Sunday, 11 February 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus...
View ArticleSunday, 11 February 2018 : Letter to the Romans 14,14-23.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. If your brother or sister is being injured by what you eat, you are no...
View ArticleMonday, 12 February 2018 : Commentary Saint Leo the Great
“Behold, now is the day of salvation!” For though there are no seasons which are not full of divine blessings, and though access to God's mercy is ever open to us by his grace, yet our minds should...
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‘Whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you...
View ArticleMonday, 12 February 2018 : Second Letter to the Corinthians 5,20-21.6,1-7.
We are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we...
View ArticleTuesday, 13 February 2018 : Commentary Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross...
All that we need to be received into the communion of saints is summed up in the seven petitions of the Our Father, which the Lord did not pray in his own name, but to instruct us. We say it before...
View ArticleTuesday, 13 February 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received...
View ArticleTuesday, 13 February 2018 : Letter to the Romans 15,1-13.
We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbour for the good purpose of building up the neighbour. For Christ did not...
View ArticleWednesday, 14 February 2018 : Commentary Saint Cyprian
But how wonderful and how great is the patience of God!... He makes the day to rise and the sun to shine equally over the good and the evil (Mt 5,45). When he waters the earth with showers no one is...
View ArticleWednesday, 14 February 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ‘So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as...
View ArticleWednesday, 14 February 2018 : Letter to the Romans 15,14-21.
I myself feel confident about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. Nevertheless, on some points I have...
View ArticleThursday, 15 February 2018 : Commentary Saint John Chrysostom
See what benefits Jesus Christ promises and how beneficial his commands are to us since they set us free from such great evils. The misery caused you by riches, he says to us, is not just that of...
View ArticleThursday, 15 February 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look...
View ArticleThursday, 15 February 2018 : First Letter to Timothy 6,6-12.
Of course, there is great gain in godliness combined with contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content...
View ArticleFriday, 16 February 2018 : Commentary Saint Vincent de Paul
Let us love God, my brothers, let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms and the sweat of our brow. For only too often so many of our acts of love for God, kindness, favor and other,...
View ArticleFriday, 16 February 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
‘Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it. For the gate is narrow and the road is hard that leads to life, and...
View ArticleFriday, 16 February 2018 : Second Letter to the Thessalonians 3,6-14.
We command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. For you yourselves...
View ArticleSaturday, 17 February 2018 : Commentary Saint Gregory the Great
With what precaution the Pharisee, who went up to the Temple to pray and who had fortified the citadel of his soul, claimed to fast twice a week and give the tenth of all he earned. When he said: “My...
View ArticleSaturday, 17 February 2018 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint...
Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a...
View ArticleSaturday, 17 February 2018 : Letter to the Hebrews 3,14-19.4,1-4.
We have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end. As it is said, ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.’ Now who were they...
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