RISE UP, BE ENLIGHTENED From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Rise up, be enlightened, Jerusalem, for your […]

THE FAITH OF THE MAGI From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ O with what joy does the […]

A HIDDEN GOD By Edward Leen ◊◊◊ Everybody knows that the call of the Magi typifies the vocation of the […]

ST WILLIAM OF BOURGES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Guillaume de Donjeon came from a distinguished family of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (II) January 11 - […]

THE KISS OF THE DOVE From a homily by Bede the Venerable ◊◊◊ John gave testimony, saying,'I saw the Spirit […]

THE PASTORAL PRAYER of St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ O Jesus, good Shepherd, O Jesus, kind and loving shepherd, a […]

SHARERS OF THE PRIESTLY OFFICE From a sermon by St Leo the Great ◊◊◊ I rejoice, dearly beloved, in the […]

LOVE AND HATE From “New Seeds of Contemplation” by Thomas Merton ◊◊◊ There is in every weak, lost and isolated […]

ST MAURUS AND ST PLACID From the “Dialogues” of St Gregory the Great ◊◊◊ The holy man, St Benedict, having […]

THE FAITH OF THE GENTILES From a sermon by John of Ford ◊◊◊ The way the dawn rises seems a […]

BY HIS STRIPES WE ALL WERE HEALED From the letters of St Anthony the Great ◊◊◊ The Creator saw that […]