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Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 21st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) August 27 - […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 21st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) August 27 - […]
THE PILLAR OF THE CHURCHES From a commentary attributed to St John Chrysostom 1 ◊◊◊ Peter was to be entrusted […]
PICK IT UP, READ IT From the “Confessions” of St Augustine 2 ◊◊◊ I flung myself down under a fig […]
ON THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST From the writing of Fr Jean Danielou 3 ◊◊◊ John's death appears as […]
ST AMADEUS OF LAUSANNE4 ◊◊◊ Amadeus’ religious formation began, in fact, well before the days of his youth. He was […]
THE JOY OF THE ONE WHO LIVES FOR GOD ALONE From the letters of Saint Rafael Arnaiz5 ◊◊◊ God alone. […]
THE GATE OF ENTRY TO THE CASTLE From “The Interior Castle” by St Teresa of Avila6 ◊◊◊ Consider our soul […]
WHY DID SHE NOT ASCEND WITH HIM IN HIS ASCENSION? From the writing of St Amadeus of Lausanne7 ◊◊◊ As […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) September 3 - […]
TO TAKE UP ONE’S CROSS From a commentary by St Augustine 1 ◊◊◊ Our Lord's command seems hard and heavy, […]
ON WORK AND PRAYER From “The Divine Milieu” by Fr. Teilhard de Chardin2 ◊◊◊ Our work appears to us, in […]
GENEROSITY From the book “In My Own Words” by St Mother Teresa3 ◊◊◊ Without a spirit of sacrifice, without a […]
THE WOUND OF LOVE From the writings of St Gertrud the Great4 ◊◊◊ I had laid a certain person under […]
THE CROSS From “Gravity and Grace” by Simone Weil5 ◊◊◊ Christ healing the sick, raising the dead… that is the […]
MARY’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD From a homily by Ogier of Locedio6 ◊◊◊ This most holy Virgin Mary was of royal […]
ST PETER CLAVER THE SLAVE OF THE NEGROES From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ He was born in Catalonia, […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 23rd Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) September 10 - […]
IF YOUR BROTHER SINS AGAINST YOU From a commentary by St Jerome ◊◊◊ If our brother sins against us and […]
THE RISE OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER From the “Exordium Magnum” of Conrad of Eberbach2 ◊◊◊ By the generous grace of […]
THE SOUL’S ENCOUNTER WITH GOD From the writings of Blessed Madeleine Delbrêl3 ◊◊◊ We do not need to find silence; […]
ST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM From “Historical Sketches” by St John Henry Cardinal Newman4 ◊◊◊ Whence this devotion to St. John Chrysostom, […]
GIVE ME TO DRINK From “Story of a Soul” by St Thérèse of Lisieux5 ◊◊◊ One Sunday, looking at a […]
THAT MY TEARS OF LOVE MAY MINGLE WITH YOURS A reflection attributed to Jacopo da Todi6 ◊◊◊ The sorrowful mother […]
THE SAME UNBROKEN HARMONY From a letter by St Cyprian, bishop and martyr7 ◊◊◊ Cyprian sends greetings to his brother […]
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 24th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) September 17 - […]
FORGIVE AND YOU WILL BE FORGIVEN From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The Lord puts the parable of the […]
THE GREATNESS OF DIVINE MERCY From the maxims of Stephen of Muret2 ◊◊◊ Blessed are you when none but God […]
IN GOD’S ETERNAL DESIGNS From the writings of St Charles de Foucauld3 ◊◊◊ My Lord Jesus, you are with us […]
THE CROWN OF FAITH From the final exhortation of St Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr In this world […]
A MAN CALLED MATTHEW From a homily by St Bede the Venerable5 ◊◊◊ Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting […]
AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS From the writings of St Edith Stein6 ◊◊◊ We hear repeatedly that St. John […]
A LETTER FROM PADRE PIO TO HIS SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR7 ◊◊◊ I reply to your last letter after a slight delay, […]