ST BARNABAS From Butler’s Lives of the Saints3 Although St Barnabas was not one of the twelve chosen by our […]

ST ALICE DEAREST DAUGHTER OF THE LORD By Arnold of Villiers4 Alice was a nun of La Cambre in Brussels. […]

ST ANTHONY OF PADUA From the Little Flowers of St Francis of Assisi5 At one time that wonderful vessel of […]

LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF GERARD By St Bernard of Clairvaux6 How much better for me, O Gerard, if I […]

IN PRAISE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY From a sermon by Amadeus of Lausanne7 Since we have, at the bidding […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 11th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) June 16 - […]

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND THE MUSTARD SEED From a commentary by St Peter Chrysologus1 ◊◊◊ Brothers and sisters, you […]

BLESSED MARIE JOSEPH CASSANT2 ◊◊◊ Joseph Cassant was born on March 6, 1878 in the southern French town of Casseneuil, […]

THE JOY OF THE ONE WHO LIVES FOR GOD ALONE From the letters of Saint Rafael Arnaiz3 ◊◊◊ God alone. […]

THE LIFE OF ST ROMUALD By St Peter Damian4 ◊◊◊ Romuald lived near the city of Parenzo for three years. […]

THE CHRISTIAN SAINT From “The Faith and Modern Man” by Fr Romano Guardini5 ◊◊◊ We associate the word saints with […]

FROM A LETTER TO HIS MOTHER by St Aloysius Gonzaga6 ◊◊◊ Your letter found me lingering still in this region […]

THE NATURE OF MARY’S MATERNITY From “The Divine Motherhood” by Anscar Vonier7 ◊◊◊ Let us always bear in mind the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 12th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) June 23 - […]

OBEY THE GOD WHO MADE YOU From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The Lord's power is by no means […]

THE NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux2 ◊◊◊ Let us rejoice, dearly beloved, […]

THE EXAMPLE OF THE SAINTS From a sermon by St John Henry Newman3 ◊◊◊ I have not yet mentioned the […]

DEATH AND OUR LIVES AS CHRISTIANS By Cardinal Jean Daniélou4 ◊◊◊ THE CHRISTIAN LIFE is altogether an act of waiting. […]

THE UNITY OF SPIRIT AND MATTER By Karl Rahner5 ◊◊◊ The history of the angels and the history of the […]

WHERE THE CHURCH IS, THERE IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD From the writing of St Irenaeus6 ◊◊◊ It is within […]