LENTEN READING: “BOAST ONLY OF THE LORD” (St. Basil). The wise man must not boast of his wisdom, nor the strong man of his...
Lenten readings
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: THE CROSS OF CHRIST IS THE SOURCE OF ALL BLESSINGS, THE CAUSE OF ALL GRACES (ST. LEO THE GREAT) The Cross of...
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...
Lenten readings: CHRIST IS THE WAY TO THE LIGHT, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE (St. Augustine). The Lord tells us: I am the light of...
LENTEN READING: SERVE CHRIST IN THE POOR (St. Gregory Nazianzen) Blessed are the merciful, because they shall obtain mercy, says the Scripture. Mercy is not...
LENTEN READING THE MYSTERY OF OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST (ST. GREGORY THE GREAT). The mystery of our new life in ChristFrom the Book...
LENTEN READINGSTHE SPIRITUAL OFFERING OF PRAYERFrom a Treatise of Tertullian Prayer is the offering in spirit that has done away with the sacrifices of...
TUESDAY, 2ND WEEK OF LENT READING: THE PASSION OF THE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST (St. Augustine)
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TUESDAY, 2ND WEEK OF LENT READING: THE PASSION OF THE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST (St. Augustine) Lord, I have cried to you, hear me. This...