A Commentary on the Book of Maccabees by St. Augustine 1 When the astonishing martyrdom of the Maccabees is related, […]

  A reading using our gifts for the service of others,  from St. Gregory the Great’s treatise Pastoral Care.   […]

A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by John Cassian The tradition of the Fathers and the authority of holy […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) September 4 – […]

THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF ECONOMY, a Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States Our own rich heritage of […]

From a Homily by St Valerian of Cimiez 1 Dearly beloved, our yearning for eternal life is fired with great […]

TO KNOW THE FATHER THROUGH THE INCARNATE WISDOM, from a Discourse by St Athanasius The only-begotten Son, the Wisdom of […]

A reading from a sermon for Our Lady's Birthday  by Blessed Guerric of Igny (CF 32:192-193) As the vine I […]

The patron of all missionary enterprises among Negroes: a reading about St. Peter Claver from Butler’s Lives of the Saints. […]

A READING ABOUT THE ORDER AND HARMONY WHICH GOD HAS GIVEN TO THE WORLD, from a letter to the Corinthians […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 24th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) September 11 – […]

A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Peter Chrysologus 1 Finding something we have lost gives us a fdresh […]

  Wisdom as the source of life, from Pathways in Scripture by Damasus Winzen.   The most wonderful field for […]

  St John Chrysostom – from a book: The Fathers of the Church” By Pope Benedict XVI   St John […]

The Triumph of the Cross: a reading from a treatise by St.  John Chrysostom.1   Isaiah made it clear that […]

From a Sermon in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Amadeus of Lusanne (CF 18:105-106) With deep calling to […]

St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage - from Butler=s Lives of Saints   Caecilius Cyprianus was born about the year 200, […]