THE JUDGE’S SENTENCE From “Rule of Life for a Recluse” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Imagine now that you […]

THE MEANING OF VOCATION By Pope St John Paul II ◊◊◊ Faith and love are not just words or vague […]

MONICA AND AUGUSTINE From the “Confessions” of St Augustine ◊◊◊ We were alone, my mother and I, we stood leaning […]

THE IMMORTALITY OF WISDOM From the “Confessions” of St Augustine ◊◊◊ My studies which were deemed respectable had the objective […]

HOW JOHN THE BAPTIST REBUKED SIN From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ St John the Baptist has […]

THE MOTHER OF THE REDEEMER From a homily by Amadeus of Lausanne ◊◊◊ Escorted amid such praises, she herself could […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) Aug. 31 - […]

HUMILITY AND HOLINESS From a commentary by St Bruno of Segni ◊◊◊ Invited to a wedding feast, the Lord looked […]

THROUGH GOD’S EYES By Hans Urs von Balthasar ◊◊◊ Christians live with their involvement in the involvement of God for […]

ON WORK AND PRAYER From “The Divine Milieu” by Fr Teilhard de Chardin ◊◊◊ Our work appears to us, in […]

TELL THE BRETHREN From the treatise “Pastoral Care” by St Gregory the Great ◊◊◊ There are those who are gifted […]

THE BODY OF CHRIST From the writing of St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ That all Christians are, in some sense […]

GENEROSITY From the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa ◊◊◊ Without a spirit of sacrifice, without a […]

A COMMUNITY IN NATURE AND IN GRACE By Fr Karl Rahner ◊◊◊ Mariology is not merely a piece of the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) September 7 - […]

THE THREE RENUNCIATIONS By John Cassian ◊◊◊ The tradition of the Fathers and the authority of holy scriptures both affirm […]

THE NEW MOTHER From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ As the vine I have brought forth a […]

ST PETER CLAVER THE SLAVE OF THE NEGROES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ He was born in Catalonia, […]

THE CONTAINER OF ALL VIRTUES From a sermon by Blessed Ogier of Locedio ◊◊◊ For a long time I have […]

IN THE SLEEP OF FINAL REST By St Ephrem the Syrian ◊◊◊ In that night when all sound, all human […]