MY HEART IS OPEN TO YOU From the “Spiritual Exercises” of St Gertrud the Great5 ◊◊◊ O love, the fruition […]

THE LOVE OF GOD AND AFFLICTION From the writing of Simone Weil6 ◊◊◊ The great enigma of human life is […]

ABOUNDING IN EVERY DELIGHT From a homily by Amadeus of Lausanne7 ◊◊◊ EAT, MY FRIENDS, drink and be inebriated, beloved. […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 33rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) November 19 - […]

SHARE YOUR MASTER’S JOY From a commentary by St John Chrysostom 1 ◊◊◊ In the parable of the talents the […]

SEE YOUR FAITH HAS SAVED YOU From a homily by St Gregory the Great 2 ◊◊◊ And it came to […]

THE VIRGIN AND THE TEMPLE From the writing of Fr Yves Congar 3 ◊◊◊ The only occasion on which the […]

THE GRACE OF BEING A MARTYR From “Story of a Soul” by St Thérèse of Lisieux 4 ◊◊◊ It was […]

THE GIFT OF HIMSELF From “The Reed of God” by Caryll Houselander 5 ◊◊◊ On the night before He died […]

THE MARTYRS’ SHARE IN CHRIST’S VICTORY From a letter of St Paul Le-Bao-Tinh 6 ◊◊◊ I, Paul, in chains for […]

ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA From the writing of St Mechthild of Hackeborn7 ◊◊◊ As the Soul wondered what praise she […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 34th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) November 26 - […]

YOUR KINGDOM COME From a notebook on prayer by Origen1 ◊◊◊ The kingdom of God, in the words of our […]

THOSE WHO WOULD PRAISE GOD OVER ALL From the commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria2 ◊◊◊ And as He looked […]

TO A PRIEST ABOUT THE WORLD CRISIS From the “Missionary Letters” of Saint Nikolai Velimirovich3 ◊◊◊ You ask me, O […]

BEGINNINGS From the writing of Servant of God Dorothy Day4 ◊◊◊ It was in Chicago, where... in a glimpse of […]

O CROSS, SO LONG DESIRED From a sermon by St Bernard5 ◊◊◊ Today we celebrate the festival of St Andrew, […]

WAIL, FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS NEAR From “Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah” by St Aelred […]

COME MY SPOUSE, THOU SHALL BE CROWNED From “The Glories of Mary” by St Alphonsus de Liguori7 ◊◊◊ After Jesus […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) December 3 - 9, […]