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 […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 9th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) June 4 - […]

GOD SENT HIS SON From a commentary by St Gregory Nazianzen1 ◊◊◊ To speak of the Godhead is, I know, […]

  A MEDITATIVE READING OF THE ATHANASIAN CREED by St Athanasius of Alexandria2 ◊◊◊ Whosoever will be saved, before all […]

ANSWERING THE DEMAND OF GOD’S TRINITY AND UNITY From the writing of Hadewijh3 ◊◊◊ The most sublime life and the […]

A CONTEST OF LOVE From the writing of Servant of God Dolindo Ruotolo4 ◊◊◊ According to the revelation of Saints […]

THE ETERNAL PROMISE By the 19th century Quaker Thomas R. Kelly5 ◊◊◊ The old self, the little self-how weak it […]

THE DAYS ARE PASSING, AND SOON YOU WILL ENCOUNTER THE END From the prayers of Ephraim the Syrian6 ◊◊◊ Let […]

THE LIFE OF CHRIST, HIDDEN IN YOUR HEARTS From a sermon by Blessed Guerric of Igny7 ◊◊◊ What can so […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 10th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) June 11 - […]

THE BODY OF CHRIST From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ You see on God's altar bread and a cup. […]

PURITY OF HEART From a sermon by Isaac of Stella2 ◊◊◊ “HAPPY are the pure in heart, they shall see […]

ST ANTHONY OF PADUA 3 ◊◊◊ Anthony was born in the year 1195 at Lisbon, Portugal, where his father was […]

LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF GERARD By St Bernard of Clairvaux4 ◊◊◊ How much better for me, O Gerard, if […]

ON THE SIN OF ANGER A Sermon by Alphonsus Liguori 5 ◊◊◊ ANGER resembles fire; hence, as fire is vehement […]

CAST YOURSELF INTO HIS HEART From the mystical dialogue between Jesus and Sister Josefa Menéndez6 ◊◊◊ With a gesture of […]

THE VIRGIN KEPT ALL THESE THINGS IN HER HEART By St Elizabeth of the Trinity 7 ◊◊◊ "Those whom God […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 11th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) June 18 - […]

GATHER IN THE HARVEST From a commentary by St John Chrysostom1 ◊◊◊ All farm work is undertaken with a view […]

LOVING YOUR ENEMIES A sermon by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.2 ◊◊◊ I am certain that Jesus understood the difficulty […]

WHEN PRAYER PROCEEDS FROM PURE GRIEF FOR SOMEONE From a reflection by St Silouan the Athonite3 ◊◊◊ The Lord would […]

FROM A LETTER TO HIS MOTHER by St Aloysius Gonzaga4 ◊◊◊ Your letter found me lingering still in this region […]

FROM A LETTER WRITTEN IN PRISON TO HIS DAUGHTER, MARGARET by St Thomas More5 ◊◊◊ Although I know well, Margaret, […]

HOW NOAH, DANIEL, AND JOB CROSSED THE SEA A Sermon by St Bernard of Clairvaux6 ◊◊◊ This great and wide […]

MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD A homily by Johannes Tauler7 ◊◊◊ When the Baptist said: "I am the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 12th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (A), Weekdays (I) June 25 - […]

GRAINS OF WHEAT From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ Thanks be to that grain of wheat who freely chose […]

ON SLANDER AND JUDGING From a commentary by St John Climacus2 ◊◊◊ No sensible person, I think, will dispute that […]

THE SECRET OF THE PSALTER From the writing of Dietrich Bonhoeffer3 ◊◊◊ The Psalter occupies a unique place in the […]

PERFECT KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE ATTAINED IN THE PRESENT LIFE From the writing of St Irenaeus of Lyons4 ◊◊◊ Just as […]

WHEN PRAYER BECOMES WONDER From the letters of John of Dalyatha5 ◊◊◊ Understand, my brother, Our Lord said to Simon, […]

ON HESITATION IN PRAYER From “The Commendation of Faith” by Baldwin of Forde6 ◊◊◊ The fact that the righteous are […]

PARADISO An excerpt of “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri7 ◊◊◊ I lifted up my eyes; and... I saw more […]