BE PERFECT, AS YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER From a treatise by St Cyprian ◊◊◊ Dearly Beloved in the Lord, let us […]

LIVING FOR GOD ALONE From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Gertrud the Great ◊◊◊ Earnestly wish with the cherished one […]

THE TABERNACLE OF GOD From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ Benedict was filled not only with the […]

CRUCIFIED BY LOVE By St Elizabeth of the Trinity ◊◊◊ No one has penetrated the depths of the mystery of […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 15th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) July 13 - […]

THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN From a commentary by Origen of Alexandria ◊◊◊ To interpret the parable of the […]

THE VIRGINITY OF KATERI TEKAKWITHA From the writings of Fr Francis Xavier Weiser ◊◊◊ Tekakwitha was seventeen and still without […]

THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE From “The Tree of Life” by St Bonaventure ◊◊◊ You, soul devoted to God, whoever you […]

THE SCAPULAR OF THE VIRGIN OF CARMEL From the writings of Fr Lawrence Lovasik ◊◊◊ The feast of the scapular […]

THE PROOF OF CHRIST’S DIVINE POWER From a treatise by St John Chrysostom ◊◊◊ [The success of the Church in […]

WHEN ALL WILL BE ONE From the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration “Nostra Aetate” ◊◊◊ The Church of Christ acknowledges that, […]

THE DEPTH OF REPENTANCE By St Ambrose ◊◊◊ How many sins each of us commits every hour, yet people feel […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 16th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) July 20 - […]

MARTHA AND MARY From a commentary by St Bruno of Segni ◊◊◊ Everything our Savior did was full of sacred […]

MAKING THE MOST OF UNFAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES By Alessandro Pronzato ◊◊◊ I have always been impressed by this detail: "the night […]

KEEP WATCH AT THE DOORS OF WISDOM From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ Abraham exulted that he […]

FOR GOD ALONE From the decree “Perfectae Caritatis” by Pope St Paul VI ◊◊◊ From the beginning of the Church […]

VIRTUES AND OBSERVANCES From “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx ◊◊◊ It remains for us to inquire […]

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