A Flash in the Darkness7 From the writings of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel There is a loneliness in us that […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Easter Octave Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) April 9 - 15, 2023 Sun […]

He is Risen1 From the writings of Thomas Merton The risen life is not easy; it is also a dying […]

On the Resurrection2 From the “Songs for the Fast and Pascha” by St Ephrem the Syrian See the cheerful feast […]

The Self-Revelation of the Risen Christ3 from the writings of Caryl Houselander In the five recorded incidents of Christ appearing […]

An Easter Reflection4 by a Carthusian He is there, the Lord, beside us, the same and yet different. He takes […]

Christ’s New Birth from the Tomb5 From “The Names of Christ” by Luis de León ...There was no natural force […]

A Sermon for Easter6 by St Aelred of Rievaulx As our Lord Jesus Christ deigned to be born for us, […]

Death is Swallowed Up in Victory7 A sermon by Dietrich Bonhoeffer ...We do not like to speak of victories in […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) April 16 - 22, […]

BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN, YET BELIEVE From the writings of Fr. Romano Guardini1 ◊◊◊ And Jesus said […]

THE FAITH THAT OVERCOMES THE WORLD from a sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux2 ◊◊◊ ...“All that is born of […]

VICTORY AS THE FRUIT OF SACRIFICE from a book by Fr. Yves Congar3 ◊◊◊ The victory of the Lamb springs […]

ROOTED IN LOVE From the spiritual writings of the 13th century anchoress Ancrene Wisse4 ◊◊◊ God has earned our love […]

THE FIRSTBORN OF THE DEAD By Geoffrey of Auxerre5 ◊◊◊ He arose from the dead, the first fruits of those […]

THE ENTOMBMENT AND RESURRECTION From the meditations of St Anselm6 ◊◊◊ ... Leave not Mary Magdalene, but court her society, […]

FROM THE LETTERS OF BLESSED MARIA GABRIELLA And her abbess Mother Maria Pia7 ◊◊◊ Letter One - Easter, 1939 Dearest […]