TRUE LOVE From “The Story of a Soul” by St Thérèse of Lisieux5 ◊◊◊ At the beginning of my religious […]

A READING FROM THE STATUTES OF THE CARTHUSIAN ORDER6 ◊◊◊ 12 Master Bruno and six companions entered the desert of […]

THE ROSARY IS NOT A ROAD, BUT A PLACE From the writings of Fr Romano Guardini7 ◊◊◊ To linger in […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 27th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) October 8 - […]

THE VINE AND THE VINEDRESSER A commentary by St Basil the Great1 ◊◊◊ You need only look at the vine […]

THE INVISIBLE CHURCH From “The Paradise of the Heart” by John Comenius2 ◊◊◊ A still greater light began to shine […]

MARY AND MARTHA From a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux3 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered into a certain village, and a […]

THE SPIRITUAL TESTAMENT of St Pope John XXIII4 ◊◊◊ On the point of presenting myself before the One and Triune […]

A MAN WHO IS HUNTED From a sermon by John Tauler5 ◊◊◊ The hypocrites, or Pharisees, are those who rank […]

ON HUMILITY From a discourse by Dorotheos of Gaza6 ◊◊◊ ONE OF THE FATHERS used to say, 'Before anything else […]