A LETTER FROM PADRE PIO TO HIS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR ◊◊◊ I reply to your last letter after a slight delay, […]

LEADING HIS SHEEP TO PASTURE From a homily by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Concern with my charge as a bishop has […]

CHRIST RECONCILED JEW AND GENTILE From the Second Vatican Council’s declaration “Nostra Aetate” ◊◊◊ For the Church of Christ acknowledges […]

THE FRAGRANCE OF GOD’S HEALING PRESENCE From a meditation by William of Saint-Thierry ◊◊◊ Lord, you are pitying and merciful, […]

ST VINCENT DE PAUL From the writing of John P McGowan ◊◊◊ St Vincent de Paul has been proclaimed the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 26th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) Sept. 28 - […]

THE HOSPITALITY OF ABRAHAM From a commentary by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ It is worthwhile inquiring why the rich man […]

THE MESSENGERS OF GOD From the writing of St Gregory the Great ◊◊◊ You should be aware that the word […]

A LETTER FROM ST JEROME TO ST EUSTOCHIUM ◊◊◊ When the inner man has begun to waver a little between […]

THE CHILD DESTINED TO BE A SAINT From “The Hidden Face: A Life of Thérèse of Lisieux” by Ida Goerres […]

BEING PLACED INSIDE GOD’S GRANDEUR By St Teresa of Avila ◊◊◊ You must have already heard about God's marvels manifested […]

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

ST FRANCIS AND THE PEASANT From “The Little Flowers of St Francis” ◊◊◊ The next morning, as his companions knew […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 27th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) October 5 - […]

WATCH AND PRAY From a commentary by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Reading the holy gospel nourishes in us the habit of […]

ST BRUNO FOUNDER OF THE CARTHUSIANS From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Bruno came of a good family and […]

THE PRAYER OF MARY From the Apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II on the rosary ◊◊◊ The Rosary of […]

THE NEWNESS OF LIFE From “The Mystery of Time” by Fr Jean Mouroux ◊◊◊ Christ died to deliver us from […]

A COMMUNITY OF PARDON From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ Let us remember especially that the Church is […]

ONE IN CHRIST From a sermon by St Leo the Great ◊◊◊ I rejoice, dearly beloved, in the pious affection […]