ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA From Butler’s Lives of the Saints2 ◊◊◊ Since about the tenth century, veneration of St Catherine […]

THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY From “The Faith and Modern Man” by Fr Romano Guardini3 ◊◊◊ We associate the word saints […]

THE WOUNDEDNESS OF ALL MORTALS From a sermon by Isaac of Stella4 ◊◊◊ “Jesus, when he saw how great was […]

THE FULLNESS OF THANKSGIVING By Xavier Leon-Dufour5 ◊◊◊ The first reality of biblical history is the gift of God, gratuitous, […]

THE VIRGINITY OF SPIRIT By Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ The monastic life of humility, obedience, liturgical prayer, lectio divina, penance, manual […]

THE APOSTLE, ST ANDREW From a sermon by St John Henry Newman7 ◊◊◊ St John the Evangelist, under circumstances which […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 1 - 7, […]

THE COMING OF YOUR ETERNAL JUDGE From a commentary by St Gregory the Great1 ◊◊◊ The Lord says: Heaven and […]

THE ADVENT OF GOD From “Pathways in Holy Scripture” by Dom Damasus Winzen ◊◊◊ The word Advent had for the […]

ST FRANCIS XAVIER From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Francis Xavier was born in Spanish Navarre at the castle […]

THE JOY OF ADVENT By Thierry Maertens & Jean Frisque ◊◊◊ The announcement of John the Baptist's birth has put […]

OUR NEED OF THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST From an oration by St Gregory of Nazianzus ◊◊◊ The very Son of […]

THE SUMMIT OF WAITING By André Rétif ◊◊◊ John’s stay in the desert was simply a burning expectation of the […]

REMAIN WITHIN From a letter by St Ambrose ◊◊◊ If someone has taken up residence in the heavenly city, let […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 8 - 14, […]

PREPARE A WAY FOR THE LORD From a commentary by Origen of Alexandria ◊◊◊ The word of God was addressed […]

IMMACULATE MARY By Fr Hugo Rahner ◊◊◊ From the first instant of Mary's human existence until her assumption into heaven, […]

COME, LORD JESUS By Fr Johannes Pinsk ◊◊◊ Advent means coming, the coming of the Lord. If we want to […]

PATIENCE WITH THE PROVISIONAL By Fr Karl Rahner ◊◊◊ People of Advent, of waiting for God, of burning longing for […]

THE APPEARANCE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AT GUADALUPE From the first written Aztec account of the apparition ◊◊◊ Upon […]