PURIFIED BY FAITH From a commentary by Paschasius Radbertus 1 ◊◊◊ However great our sinfulness, each one of us can […]

BLESSED HUMBELINE From the Life of St Bernard 2 ◊◊◊ From earliest childhood Humbeline and Bernard had been drawn together […]

CHRIST WILL DRAW ALL PEOPLE TO HIMSELF From a sermon by St Athanasius of Antioch 3 ◊◊◊ "To this end […]

RETURN WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART From a homily by St Faustus of Riez 4 ◊◊◊ Our Lord and Savior exhorts […]

NOW IS THE TIME From a sermon by St Leo the Great 5 ◊◊◊ “Behold, now is the acceptable time; […]

THIS FAST OF FORTY DAYS From a sermon by St Maximus the Confessor 6 ◊◊◊ We must accept with all […]

LIFE RISES THROUGH DEATH From “The Eternal Year” by Fr Karl Rahner 7 ◊◊◊ There is a distance of God […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 18 - […]

PREPARE YOUR SOUL FOR AN ORDEAL From a commentary by John Justus Landsberg 1 ◊◊◊ Everything the Lord Jesus decided […]

THE LIGHT OF LENT By Thomas Merton 2 ◊◊◊ There is confidence everywhere in Lent, yet that does not mean […]

REND YOUR HEARTS, BUT KEEP YOUR GARMENTS WHOLE From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux 3 ◊◊◊ If you […]

CAST YOUR CARE UPON THE LORD From a sermon by St Leo the Great 4 ◊◊◊ Apostolic teaching, Beloved, exhorts […]

THE CHAIR OF ST PETER By St John Henry Newman 5 ◊◊◊ The very first act of the Apostles after […]

BEHOLD, NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME From a sermon of St Aelred of Rievaulx 6 ◊◊◊ These forty days are […]

GOD’S LOVE POURED OUT From a commentary by Origen 7 ◊◊◊ St. Paul has told us that the love of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 25 - March […]

DIVINE GLORY From a commentary by St Ephrem1 ◊◊◊ Jesus took the three apostles up to the mountain for three […]

PRAYER AND FASTING By St Bernard of Clairvaux2 ◊◊◊ Notice in this Lenten observance how prayer and fasting assist each […]

TRUE REPENTANCE From a sermon by St Ambrose3 ◊◊◊ Behold now is the appointed time, in which you must confess […]

LOVE THE LORD WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART From a meditation by Dom Alban Boultwood4 ◊◊◊ In Chapter 49 of the […]