ST LUCY From Butler's Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Lucy is said to have been a Sicilian, born in […]

LOVE OF THE CROSS From an essay by St Edith Stein ◊◊◊ We hear repeatedly that St. John of the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 15 - 21, […]

YOU MUST BUILD UPON ROCK From a commentary by Origen of Alexandria ◊◊◊ The baptism that Jesus gives is a […]

O KING OF ALL NATIONS From a treatise by St Hilary of Poitiers ◊◊◊ Ask of me, and I will […]

O WISDOM A letter from an anonymous author to Diognetus ◊◊◊ No one has ever seen God or known him, […]

O ADONAI From a sermon by St Gregory of Nazianzus ◊◊◊ The very Son of God, older than the ages, […]

O ROOT OF JESSE From a homily by Fr Geoffrey Preston ◊◊◊ Jesus does not come of a particularly good […]

O KEY OF DAVID From a sermon by St Odilo of Cluny ◊◊◊ The testimony of the ancient prophets to […]

O RADIANT DAWN By St Irenaeus ◊◊◊ There is one God who, through the Word and Wisdom, made everything and […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 22 - 28, […]

WAIT PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD TO COME From a commentary by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ Our King and Savior […]

O EMMANUEL From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria ◊◊◊ Isaiah speaks at some length of Cyrus, king of […]

HOLY NIGHT By Karl Rahner ◊◊◊ Why do we call the feast we are keeping tonight a "sacred night"? Night […]

THE NATIVITY KERYGMA By Thomas Merton3 ◊◊◊ In its prayers, the Church plunges us into the Light of God shining […]

THE GIFT OF LOVE From a sermon by St Fulgentius ◊◊◊ Yesterday we celebrated the birth in time of our […]

THE ROOT OF CHARITY From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ The love of God is not the […]

THE HOLY INNOCENTS From the letters of St Cyprian ◊◊◊ The martyrdom of children marked the very beginning of Christ's […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Season Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) Dec. 29, 2024 - Jan. 4, […]

THE FAMILY AT NAZARETH By Fr Ambroise-Marie Carré ◊◊◊ In these days when the Church is experiencing a renewal of […]