]

THE MELLIFLOUS DOCTOR By Pope Pius XII1 ◊◊◊ "The last of the Fathers, but certainly not unequal to the earlier […]

A READING ON ST PIUS X By Leonard von Matt1 ◊◊◊ Pius X, the canonized Pope, holds a special place […]

WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY? From the writing of Thomas Merton1 ◊◊◊ Mary […]

THE BEAUTY OF DIVINE GRACE From the writing of St Rose of Lima1 ◊◊◊ Our Lord and Savior lifted up […]

THE VIRTUE OF INNOCENCE From a sermon by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ It is not only among the poor […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 21st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 25 - […]

OUR ONE AND ONLY TEACHER From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ To whom shall we go? In […]

DEATH AND THE MONK From “The Meaning of Monastic Life” by Louis Bouyer1 ◊◊◊ It is not purely and simply […]

RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS MOTHER By St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ When I was still a boy, I had heard about eternal life […]

THE TRINITY OF THE MIND From a treatise by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ Now this trinity of the mind is the […]

THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST By Cardinal Jean Daniélou1 ◊◊◊ John's death appears as the supreme expression of sin. […]

ST AMADEUS OF LAUSANNE1 ◊◊◊ Amadeus’ religious formation began, in fact, well before the days of his youth. He was […]

THE SILENCE OF MARY By Adrienne von Speyr1 ◊◊◊ A life of faith is a life of silence. Mary's existence […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 1 - […]