Compassion for Our Lady of Sorrows
Be not satisfied with a mere sterile and unfruitful compassion for Mary, the Queen of Dolours.
Octave of Christian Unity: Union of All Christians with the Catholic Church
Today is Day 1 of the Octave of Christian Unity.
V Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
They departed into their own country another way, that they might not be brought into contact with the unbelief of the Jews.
IV Day in the Octave of the Epiphany
The freshness of our gladness and the quickening of our faith hath no time wherein to die away.
III Day in the Octave of Epiphany
There are some heretics who believe Him to be God, but confess not His Kingly dominion over all things; these offer unto Him frankincense, but refuse Him gold. There are some others who admit that He is King, but deny that He is God; these present unto Him gold, but will not give Him frankincense.
II Day in the Octave of Epiphany
While He was unknown in the stable, He was recognised in the heavens.
The Beatitudes of the Spiritual Life
The French author Abbè Tanqueray offers an explanation of the beatitudes in relation to the spiritual life.
Medieval Ressourcement and the Mysticism of St. Thomas: An Appreciation of Urban Hannon’s Thomistic Mystagogy
They inhabited a mystical world whose spell could not be broken by even the most relentless logician.
How to Profit from Good Books and Avoid Bad Ones
We cannot always have access to a spiritual Father for counsel in our actions, and particularly in our doubts.
Saturday within the Octave of Corpus Christi
From the sermons of St. John Chrysostom and St. Augustine.
The Prayer of Jesus in the Garden
You may here discover the real secret of obtaining consolation in affliction.