Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Martina of Rome

The daughter of an ex-consul and left an orphan at an early age, she so openly testified to her Christian faith that she could not escape the persecutions under Alexander Severus…

Spiritual Reading for Septuagesima Tuesday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Accursed sin robbed us of Divine grace and made us the slaves of hell, but, to the astonishment of Heaven and of all nature, the Son of God came on earth as Man in order to redeem us from eternal death and purchase for us grace and eternal glory which we had lost. He emptied himself taking the form of a servant … and in habit found as a man (Phil. ii. 7)…

Morning Meditations for Septuagesima Tuesday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Accursed sin robbed us of Divine grace and made us the slaves of hell, but, to the astonishment of Heaven and of all nature, the Son of God came on earth as Man in order to redeem us from eternal death and purchase for us grace and eternal glory which we had lost. He emptied himself taking the form of a servant … and in habit found as a man (Phil. ii. 7)…

Tuesday Morning Prayers for Septuagesima ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

During the season of Septuagesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church… 

Night Prayers for Septuagesima Monday ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

During the season of Septuagesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church… 

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: January 29th On the dismal havoc sin has made in the world

Meditations for every day of the year by Bishop ✠Richard Challoner

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Francis de Sales

Francis was beatified in 1661 and canonized 4 years later by Pope Alexander VII. In 1877, Pope Pius IX declared him a Doctor of the Church. He is patron saint of journalists because of the tracts and books he wrote…

Spiritual Reading for the Septuagesima Monday after Epiphany ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Spiritual Reading for the Septuagesima Monday after Epiphany ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Morning Meditation for Septuagesima Monday ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

The Lord’s vines are our souls which He has given us to cultivate by good works that one day we may be admitted into eternal glory. Many live as if they were never to die, or as if they had not to give to God an account of their lives, as if there were no Heaven and no hell.

Morning Prayers for Septuagesima Monday ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

During the season of Septuagesima, the Christian, on waking in the morning, will unite himself with the Church…