Saint Gregory the Great: St Thomas and Healing the Wounds of our Disbelief
My Lord and My God! In a marvellous way God’s mercy arranged that the disbelieving disciple, in touching the wounds of his master’s body, should heal our wounds of disbelief Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. He was the only disciple absent; on his

posted 10:55:59am Jul. 01, 2012 | read full post »

A Sermon by St Augustine on St John's Gospel: Behold, I shall save my people.
‘No-one can come to me unless the Father draws him.’ You must not imagine that you are being drawn against your will, for the mind can also be drawn by love. Nor should we be afraid of being taken to task by those who take words too literally and are quite unable to understand divine truths, and

posted 11:06:00am Oct. 13, 2011 | read full post »

A Letter of St Clare to Blessed Agnes of Prague on Christian Contemplation
Consider the poverty, humility and charity of Christ Happy the soul to whom it is given to attain this life with Christ, to cleave with all one’s heart to him whose beauty all the heavenly hosts behold forever, whose love inflames our love, the contemplation of whom is our refreshment, whose gr

posted 12:43:42pm Aug. 11, 2011 | read full post »

St Cyril of Jerusalem on the Church as the Bride of Christ
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ_UL6vQlqs&playnext=1&list=PLB1C512E777D9B420 [/youtube] From The Catecheses of St Cyril of Jerusalem, an early fourth century Bishop and Doctor of the undivided Church: "The Church is called ‘Catholic’: such is the proper name of the ho

posted 10:50:57am Jul. 28, 2011 | read full post »

St Ambrose: God's temple is holy, and you are his temple
An explanation of Psalm 118 by St Ambrose My father and I will come to him and make our home with him. Open wide your door to the one who comes. Open your soul, throw open the depths of your heart to see the riches of simplicity, the treasures of peace, the sweetness of grace. Open your heart

posted 12:38:44pm Jul. 07, 2011 | read full post »