2024-07-28 Vigils Reading – 17th Sunday Vigils Reading – 17th Sunday July 28, 2024 Vigils Reading – 17th Sunday THE WORD OF GOD From a commentary by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The miracles wrought by our Lord Jesus Christ are […]
2024-07-28 Skema Skema July 28, 2024 Skema Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 17th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) July 28 - […]
2024-07-29 Vigils Reading – SS Martha, Mary, & Lazarus Vigils Reading – SS Martha, Mary, & Lazarus July 29, 2024 Vigils Reading – SS Martha, Mary, & Lazarus THE HAPPINESS OF MARTHA AND MARY From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx2 ◊◊◊ Jesus entered a certain fortress, […]
2024-07-30 Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead July 30, 2024 Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD TO COME From “Sacraments and Orthodoxy” by Fr Alexander Schmemann3 ◊◊◊ The liturgy of Christian […]
2024-07-31 Vigils Reading – St Ignatius of Loyola Vigils Reading – St Ignatius of Loyola July 31, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Ignatius of Loyola THE INTERIOR GRACE OF PRAYER From “The Spiritual Journal” of St Ignatius of Loyola4 ◊◊◊ In the usual prayer, from […]
2024-08-01 Vigils Reading – St Alphonsus Ligouri Vigils Reading – St Alphonsus Ligouri August 1, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Alphonsus Ligouri THE FULLNESS OF HIMSELF From a sermon by St Alphonsus Ligouri5 ◊◊◊ All holiness and perfection of soul lies in […]
2024-08-02 Vigils Reading Vigils Reading August 2, 2024 Vigils Reading CONSOLATION AND DESOLATION From “The Spiritual Exercises” of St Ignatius of Loyola6 ◊◊◊ I call it consolation when an interior […]
2024-08-03 Vigils Reading – Memorial of BVM Vigils Reading – Memorial of BVM August 3, 2024 Vigils Reading – Memorial of BVM MARY AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE PLAN From “Seasons of Celebration” by Thomas Merton7 ◊◊◊ In Mary is perfectly realized God’s whole […]
2024-08-04 Skema Skema August 4, 2024 Skema Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 18th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 4 - […]
2024-08-04 Vigils Reading – 18th Sunday Vigils Reading – 18th Sunday August 4, 2024 Vigils Reading – 18th Sunday THE BREAD OF LIFE From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as […]
2024-08-05 Vigils Reading Vigils Reading August 5, 2024 Vigils Reading AN INDESTRUCIBLE TEMPLE From a homily delivered at the Council of Ephesus by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ I see […]
2024-08-06 Vigils Reading – Transfiguration of the Lord Vigils Reading – Transfiguration of the Lord August 6, 2024 Vigils Reading – Transfiguration of the Lord THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS By Han Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ The Gospel of the Transfiguration is preceded by the first […]
2024-08-07 Vigils Reading – St Cajetan Vigils Reading – St Cajetan August 7, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Cajetan ST CAJETAN From the writing of Alban Butler1 ◊◊◊ St Cajetan was son of Caspar, Count of Thiene, of the […]
2024-08-08 Vigils Reading – St Dominic Vigils Reading – St Dominic August 8, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Dominic THE PRAYER OF ST DOMINIC1 ◊◊◊ The holy father Dominic also had another beautiful way of praying, full of devotion […]
2024-08-09 Vigils Reading – St Teresa Benedict Vigils Reading – St Teresa Benedict August 9, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Teresa Benedict THE EUCHARIST AS A MEANS OF SALVATION From an essay by St Edith Stein1 ◊◊◊ Christ’s suffering and death are […]
2024-08-10 Vigils Reading – St Lawrence Vigils Reading – St Lawrence August 10, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Lawrence ST LAWRENCE By St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ The Roman Church commends to us today the anniversary of the triumph of St. […]
9:00 am - 12:00 pm LCG Chicago Monthly Meeting 9:00 am CDT August 10, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm LCG Chicago Monthly Meeting 9:00 am CDT We meet by Zoom and all are invited: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86028356465 Meeting ID: 860 2835 6465 One tap mobile […]
2024-08-11 Skema Skema August 11, 2024 Skema Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 19th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 11 - […]
2024-08-11 Vigils Reading – 19th Sunday Vigils Reading – 19th Sunday August 11, 2024 Vigils Reading – 19th Sunday HIS MOST DIVINE LIFE From a commentary by Denis the Areopagite1 ◊◊◊ In his goodness and love for humankind, Jesus, […]
2024-08-12 Vigils Reading – Office for Vocations Vigils Reading – Office for Vocations August 12, 2024 Vigils Reading – Office for Vocations THE DIVINE CALL From the writing of Hans Urs von Balthasar1 ◊◊◊ Christian revelation is primarily a revelation of hearing, […]
