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 […]

PERFECTION IN WEAKNESS By Fr Hugh Rahner ◊◊◊ The Catholic Church is a house full of glory extending far and […]

ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM From “The Fathers of the Church” by Pope Benedict XVI ◊◊◊ St John Chrysostom was born in […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 24th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) September 14 - […]

THE VICTORY OF THE CROSS By St Chromatius of Aquileia ◊◊◊ The Cross of Christ is our victory, because it […]

TEARS OF LOVE From the Sequence “Stabat Mater” attributed to Jacopo da Todi ◊◊◊ The sorrowful mother was standing in […]

A LETTER FROM ST CYPRIAN TO ST CORNELIUS ◊◊◊ My very dear brother, we have heard of the glorious witness […]

SAINT MARTIN OF FINOJOSA By Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ Saint Martin Sacerdos of Finojosa, Abbot of Huerta, Bishop of Siguenza, Spain, […]

THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF MONASTIC PROFESSION From “Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Although it may not […]

THE SEEDS OF GODLINESS From a treatise by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ predictions were of two kinds. Some are to […]

THE KOREAN MARTYRS From Butler's Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Christianity came late to Korea, for it was the policy […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 25th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) September 21 - […]

OUR HOMELAND IN HEAVEN From a commentary by Gaudentius of Brescia ◊◊◊ The Lord Jesus, true teacher of the precepts […]

THE THANKS THAT SPRINGS FROM A PURE HEART From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ “In all things […]

A LETTER FROM PADRE PIO TO HIS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR ◊◊◊ I reply to your last letter after a slight delay, […]