St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr From Butler’s Lives of the Saints Rome was the scene of triumph...She suffered perhaps not […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) January 22 - […]

He Went to Capernaum, that the Prophecy of Isaiah Might be Fulfilled1 A Commentary by John Justus Landsberg The people […]

Simplicity and Openness2 from the Collected Works of Saint Rafael Arnaiz One must walk so many tortured paths to arrive […]

On Receiving Holy Communion3 by St Francis de Sales Prepare yourself for holy communion the evening before…retiring earlier, that you […]

From a Homily on the Praise of St Paul4 by St John Chrysostom Paul, more than anyone else, has shown […]

A Reading on the Holy Founders Journey to the Wilderness of Citeaux5 from the Exordium Magnum of Conrad of Eberbach […]

The Virtue of St Timothy as a Pattern for Christians6 from a sermon by St John Henry Newman “Drink no […]

A Reading on the Passion of Christ7 from St Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica The plan of God for man’s redemption […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) January 29 - […]

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit 1 A commentary by Symeon the New Theologian When holy Scripture is being read […]

A Reading on St Bernard and His Entrance to Monastic Life 2 From the Vita Prima by William of Saint-Thierry […]

The Man and the Saint  3 A Reading on St John Bosco People often said of Don Bosco: “Really, he […]

Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI 4 at Collège des Bernardins, Paris - in 2008 From the perspective of monasticism’s […]

How the Coming and Returning of the Word Works for the Soul’s Salvation 5 A Reading by St Bernard of […]

Ultimate Truth and Sweetness is to be Found in Reading and Understanding Holy Scripture 6 by Nicodemos of the Holy […]