Saints Cyril and Methodius Apostles of the Slavic People Constantine (later Cyril) and Michael (later Methodius) were born early in […]

From Words to Silence by Father Kallistos Ware The more a man comes to contemplate God in nature, the more […]

Pray Without Ceasing A Reading from The Way of a Pilgrim I went to church to say my prayers there […]

The Altar of the Poor An excerpt from “The Wellspring of Worship” by Jean Corbon Poverty is a mystery. It […]

The Lost Child A Reading from Caryll Houselander’s “The Reed of God” Surely there can be no one with a […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 7th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) February 19 […]

Love Your Enemies1 A Commentary by Walter Hilton When love acts in the soul it does so wisely and gently, […]

An Excerpt from The Practice of the Presence of God 2 by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection …A soul depends […]

A Letter from Peter Damian to Rainerius II, marquis of Monte S. Maria 3 To Sir Rainerius, the illustrious marquis, […]

Ash Wednesday 4 by Thomas Merton …Lent is not a season of punishment so much as one of healing… a […]

Jesus Christ Deserves Our Love in Return 5 From the writings of St Alphonsus de Liguori A person will become […]

Anoint Your Head and Wash Your Face 6 A Sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux …Beloved, we enter the holy […]

The Mercy of God to a Penitent 7 From a Letter of St Maximus the Confessor God’s will is to […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Lent Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) February 26 - March […]

Jesus Fasted for Forty Days and Nights by St Gregory Nazianzen We must not expect baptism to free us from […]