Readings of the day: RB Prol. 14-20Mass: 1 John 2:29-3:6; Resp. Psalm 98; John 1:29-34
O LORD, OUR LORD,HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME THROUGH ALL THE EARTH!(Mass, Communion Antiphon for Optional Memorial)
The Amplexus
(Christ embraces St Bernard  from the cross)
Introduced to Bernard of Clairvaux’s (1090-1153)

Readings of the day: RB Prol. 8-13Mass: 1 John 2:22-28; Resp. Psalm 98; John 1:19-28 Our Holy Father, St BenedictLet us get up, then, at long last, for the Scriptures rouse us when they say:It is high time for us to arise from sleep (Rom 13:11).Let us open our eyes to the light that comes from God, and our ears t

Readings of the day: RB Prologue 1-7Mass: Numbers 6:22-27; Resp. Psalm 67; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21
Mary treasured all these words, and pondered them in her heart.

Thomas Becket, Saint and Martyr (d. 1170)
Readings of the day: RB 71Mass: 1 John 2:3-11; Resp. Psalm 96; Luke 2:22-35
God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son,so that all who believe in him may not perish,but may have eternal life.(Entrance Antiphon, Mass)

Readings of the day: RB 70Mass: 1 John 1:5-2:2; Resp. Psalm 124; Matthew 2:13-18
Rise, take the child and his mother,flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you.


On the Feast of the Holy Innocents, it seems fitting and right to reflect upon the Holy Father’s 2017 Urbi et Orbi Christmas Messag