OUR CORRUPTIBLE AND MORTAL BODY by Pope St Leo the Great5 ◊◊◊ Though we once knew Christ according to the […]

THE CRUCIAL CHALLENGE OF OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH By Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ The season of Lent summoned us to change our […]

THE REALITY OF THE RESURRECTION By Bruce Vawter ◊◊◊ In biblical faith the resurrection is something; something did occur to […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) April 21 - 27, […]

THE SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS From a sermon by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ Our Lord here appropriates to Himself […]

MY ONLY DESIRE IS TO LOVE From the final letter of Blessed Maria Gabriella to her mother 2 ◊◊◊ I […]

JESUS IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST From the Spiritual Autobiography of St Charles de Foucauld 3 ◊◊◊ Lord Jesus, you are […]

THE NEW AGE OF THE RESURRECTION By Thomas Merton 4 ◊◊◊ The "new life," the life of the Spirit, life […]

ST MARK’S GOSPEL By Dom Damasus Winzen 5 ◊◊◊ In contrast to St Matthew, who starts his gospel with the […]

GOD CAME TO TEACH HUMILITY From a sermon by St Augustine 6 ◊◊◊ Pride is the source of all diseases, […]

SIMPLICITY OF HEART From the writings of St Rafael Arnaiz Baron 7 ◊◊◊ I see, Brother, that the path you […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) April 28 - May […]

WITHOUT GOD, NOTHING CAN BE DONE From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The passage from the gospel in which […]

THE TRUE WORKERS From “The Dialogues” of St Catherine of Siena2 ◊◊◊ Do you know what course I follow, once […]

THE MIRACULOUS SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE A reading from “Against the Pagans” by St John Chrysostom3 ◊◊◊ It was…marvelous […]

ST JOSEPH THE WORKER A reflection by Pope Francis4 ◊◊◊ St Joseph concretely expressed his fatherhood by making an offering […]

AS BRIGHTNESS FROM LIGHT From the Expositio Fidei by St Athanasius5 ◊◊◊ We believe in one Unbegotten God, Father Almighty, […]

THE APOSTOLIC WITNESS By Jean Frisque6 ◊◊◊ They were still talking about all this when he himself stood among them […]