THE SHIELD OF FAITH By William of St Thierry4 ◊◊◊ To the devil who was tempting him to blasphemy and […]

CAN YOU DRINK THE CHALICE? From a homily by St John Chrysostom5 ◊◊◊ Let no one take scandal if we […]

JOACHIM AND ANN From a sermon by St John Damascene6 ◊◊◊ Ann was to be the mother of the Virgin […]

THE BLESSING GIVEN TO MARY By Paschasius Radbertus7 ◊◊◊ The nature and the greatness of the blessed and glorious ever-virgin […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 28 - […]

THE WORD OF GOD From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ are […]

THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TO COME From “Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr Alexander Schmemann3 ◊◊◊ The liturgy of Christian […]

THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]

THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]

CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]

MARY AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PLAN From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton7 ◊◊◊ In Mary is perfectly realized God’s whole […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 4 - […]

THE BREAD OF LIFE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as […]

AN INDESTRUCIBLE TEMPLE From a homily delivered at the Council of Ephesus by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ I see […]

THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS By Han Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ The Gospel of the Transfiguration is preceded by the first […]

ST CAJETAN From the writing of Alban Butler1 ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]

THE PRAYER OF ST DOMINIC1 ◊◊◊ The holy father Dominic also had another beautiful way of praying, full of devotion […]

THE EUCHARIST AS A MEANS OF SALVATION From an essay by St Edith Stein1 ◊◊◊ Christ’s suffering and death are […]

ST LAWRENCE By St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The Roman Church commends to us today the anniversary of the triumph of St. […]