Divine Office | Lent | Holy Week | Tuesday
OFFICE OF READINGS: FIRST READING | From the letter to the Hebrews 10:1-18 | We are sanctified through the offering of Christ
Divine Office | Easter | Week Four | Sunday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From a homily on the Gospels by Saint Gregory the Great, pope (~540 – 604 AD) | Christ the good shepherd
Divine Office | Easter | Week Four | Monday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the book On the Holy Spirit by Saint Basil the Great, bishop (329 – 379 AD) | The Spirit gives life
Divine Office | Easter | Week Four | Wednesday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the treatise On the Trinity by Saint Hilary, bishop (~300 – 368 AD) | The unity of the faithful in God through the incarnation of the Word and the sacrament of the eucharist
Divine Office | Easter | Week Three | Thursday
OFFICE OF READINGS: SECOND READING | From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop (130 – 202 AD) | The eucharist, pledge of our resurrection
Every time we look at the Blessed Sacrament, our place in heaven is raised forever.
Saint Gertrude the GreatCrosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted; to understand, than to be understood; to love, than to be loved.
Saint Francis of Assisi