Daily Mass: Sermon Feast of St. Margaret Mary de Pazzi – Fr. Ermatinger
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Mark:
Christus Remunerator, Ary Scheffer, 1847-1858
The mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to him and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.” But he said to them in reply, “Who are my mother […]
Venerable Louis of Granada On Overcoming Sin

Note: It seems that this saying is a commonplace that dates back to antiquity. A close variant can be found in Cicero’s De Or. 2.52.209 “Men envy chiefly their equals or inferiors when they perceive themselves left behind, and are mortified that the others have outstripped them; but there is often a strong unfavourable feeling towards superiors, which is the stronger if they are intolerably arrogant, and […]
Sunday After the Ascension — A Message From St. John Chrysostom
Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to John
The Stoning of Saint Stephen, Rembrandt, 1625
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: When the Paraclete cometh, Whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, Who proceedeth from the Father, He shall give testimony of Me: and you shall give testimony, because you are with Me from the beginning. These things have I spoken […]






