THE FIRST TRIAL OF IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA From The Autobiography of St Ignatius ◊◊◊ On the Vigil of the Annunciation […]

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

THE CHRISTIAN PAR EXCELLENCE By Fr Émile Mersch ◊◊◊ The final step in the long preparation for Christ is His […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) August 3 - […]

THE GENEROUS INVITATION From a commentary by St Basil the Great ◊◊◊ “The land of a rich man produced abundant […]

PRAYER IN THE LIFE OF THE CURÉ D’ ARS From the encyclical “Sacerdoti Nostri Primordia” by St John XXIII ◊◊◊ […]

THE LIVING STONES OF THE CHURCH From a homily by Origen ◊◊◊ All of us who believe in Christ Jesus […]

THE GLORY OF GOD From the last “Angelus” message of Pope St Paul VI ◊◊◊ The Transfiguration of Our Lord, […]

ST CAJETAN From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]

ST DOMINIC And the History of the Order of Preachers ◊◊◊ Dominic possessed such great integrity and was so strongly […]

MARY AND THE VIRTUE OF HOPE By Fr Romano Guardini ◊◊◊ Elizabeth calls the Virgin Blessed because she had faith […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 19th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) August 10 - […]

AWAITING THE MASTER’S RETURN From a commentary by St Gregory of Nyssa ◊◊◊ When the Lord says: Let your loins […]

THE MIRROR WITHOUT CLOUD A letter from St Clare to Blessed Agnes of Prague ◊◊◊ Happy indeed is she who […]

THE GOD OF THE LIVING By Maurice Zundel ◊◊◊ The dead have disappeared from our sight. They have not disappeared […]

HOLINESS BEFITS YOUR HOUSE, OH LORD From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ "Our bed is covered with […]

A TESTIMONY FROM THE BEATIFICATION PROCESS OF ST MAXIMILIAN KOLBE ◊◊◊ Fr Kolbe and I worked together in May or […]

FROM ESTEEM TO ESTEEM From a homily by Amadeus of Lausanne ◊◊◊ Who would not hasten, who would not run […]

THE COMMON LIFE By Baldwin of Ford ◊◊◊ There is still another sort of communion: that of those who live […]