THE ESSENCE OF THE LAW From a commentary by St Irenaeus1 ◊◊◊ The Pharisees claimed that the traditions of their […]

GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT By Karl Rahner1 ◊◊◊ Are there not people today who, if they are true to their […]

THE UNENCOMPASSED LIGHT By St Gregory the Great1 ◊◊◊ There is in contemplation a great effort of the mind, when […]

PREPARING OURSELVES TO MEET THE LORD By Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ “BE PREPARED now Israel to meet the Lord, […]

GENEROSITY From the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa1 ◊◊◊ Without a spirit of sacrifice, without a […]

THE ENCOURAGMENT OF THE SAINTS By Bishop John Vaughan1 ◊◊◊ We may study learned treatises of ascetical theology; we may […]

MARY IS IN SILENCE By Pierre de Bérulle1 ◊◊◊ It falls to the Virgin to keep silence. It is her […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 8 - […]

CHRIST HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL From a commentary by St Lawrence of Brandisi1 ◊◊◊ Just as the divine law […]

ST PETER CLAVER THE SLAVE OF THE NEGROES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ He was born in Catalonia, […]