The Divine Office: Love the Lord and walk in his ways
From a sermon by John the Serene, bishopThe Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? How great was that servant who knew how he was given light, whence it came, and what sort of man he...
View ArticleThe Catholic Battle: Do you believe in the supernatural?
“OMG! Call Sam and Dean Winchester!”, was the comment on a YouTube video about the Illuminati and the music business. I thought this was funny! I watch the CW show “Supernatural”, where the Winchester...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: I have always laboured out of love
From a letter by Saint John Bosco, priestFirst of all, if we wish to appear concerned about the true happiness of our foster children and if we would move them to fulfil their duties, you must never...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: The mystery of death
From the pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world of the Second Vatican CouncilIn the face of death the enigma of human existence reaches its climax. Man is not only the victim of pain...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: The hearts and minds of all believers were one
From a treatise on the psalms by Saint Hilary of PoitiersBehold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell in unity! It is good and pleasant for brothers to dwell in unity, because when they...
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Coca-Cola's America: Is It Yours?
This is inspired by a flurry of Facebook posts and comments:Lot's of potshots are being fired over the Super Bowl ad presented by Coca Cola on Sunday night. Those who were offended at hearing a...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: In Christ are the first-fruits of the Resurrection
From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishopThe Word of God became man, the Son of God became the Son of Man, in order to unite man with himself and make him, by adoption, a son of...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: The gift of God, the source of all goodness
From a homily on Saint Agatha by Saint Methodius of Sicily, bishopMy fellow Christians, our annual celebration of a martyr’s feast has brought us together. She achieved renown in the early Church for...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: You shall be my witnesses
From an account of the martyrdom of Saint Paul Miki and his companions, by a contemporary writerThe crosses were set in place. Father Pasio and Father Rodriguez took turns encouraging the victims....
View ArticleThe Divine Office: May you be filled to the complete fullness of Christ
From a homily by a spiritual writer of the fourth centuryThose who have been found worthy to become children of God and also to be born again through the Holy Spirit, those who carry Christ within...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: Without the Creator the creature would disappear.
Vatican II, 'Gaudium et Spes'Just as it proceeds from man, so human activity is ordered toward man. For when a man works, he not only alters things and society, he develops himself as well. He learns...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: Saint Scholastica
From the books of Dialogues by Saint Gregory the Great, popeScholastica, the sister of Saint Benedict, had been consecrated to God from her earliest years. She was accustomed to visiting her brother...
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The Divine Office: Abraham's Sacrifice
Origen's homilies on GenesisAbraham took the wood for the burnt offering, loaded it on Isaac, and carried in his own hands the fire and the knife. Then the two of them set out together. Isaac himself...
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The Divine Office: Let Christ take shape within you
St Augustine's Exposition on GalatiansSt Paul says, Be like me – who, though I was born a Jew, have learnt through spiritual insight to look down on things of the body – as I have become like you...
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The Divine Office: St. Cyril
From an Old Slavonic Life of ConstantineConstantine, already burdened by many hardships, became ill. At one point during his extended illness, he experienced a vision of God and began to sing this...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: The pre-eminence of love
From a sermon by Blessed Isaac of Stella, abbotWhy, my brethren, are we so little concerned with finding opportunities to advance each other’s salvation, responding to greater need with greater help...
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The Divine Office: On the search for wisdom
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbotLet us work for the food which does not perish – our salvation. Let us work in the vineyard of the Lord to earn our daily wage in the wisdom which says: Those who...
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The Divine Office: The Wisdom of God has mixed wine for us and set up a feast
The commentary on Proverbs by Procopius of GazaWisdom has built herself a house. God the Father’s Power, himself a person, has fashioned as his dwelling-place the whole world, in which he lives by his...
View ArticleThe Divine Office: The Church of Christ rises on a firm foundation
From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great, popeOut of the whole world one man, Peter, is chosen to preside at the calling of all nations, and to be set over all the apostles and all the fathers of the...
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The Divine Office: Christ is our head, and the wise man keeps his eyes upon him
A sermon on Ecclesiastes by St Gregory of NyssaWe shall be blessed with clear vision if we keep our eyes fixed on Christ, for he, as Paul teaches, is our head, and there is in him no shadow of evil...
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