Catholic Daily Brief

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Monday, Feb 3 03.02.2025 4:32 ↓

Mark 5: 1-20; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Daily Meditations With the Saints: The General Judgment on the Last Day 03.02.2025 4:51 ↓

The vindication of the just on the Last Day; the necessity of humility and the fear of God's justice.

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Sunday, Feb 2 (Presentation of the Lord) 02.02.2025 7:46 ↓

Malachi 3: 1-4; Hebrews 2: 14-18; Luke 2: 22-40; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Summa Theologiae: The Sin of Presumption 01.02.2025 6:48 ↓

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 21, Articles 1 & 2; Article 1: Whether Presumption Regards God's or Our Own Power; Article 2: Whether Presumption is a Sin

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Saturday, Feb 1 01.02.2025 9:06 ↓

Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19; Mark 4: 35-41; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Daily Meditations With the Saints: The Particular Judgment 31.01.2025 4:34 ↓

Exhortation to reflect on that moment, immediately after our death, when we stand before the judgment seat of Christ to receive our eternal reward or condemnation

Summa Theologiae: The Sin of Despair 31.01.2025 6:38 ↓

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 20, Articles 3 & 4; Article 3: Whether Despair is the Greatest of Sins; Article 4: Whether Despair Arises from Sloth

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Friday, Jan 31 31.01.2025 4:50 ↓

Hebrews 10: 32-39; Mark 4: 26-34; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Summa Theologiae: The Effects of Faith 30.01.2025 6:00 ↓

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 7, Articles 1 & 2; Article 1: Whether Fear is an Effect of Faith; Article 2: Whether Faith Purifies the Heart

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Thursday, Jan 30 30.01.2025 4:17 ↓

Hebrews 10: 19-25; Mark 4: 21-25; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Summa Theologiae: The Cause of Faith 29.01.2025 3:52 ↓

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 6, Article 1: Whether Faith is Infused into Man by God

Daily Meditations With the Saints: On Death 29.01.2025 4:38 ↓

Frs. Paolo Segneri and Frederick William Faber on preparing for the unknown hour of death

Summa Theologiae: The Act of Faith 28.01.2025 10:57 ↓

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 2, Articles 1, 4 & 10; Article 1: Whether Faith is "To Think With Assent"; Article 4: Whether it is Necessary to Believe Things Knowable by Natural Reason; Article 10: Whether Reasoning About Faith Lessens its Merit

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Tuesday, Jan 28 28.01.2025 5:03 ↓

Hebrews 10: 1-10; Mark 3: 31-35; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Daily Meditations With the Saints: On Temptations 27.01.2025 5:37 ↓

St. John Chrysostom, St. Francis de Sales, and St. Augustine on the value of temptations and our ability, by God's grace, never to be overcome by them.

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Monday, