Vigils Reading – SS Timothy & Titus
THE VIRTUE OF ST TIMOTHY From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ “Drink no longer water, but use […]
THE VIRTUE OF ST TIMOTHY From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ “Drink no longer water, but use […]
GATHER YOURSELF IN WISDOM From a commentary by St Thomas Aquinas ◊◊◊ “Run ahead into your house and gather yourself […]
THE CHURCH OF THE CRUCIFIED By Fr Hugo Rahner ◊◊◊ Precisely in weakness the Church of the crucified is the […]
THE WORK OF TWO WILLS From “No Man is an Island” by Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ Each of us has some […]
GENTLE AND HUMBLE OF HEART From a letter by St John Bosco ◊◊◊ My sons, in my long experience very […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (II) February 1 - […]
BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT From a commentary by Symeon the New Theologian ◊◊◊ When holy Scripture is being […]
COME TO THE TEMPLE From a commentary by Origen ◊◊◊ Let us reflect on the way everything was prearranged for […]
THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE From a commentary by St Augustine ◊◊◊ Jacob the Patriarch set a stone under his head and […]
SILENCE, POVERTY, AND DEATH By Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ If, at the moment of our death, death comes to us as […]
ST AGATHA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Agatha has retained her place in the Universal Calendar following […]
THE MARTYRDOM OF ST PAUL MIKI AND HIS COMPANIONS By a contemporary writer ◊◊◊ The crosses were set in place. […]
THE PRAISES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN From a sermon by Amadeus of Lausanne ◊◊◊ Since we have, at the bidding […]
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE ALL From a commentary by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ We who have once for all […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (II) February 8 -14, […]
EVERYTHING WILL BEGIN AGAIN By Marie Noël ◊◊◊ The way of all humanity traces a circle.... The path that we […]
THE LIFE OF ST SCHOLASTICA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Scholastica, who was St Benedict’s sister, traditionally […]
ST BENEDICT OF ANIANE From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Benedict was the son of Aigulf of Maguelone and […]
BLESSED HUMBELINE From the Life of St Bernard ◊◊◊ From earliest childhood Humbeline and Bernard had been drawn together by […]
CONCERNING FOUR WAYS OF LOVE By St Bernard of Clairvaux ◊◊◊ There are two loves, carnal and spiritual, from which […]