THE MOST ESTEEMED BY CHRIST From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ As he was teaching his disciples the […]

ST PIO OF PIETRELCINA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints1 ◊◊◊ The most famous stigmatist since St Francis of Assisi […]

BE READY TO MEET THE LORD From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny1 ◊◊◊ By comparison with the evil […]

A THEOLOGY OF DEATH By Karl Rahner1 ◊◊◊ The ultimate act of freedom, in which we decide our own fate […]

THE ESCHATOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE PILGRIM CHURCH From the encyclical Lumen Gentium1 ◊◊◊ The Church, to which we are called […]

GOD LOVES THE POOR From the writing of St Vincent de Paul1 ◊◊◊ Even though the poor are often rough […]

MARY AND THE MYSTERY OF CHRISTIAN FREEDOM From “The Handmaid of the Lord” by Adrienne von Speyr1 ◊◊◊ From the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 26th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) September 29 - […]

THE WORD OF GOD IS LIKE A TWO-EDGED SWORD From a commentary by Symeon the New Theologian1 ◊◊◊ Do you […]

ON THE LOVE OF SCRIPTURE A letter from St Jerome to Paulinus1 ◊◊◊ You see how, carried away by my […]