LENTEN READING: Hold fast to God, the one true good St. Ambrose, Treatise on Flight from the World Where a man’s heart is, there...
Lenten readings
LENTEN READING: “BOAST ONLY OF THE LORD” (St. Basil). The wise man must not boast of his wisdom, nor the strong man of his...
ST. AUGUSTINE ON JESUS WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN A Samaritan woman came to draw waterFrom a treatise on John by St Augustine A woman...
LENTEN READING: THE CHURCH AS SACRAMENT OF UNITY AND SALVATION (Lumen gentium). The Church as sacrament of unity and salvationFrom “Lumen gentium”, the Second...
LENTEN READING: THE MERCY OF GOD TO THE PENITENT (ST. MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR). God’s will is to save us, and nothing pleases him more...
LENTEN READING ON MAN’S DEEPEST QUESTIONINGS (Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution, Gaudium et spes) The world of today reveals itself as at once powerful...
LENTEN READING: WE ARE SOON GOING TO SHARE IN THE PASSOVER (ST. GREGORY NAZIANZEN). We are soon going to share in the PassoverA sermon...
LENTEN READING: “CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF FOR US” (ST. FULGENTIUS OF RUSPE). “CHRIST OFFERED HIMSELF FOR US” (ST. FULGENTIUS OF RUSPE). The sacrifices of animal...
LENTEN READING: JESUS PRAYS FOR US AND IN US (ST. AUGUSTINE). Jesus Christ prays for us and in us and is the object of...
LENTEN READING: THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF ALL BLESSINGS, THE CAUSE OF ALL GRACES (ST. LEO THE GREAT) The Cross of...
LENTEN READING: “IF ANYONE SHOULD SIN, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE BEFORE THE FATHER” (St. John Fischer).
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LENTEN READING: “IF ANYONE SHOULD SIN, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE BEFORE THE FATHER” (St. John Fischer). Christ Jesu is our bishop, his most precious...
Lenten readings:IN PRAISE OF CHARITY (St. Leo the Great) Lenten readings:IN PRAISE OF CHARITY (St. Leo the Great) In John’s gospel the Lord says: By...