PERFECT SIMPLICITY An Excerpt from “The Spirit of Simplicity”5 ◊◊◊ The union of wills, making us one Spirit with God, […]

THE REMEMBRANCE OF GOD’S PRESENCE AND THE GUARDING OF THE HEART From the writings of Nil Sorsky6 ◊◊◊ By fighting […]

OF THE FOUR DAYS OF LAZARUS A sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux7 ◊◊◊ He who is our life hastens […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) July 30 - […]

SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND A Commentary by Origen 1 ◊◊◊ To the seeker after the fine pearls may be […]

CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From the “Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola2 ◊◊◊ In the case of those who go […]

THOSE WHO LOVE GOD ARE ALWAYS HAPPY From the writing of St Alphonsus de Ligouri 3 ◊◊◊ Alphonsus the Great, […]

THE PARADISE OF THE HEART From the spiritual writings of John Comenius 4 ◊◊◊ I walked between the rows of […]

THE LAST STAGE OF LOVE From “Purgation and Purgatory” by St Catherine of Genoa 5 ◊◊◊ In its creation the […]

THE CROSS IS THE LADDER TO HEAVEN From the writings of St. John Vianney 6 ◊◊◊ You must love while […]