An excerpt from Gethsemani Abbey: Its Foundation by Dom Eutropius Proust We left Louisville on the twentieth of December, and […]

Sermon 87 on the Advent of the Lord by Aelred of Rievaulx Let us live soberly and piously <and justly> […]

Hope - A meditation by St Charles de Foucauld O God, tell me about hope! How can hopeful thoughts originate […]

Christmas Eve In Algeria An excerpt from The Last Monk of Tibhirine Christmas Eve arrived. Jean-Pierre was in the sacristy […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Octave Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) December 25 - 31, 2022 Sun […]

A Reading from the Third Sermon of St Fulgentius, Bishop of Ruspe1 Yesterday we celebrated the birth in time of […]

The Heartbeats of the Lord Jesus2 by St Gertrud the Great When she saw others hurrying off to a sermon, […]

A Reading about the Three Kinds of Martyrdom3 from a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux Blessed is he that […]

On the Nativity of Christ4 by St Gregory of Nazianzus Christ is born, give glory; Christ is from the heavens, […]

The Duties of Each Moment5 An excerpt from the writing of Jean-Pierre de Caussade There are remarkably few extraordinary characteristics […]

Mother and Child6 from the writing of St Mechthild of Magdeburg When the time had come, when other women are […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Season Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) January 1 - 7, 2023 Sun […]

The Eleventh Homily in Praise of God’s Holy Mother1 by Ogier of Locedio Let all who desire to come to […]

A Letter on the Incarnation2 by St Basil the Great You have written that there are some among you who […]

A Reading on the Mystery of Christmas3 by St Edith Stein God has come to redeem us, to unite us […]

God In Our World4 A Meditation by St Elizabeth Ann Seton How happy should we be if every morning our […]

In memory of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: A Reading from Eschatology by Joseph Ratzinger     …the confrontation with physical […]

He Must Increase and I Must Decrease6 a reading from a sermon by Meister Eckhart God has sent his Only-Begotten […]