Aphrahat (?-c.345) monk and Bishop near Mosul Expositions, no.3 « On Fasting » ;  SC 349 “This is the fasting that […]

Jesus answered the disciples of John the Baptist when they asked him: “Why do your disciples not fast?” Jesus answered: […]

My dear brethren, today we set out on the great Lenten journey. So let us take our food and drink […]

We can apply these hourly periods to each individual person’s life. Morning is the childhood of our understanding. The third […]

“Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest” Saint Vincent de Paul (1581-1660) priest, founder […]

Pope Francis Homily of 14/04/2013 (trans. © Libreria Editrice Vaticana) “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for […]

Saint John-Paul II Pope from 1978 to 2005 Address of 02/04/1987 to the young people of Chili “Arise” My dear […]

Bulle Saint Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1301) Benedictine nun Exercises IV, SC 127 (trans. Gertrud and Jack Lewis, ©Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, […]

Saint Jacob of Sarug (c.449-521) Syrian monk and Bishop Homily on the veil of Moses (Christ our Light, trans. © […]

Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274) Franciscan, Doctor of the Church The Tree of Life (trans. Ewert Cousins, © The Missionary Society of […]