THE MISSION OF ST THÉRÈSE By Hans Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ There can be no doubt that Thérèse of Lisieux […]

HE HAS GIVEN HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux1 ◊◊◊ O Lord, what […]

ON THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH By St Bernard of Clairvaux1 ◊◊◊ Today we celebrate another glorious feast: it is […]

THE HUMILITY OF ST FRANCIS From “The Life of St Francis” by St Bonaventure1 ◊◊◊ In order to render himself […]

MARY’S POETIC SENSIBILITY By Émile Mersch1 ◊◊◊ The Magnificat is Mary’s own song, and when she composed it, Jesus was […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 27th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 6 - […]

THEY ARE NO LONGER TWO BUT ONE From a commentary by Jacob of Serugh1 ◊◊◊ In his mysterious plans the […]

THE ROSARY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN By Fr Romano Guardini2 ◊◊◊ To linger in the domain of Mary is something […]

OUR BOAST IS THE CROSS OF CHRIST From a letter by St Paulinus of Nola ◊◊◊ From the beginning of […]

THE TRUE TEMPLE AND CITY OF GOD By St Hilary of Poitiers3 ◊◊◊ God chose Zion for his abode and […]

THE ACTIVITY OF ALL ACTIVITIES From “The Golden Epistle” by William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ In the first place then […]

THE SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT AND LAST WISHES of St Pope John XXIII5 ◊◊◊ On the point of presenting myself before the […]

ENTIRELY TURNED TOWARDS GOD By Lucien Legrand6 ◊◊◊ The significance of Mary’s virginity is entirely different from both cultic virginity […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 28th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) October 13 - […]

FOLLOWING CHRIST’S CALL From a commentary by St John Henry Newman 1 ◊◊◊ All through our life Christ is calling […]

THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO HOLINESS From the encyclical Lumen Gentium 2 ◊◊◊ The Church, whose mystery is set forth by […]

SURRENDERING OUR WILL TO GOD From the writing of St Teresa of Ávila 3 ◊◊◊ We can promise easily enough […]

ST HEDWIG OF SILESIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints 4 ◊◊◊ Hedwig was born in Bavaria about the year […]

ON THE NEED TO PERSEVERE IN OUR FAITH From a letter of St Ignatius of Antioch to the Ephesians 5 […]