“O KEY OF DAVID” From a treatise by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ Christ had the power to set the human […]

GETHSEMANI ABBEY: ITS FOUNDATION From the account of Dom Eutropius Proust ◊◊◊ We arrived at Gethsemani on the twenty-first of […]

RAISE YOUR HEADS, BECAUSE YOUR REDEMPTION IS DRAWING NEAR From the writings of St Rafael Arnaiz6 ◊◊◊ There are many […]

IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD From the writing of St Elizabeth of the Trinity ◊◊◊ What is the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Sunday/Christmas Octave Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) December 24 - 30, 2023 […]

YOU SHALL CONCEIVE AND BEAR A SON From a commentary by St Bede the Venerable ◊◊◊ Today's reading of the […]

TODAY A SAVIOR HAS BEEN BORN FOR YOU From a commentary by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Today, in the […]

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

CHILDREN OF GOD From the letters of St Cyprian of Carthage ◊◊◊ The martyrdom of children marked the very beginning […]

WHY CHRIST HAD TO BE BORN From the missionary letters of St Nikolai Velimirovich ◊◊◊ You have asked why Christ […]

A MORE GRACIOUS VISITATION OF THE LORD AT CHRISTMAS From the writing of St Gertrud the Great ◊◊◊ O unattainable […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Season Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) December 31, 2023 - January 6, […]

THE DUTIES OF EACH MOMENT From “Abandonment to Divine Providence” by Jean-Pierre de Caussade ◊◊◊ There are remarkably few extraordinary […]

LOOK TO MARY From the letters of Adam of Perseigne ◊◊◊ You, Lady, are my all. In your hands has […]

CHRIST AMONG US From a homily by St Basil the Great ◊◊◊ God is on earth, God is among us, […]

THE ETERNAL SON From the writing of St Mechthild of Magdeburg ◊◊◊ I saw and still see three Persons in […]

DEATH OF A HUSBAND AT CHRISTMAS From the collected writings of St Elizabeth Ann Seton ◊◊◊ With God for our […]

THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ST JOHN NEUMANN ◊◊◊ The fourth Bishop of Philadelphia was a well-known and respected figure in […]

GOD AND FLESH From the homilies of St Gregory Palamas ◊◊◊ HIS IS THE FESTIVAL of the virgin birth! Our […]