2024-08-13 Vigils Reading Vigils Reading August 13, 2024 Vigils Reading THE CENOBITIC LIFE From the writing of Baldwin of Ford.1 ◊◊◊ The common life of the angels is a sort […]
2024-08-14 Vigils Reading – St Maximilian Vigils Reading – St Maximilian August 14, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Maximilian A TESTIMONY FROM THE BEATIFICATION PROCESS OF ST MAXIMILIAN KOLBE1 ◊◊◊ Fr Kolbe and I worked together in May or […]
2024-08-15 Vigils Reading – Assumption of the BVM Vigils Reading – Assumption of the BVM August 15, 2024 Vigils Reading – Assumption of the BVM TODAY SHE HAS FOUND HIM From a sermon by St Aelred of Rievaulx1 ◊◊◊ Among all those who are Christ’s, […]
2024-08-16 Vigils Reading Vigils Reading August 16, 2024 Vigils Reading IN PRAISE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY1 From a sermon by Amadeus of Lausanne1 ◊◊◊ Since we have, at the […]
2024-08-17 Vigils Reading Vigils Reading August 17, 2024 Vigils Reading A SONG OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE By Gerald Vann1 ◊◊◊ In the Church’s devotion to Mary great emphasis is laid […]
2024-08-18 Skema Skema August 18, 2024 Skema Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 20th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 18 - […]
2024-08-18 Vigils Reading – 20th Sunday ORD Vigils Reading – 20th Sunday ORD August 18, 2024 Vigils Reading – 20th Sunday ORD REAL FOOD AND REAL DRINK From a commentary by Theophylact of Ohrid1 ◊◊◊ We have heard that unless we eat […]
2024-08-19 Vigils Reading – Bl Guerric Vigils Reading – Bl Guerric August 19, 2024 Vigils Reading – Bl Guerric THE LIFE OF BLESSED GUERRIC OF IGNY By Fr Hilary Costello, OCSO1 ◊◊◊ Guerric of Igny was born around 1075 […]
2024-08-20 Vigils Reading – St Bernard Vigils Reading – St Bernard August 20, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Bernard THE MELLIFLOUS DOCTOR By Pope Pius XII1 ◊◊◊ "The last of the Fathers, but certainly not unequal to the earlier […]
2024-08-21 Vigils Reading – St Pius X Vigils Reading – St Pius X August 21, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Pius X A READING ON ST PIUS X By Leonard von Matt1 ◊◊◊ Pius X, the canonized Pope, holds a special place […]
2024-08-22 Vigils Reading – Queenship of Mary Vigils Reading – Queenship of Mary August 22, 2024 Vigils Reading – Queenship of Mary WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE QUEENSHIP OF MARY? From the writing of Thomas Merton1 ◊◊◊ Mary […]
2024-08-23 Vigils Reading – St Rose of Lima Vigils Reading – St Rose of Lima August 23, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Rose of Lima THE BEAUTY OF DIVINE GRACE From the writing of St Rose of Lima1 ◊◊◊ Our Lord and Savior lifted up […]
2024-08-24 Vigils Reading – St Bartholomew Vigils Reading – St Bartholomew August 24, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Bartholomew THE VIRTUE OF INNOCENCE From a sermon by St John Henry Newman1 ◊◊◊ It is not only among the poor […]
2024-08-25 Skema Skema August 25, 2024 Skema Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 21st Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (B), Weekdays (II) August 25 - […]
2024-08-25 Vigils Reading – 21st Sunday Vigils Reading – 21st Sunday August 25, 2024 Vigils Reading – 21st Sunday OUR ONE AND ONLY TEACHER From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria1 ◊◊◊ To whom shall we go? In […]
2024-08-26 Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead August 26, 2024 Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead DEATH AND THE MONK From “The Meaning of Monastic Life” by Louis Bouyer1 ◊◊◊ It is not purely and simply […]
2024-08-27 Vigils Reading – St Monica Vigils Reading – St Monica August 27, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Monica RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS MOTHER By St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ When I was still a boy, I had heard about eternal life […]
2024-08-28 Vigils Reading – St Augustine Vigils Reading – St Augustine August 28, 2024 Vigils Reading – St Augustine THE TRINITY OF THE MIND From a treatise by St Augustine1 ◊◊◊ Now this trinity of the mind is the […]
2024-08-29 Vigils Reading – Martyrdom of St John Baptist Vigils Reading – Martyrdom of St John Baptist August 29, 2024 Vigils Reading – Martyrdom of St John Baptist THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST By Cardinal Jean Daniélou1 ◊◊◊ John's death appears as the supreme expression of sin. […]
2024-08-30 Vigils Reading – SS Warren & Amadeus Vigils Reading – SS Warren & Amadeus August 30, 2024 Vigils Reading – SS Warren & Amadeus ST AMADEUS OF LAUSANNE1 ◊◊◊ Amadeus’ religious formation began, in fact, well before the days of his youth. He was […]
2024-08-31 Vigils Reading – Memorial of BVM Vigils Reading – Memorial of BVM August 31, 2024 Vigils Reading – Memorial of BVM THE SILENCE OF MARY By Adrienne von Speyr1 ◊◊◊ A life of faith is a life of silence. Mary's existence […]