Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) July 27 - […]

ASK, SEEK, AND KNOCK From a commentary by The Venerable Bede ◊◊◊ Our Lord and Savior wishes us to attain […]

THE GLORY OF GOD From a commentary by Eric Peterson ◊◊◊ Angels are more than poetic extras from the repertoire […]

THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]

ASCETICISM AS A WAY OF LOVE By Paul Evdokimov ◊◊◊ The methods provided for asceticism reflect the epoch which practices […]

THE FIRST TRIAL OF IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA From The Autobiography of St Ignatius ◊◊◊ On the Vigil of the Annunciation […]

THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]

THE CHRISTIAN PAR EXCELLENCE By Fr Émile Mersch ◊◊◊ The final step in the long preparation for Christ is His […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) August 3 - […]

THE GENEROUS INVITATION From a commentary by St Basil the Great ◊◊◊ “The land of a rich man produced abundant […]

PRAYER IN THE LIFE OF THE CURÉ D’ ARS From the encyclical “Sacerdoti Nostri Primordia” by St John XXIII ◊◊◊ […]

THE LIVING STONES OF THE CHURCH From a homily by Origen ◊◊◊ All of us who believe in Christ Jesus […]

THE GLORY OF GOD From the last “Angelus” message of Pope St Paul VI ◊◊◊ The Transfiguration of Our Lord, […]

ST CAJETAN From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]

ST DOMINIC And the History of the Order of Preachers ◊◊◊ Dominic possessed such great integrity and was so strongly […]

MARY AND THE VIRTUE OF HOPE By Fr Romano Guardini ◊◊◊ Elizabeth calls the Virgin Blessed because she had faith […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 19th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) August 10 - […]

AWAITING THE MASTER’S RETURN From a commentary by St Gregory of Nyssa ◊◊◊ When the Lord says: Let your loins […]

THE MIRROR WITHOUT CLOUD A letter from St Clare to Blessed Agnes of Prague ◊◊◊ Happy indeed is she who […]