THE VIRTUES OF ST JOSEPH From the Spiritual Conferences of St Francis de Sales2 The just shall flourish like the […]

AS BRIGHTNESS FROM LIGHT From the Expositio Fidei by St Athanasius 3 We believe in one Unbegotten God, Father Almighty, […]

SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES From the writings of Alban Butler4 Jesus, we are told, “found Philip” and said to him, […]

WHOEVER RECEIVES ME A Meditation on the Gospel of John by Adrienne von Speyr5 When the Lord wanted to institute […]

HE WHO IS THE WAY From a Sermon by St Isaac of Stella6 ...Who does not want to be happy? […]

WHATSOEVER YOU SHALL ASK From a treatise by St. Augustine7 The Lord, by His promise, gave those whose hopes were […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 5th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) May 7 - 13, […]

IT IS THE WAY THAT LEADS US a commentary by St Ambrose1 Let us march forward intrepidly to meet our […]

THE FINAL TESTIMONY of Bl Christian de Chergé2 If the day comes, and it could be today, that I am […]

NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES PEACE From a homily by St Oscar Romero3   ...Justice is not enough; love also […]

THE SPIRIT OF ST DAMIEN The Leper Priest of Molokai, Hawaii4 <Fr Damien De Veuster> landed at the leprosy colony […]

FROM THE LIFE OF ST. ODO OF CLUNY By John of Salerno5   It was about the feast of St. […]

LOVE ONE ANOTHER a homily by St Gregory the Great6 Since all of our Lord’s sacred utterances contain commandments, why […]

THE 13TH OF MAY, 1917 From the memoirs of Sister Lucia7 High up on the slope in the Cova da […]

  Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 6th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) May 14 - […]

I WILL ASK THE FATHER A commentary by St John Chrysostom 1 ◊◊◊ If you love me, said Christ, keep […]

CLOTHED IN THE MONK’S HABIT An excerpt from “The Life of St Pachomius” 2 There was a man called Pachomius, […]

WE SCARCELY KNOW OURSELVES From the writings of Servant of God Dorothy Day 3 ◊◊◊ Much as we want to, […]

THE SACRAMENT OF POVERTY From “The Starved and the Silent” by Fr Aloysius Schwartz4 ◊◊◊ Christ lives on in the […]

EVERYONE GIVING BIRTH WILL SUFFER From the “Homilies on the Prophetic Burdens of Isaiah” by St Aelred of Rievaulx5 ◊◊◊ […]

EVERYTHING IS OBTAINABLE FOR SOMEONE WHO PRAYS From “The Commendation of Faith” by Baldwin of Forde6 ◊◊◊ The Lord says […]

HOW SHE SAW JESUS STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE POWER OF GOD From the “The Life of Beatrice […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 7th Week of Easter Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) May 21 - 27, […]

LET THE KING OF GLORY ENTER A commentary by St Gregory of Nyssa1 The gospel describes the Lord’s life upon […]

THAT WE MAY ASCEND TO WHERE HE IS A Sermon by St. Aelred of Rievaulx2 For some time now we […]

HOW JESUS IS HEAVEN TO THE SOUL From “The Scale of Perfection” by Walter Hilton3 What is heaven to a […]

WHAT TRUE FAITH IS From the writing of Johann Arndt4 ◊◊◊ He who believes that Jesus is the Christ is […]

AND YOU TOO WILL BEAR WITNESS A homily from St Bede the Venerable5 ◊◊◊ We find from many places in […]

CONCERNING THE TRIPLE LOVE OF GOD A sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux6 ◊◊◊ Love not the world nor the […]

ST. AUGUSTINE, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY From the writings of Alban Butler7 ◊◊◊ When Pope St. Gregory the Great decided that […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 8th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) May 28 - […]

RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The happy day has dawned for us on which […]

MARY’S EDUCATION AS MOTHER OF THE CHURCH From the writing of Hans Urs Von Balthasar2 ◊◊◊ At first it was […]

CONCERNING THE AIM OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE A conversation of St Seraphim of Sarov with Nicholas Motovilov3 ◊◊◊ “The Lord […]

SHE MAGNIFIES THE LORD From the letters of Adam of Perseigne4 ◊◊◊ She, now saluted by the angel, now made […]

HE DID IT SOLELY FOR THE SAKE OF MAN From the Dialogue with Trypho by St Justin Martyr5 ◊◊◊ When […]

THE RECORDED EXHORTATION OF THE DYING ELDER ZOSIMA An excerpt from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky6 ◊◊◊ Remember especially […]

SAINTS CHANGE THE WORLD The witness of St Charles Lwanga and Companions7 ◊◊◊ In the latter part of the nineteenth […]