Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 1st Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 1 - 7, […]

THE COMING OF YOUR ETERNAL JUDGE From a commentary by St Gregory the Great1 ◊◊◊ The Lord says: Heaven and […]

THE ADVENT OF GOD From “Pathways in Holy Scripture” by Dom Damasus Winzen ◊◊◊ The word Advent had for the […]

ST FRANCIS XAVIER From Butler’s Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ Francis Xavier was born in Spanish Navarre at the castle […]

OUR NEED OF THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST From an oration by St Gregory of Nazianzus ◊◊◊ The very Son of […]

THE SUMMIT OF WAITING By André Rétif ◊◊◊ John’s stay in the desert was simply a burning expectation of the […]

REMAIN WITHIN From a letter by St Ambrose ◊◊◊ If someone has taken up residence in the heavenly city, let […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 2nd Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 8 - 14, […]

PREPARE A WAY FOR THE LORD From a commentary by Origen of Alexandria ◊◊◊ The word of God was addressed […]

IMMACULATE MARY By Fr Hugo Rahner ◊◊◊ From the first instant of Mary's human existence until her assumption into heaven, […]

COME, LORD JESUS By Fr Johannes Pinsk ◊◊◊ Advent means coming, the coming of the Lord. If we want to […]

PATIENCE WITH THE PROVISIONAL By Fr Karl Rahner ◊◊◊ People of Advent, of waiting for God, of burning longing for […]

THE APPEARANCE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AT GUADALUPE From the first written Aztec account of the apparition ◊◊◊ Upon […]

ST LUCY From Butler's Lives of the Saints ◊◊◊ St Lucy is said to have been a Sicilian, born in […]

LOVE OF THE CROSS From an essay by St Edith Stein ◊◊◊ We hear repeatedly that St. John of the […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 3rd Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 15 - 21, […]

YOU MUST BUILD UPON ROCK From a commentary by Origen of Alexandria ◊◊◊ The baptism that Jesus gives is a […]

O KING OF ALL NATIONS From a treatise by St Hilary of Poitiers ◊◊◊ Ask of me, and I will […]

O WISDOM A letter from an anonymous author to Diognetus ◊◊◊ No one has ever seen God or known him, […]

O ADONAI From a sermon by St Gregory of Nazianzus ◊◊◊ The very Son of God, older than the ages, […]

O ROOT OF JESSE From a homily by Fr Geoffrey Preston ◊◊◊ Jesus does not come of a particularly good […]

O KEY OF DAVID From a sermon by St Odilo of Cluny ◊◊◊ The testimony of the ancient prophets to […]

O RADIANT DAWN By St Irenaeus ◊◊◊ There is one God who, through the Word and Wisdom, made everything and […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 4th Week of Advent Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) December 22 - 28, […]

WAIT PATIENTLY FOR THE LORD TO COME From a commentary by Blessed Guerric of Igny ◊◊◊ Our King and Savior […]

O EMMANUEL From a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria ◊◊◊ Isaiah speaks at some length of Cyrus, king of […]

HOLY NIGHT By Karl Rahner ◊◊◊ Why do we call the feast we are keeping tonight a "sacred night"? Night […]

THE NATIVITY KERYGMA By Thomas Merton3 ◊◊◊ In its prayers, the Church plunges us into the Light of God shining […]

THE GIFT OF LOVE From a sermon by St Fulgentius ◊◊◊ Yesterday we celebrated the birth in time of our […]

THE ROOT OF CHARITY From a sermon by St John Henry Newman ◊◊◊ The love of God is not the […]

THE HOLY INNOCENTS From the letters of St Cyprian ◊◊◊ The martyrdom of children marked the very beginning of Christ's […]

Biblical Readings for Office and Mass Christmas Season Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (I) Dec. 29, 2024 - Jan. 4, […]

THE FAMILY AT NAZARETH By Fr Ambroise-Marie Carré ◊◊◊ In these days when the Church is experiencing a renewal of […]

THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF GOD From a treatise by St John Eudes ◊◊◊ Our loving Savior, in various places in […]

GOD’S DESIGN FOR LOVE From the writing of Pope St Paul VI ◊◊◊ As holy scripture teaches us, before it […]