WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY? from the writings of Thomas Merton […]

  From the writings of St. Rose of Lima    Our Lord and Savior lifted up his voice and said […]

    Feast of St Bartholomew -taken from Butler’s Lives of  Saints   Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles. […]

A Reading on the Book of Maccabees from a book by Dom Damasus Winzen 1 During the exile, a great […]

From a Homily of Isaac the Syrian 1 Let us shun the body with all our strength, surrender our souls […]

ON THE PRAYER OF HIS MOTHER MONICA FOR HIS CONVERSION, from the  Confessions of St Augustine     You, O […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) August 28 […]

  Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Bruno of Segni  1 Invited to a wedding feast, the Lord looked […]

    John the Baptist – the Precursor of Christ in birth and death  - From a Homily by St […]

  From Tractate 15 on the Cenobitic or Common Life, by Baldwin of Ford (CF 41:156-157)   It is by […]

  A Commentary on the Second Book of Maccabees by Damasus Winzen 1 The second book of Maccabeesd, which presents […]

A Commentary on the Second Book of Maccabees by Damasus Winzen 1 In the books of Maccabees the opposition between […]

A Commentary on the Book of Maccabees by St. Augustine 1 When the astonishing martyrdom of the Maccabees is related, […]

  A reading using our gifts for the service of others,  from St. Gregory the Great’s treatise Pastoral Care.   […]

A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by John Cassian The tradition of the Fathers and the authority of holy […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) September 4 – […]

THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF ECONOMY, a Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States Our own rich heritage of […]

From a Homily by St Valerian of Cimiez 1 Dearly beloved, our yearning for eternal life is fired with great […]

TO KNOW THE FATHER THROUGH THE INCARNATE WISDOM, from a Discourse by St Athanasius The only-begotten Son, the Wisdom of […]