THE FULLNESS OF GRACE From the encyclical Redemptoris Mater by St John Paul II6 ◊◊◊ Immediately after the narration of […]

ST JUSTIN MARTYR From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Justin was a Greek from Samaria who became Christian about […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 9th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) June 2 - […]

THE BODY OF CHRIST From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ You see on God's altar bread and a cup. […]

THE MARTYRS OF UGANDA From a homily by St Pope Paul VI2 ◊◊◊ The African martyrs add another page to […]

THE GREATEST OF ALL HIS MIRACLES By St Thomas Aquinas3 ◊◊◊ Since it was the will of God’s only-begotten Son […]

ST BONIFACE The Apostle of Germany4 ◊◊◊ In art and religion, in scholarship and literature, the Anglo-Saxons of the eighth […]

ST NORBERT The Patron of Peace5 ◊◊◊ Norbert is deservedly numbered by historians among those who made an effective contribution […]

A BAPTISM OF BLOOD AND WATER From a commentary by St Catherine of Siena6 ◊◊◊ “Why, gentle spotless lamb, since […]

THE TEMPLE OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY By St Elizabeth of the Trinity7 ◊◊◊ “The Virgin kept all these […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 10th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) June 9 - […]

THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE By an unknown Greek author of the 5th century1 The signs of the Lord's […]

LET YOURSELF BECOME AN ALTAR STONE From a homily by Origen2 All of us who believe in Christ Jesus are […]

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 […]