Carissimi; Today’s Mass: S. Nicholas of Myra

Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hágios Nikólaos, Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey), and is a historic Christian saint…

Spiritual Reading for Friday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

St. Jerome spent his days in the Cave of Bethlehem in prayer and penance, and trembled at the thought of Jesus coming at the Last Day to judge the world.

Spiritual Reading for Friday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

St. Jerome spent his days in the Cave of Bethlehem in prayer and penance, and trembled at the thought of Jesus coming at the Last Day to judge the world.

Evening Meditations for Thursday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Consider that God, having created the first man to serve Him and love Him in this life, and to be afterwards taken by Him to reign eternally with Him in Paradise, enriched him for this end with many lights and graces. But ungrateful man rebelled against God, refusing Him the obedience which he owed Him both in justice and gratitude; and thus he unhappily remained as a rebel, deprived, with all his posterity, of Divine grace, and for ever excluded from Paradise.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: December 5th

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 25th on the parable of the Talents, Matt xxv

Spiritual Reading for Thursday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

St. Jerome spent his days in the Cave of Bethlehem in prayer and penance, and trembled at the thought of Jesus coming at the Last Day to judge the world.

Morning Meditation for Thursday of the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

In tribulations God enriches His beloved souls with the greatest graces. It is in his chains that St. John comes to the knowledge of the works of Jesus Christ. Let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which we are chastised have happened for our amendment and not for our destruction (Judith, viii. 27).

Evening Meditations for Wednesday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

Consider that God, having created the first man to serve Him and love Him in this life, and to be afterwards taken by Him to reign eternally with Him in Paradise, enriched him for this end with many lights and graces. But ungrateful man rebelled against God, refusing Him the obedience which he owed Him both in justice and gratitude; and thus he unhappily remained as a rebel, deprived, with all his posterity, of Divine grace, and for ever excluded from Paradise.

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: December 4th

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 25th on the parable of the Talents, Matt xxv

Spiritual Reading for Wednesday in the First Week of Advent ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

St. Jerome spent his days in the Cave of Bethlehem in prayer and penance, and trembled at the thought of Jesus coming at the Last Day to judge the world.