CAN YOU DRINK THE CHALICE? From a homily by St John Chrysostom5 ◊◊◊ Let no one take scandal if we […]

JOACHIM AND ANN From a sermon by St John Damascene6 ◊◊◊ Ann was to be the mother of the Virgin […]

THE BLESSING GIVEN TO MARY By Paschasius Radbertus7 ◊◊◊ The nature and the greatness of the blessed and glorious ever-virgin […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 28 - […]

THE WORD OF GOD From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ are […]

THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TO COME From “Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr Alexander Schmemann3 ◊◊◊ The liturgy of Christian […]

THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]

THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]

CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]