Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591) Carmelite, Doctor of the Church The Spiritual Canticle, B, stanza 1, 6-7 (trans. ©Institute […]

Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) Dominican tertiary, Doctor of the Church, co-patron of Europe Treatise on Divine Providence : How […]

Cardinal Charles Journet (1891-1975) theologian The mystery of the Incarnation, preached retreat in Geneva Aug. 17-30 Your soul is a […]

Saint Maximus of Turin (?-c.420) Bishop Sermon for Lent ; CC Sermon 50, p. 202 ; PL 57, 585 “Do […]

Saint John Chrysostom (c.345-407) priest at Antioch then Bishop of Constantinople, Doctor of the Church From various homilies: On the […]

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 […]