THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]

THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]

CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]

MARY AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PLAN From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton7 ◊◊◊ In Mary is perfectly realized God’s whole […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 4 - […]

THE BREAD OF LIFE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as […]

AN INDESTRUCIBLE TEMPLE From a homily delivered at the Council of Ephesus by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ I see […]

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS By Han Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ The Gospel of the Transfiguration is preceded by the first […]

ST CAJETAN From the writing of Alban Butler1 ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]

THE PRAYER OF ST DOMINIC1 ◊◊◊ The holy father Dominic also had another beautiful way of praying, full of devotion […]