Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) January 28 - […]

A MOST SURPRISINGLY MIRACLE OF MERCY From a commentary by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ At the time appointed Christ […]

FEAR AND HOPE From the writing of Michael Schmaus2 ◊◊◊ To understand God's call as one of love does not […]

THE DIVINE POWER OF THE MESSAGE By St Pope Paul VI3 ◊◊◊ For the Church, evangelizing means bringing the Good […]

GIVE ME SOULS, AND TAKE ALL THE REST AWAY A reading on St Don Bosco4 ◊◊◊ Don Bosco has struck […]

THE GREAT DISCOVERY By Fr Louis Bouyer5 ◊◊◊ The discovery of grace, the discovery of love which loves us without […]

THE PASCHAL SIGNIFICANCE OF JESUS’ PRESENTATION From “Sign of Contradiction” by St John Paul II6 ◊◊◊ Forty days after the […]

THE NATURE OF MARY’S MATERNITY From “The Divine Motherhood” by Anscar Vonier7 ◊◊◊ Let us always bear in mind the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 4 - […]

MERCY AND HELP TO ALL From a commentary by St Peter Chrysologus1 ◊◊◊ Those who have listened attentively to today’s […]

ST AGATHA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints2 ◊◊◊ St Agatha has retained her place in the Universal Calendar following […]

THE MARTYRDOM OF ST PAUL MIKI AND HIS COMPANIONS By a contemporary writer3 ◊◊◊ The crosses were set in place. […]

THE HOLY SPIRIT BESTOWS THE UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH From a treatise by William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ If your whole […]

THE DIVINE CALL From a book by Hans Urs von Balthasar5 ◊◊◊ Christian revelation is primarily a revelation of hearing, […]

THANKFULNESS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES From a sermon by St John Henry Newman6 ◊◊◊ It would be well if we […]

THE LIFE OF ST SCHOLASTICA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints7 ◊◊◊ St Scholastica, who was St Benedict’s sister, traditionally […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 6th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) February 11 - […]

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 […]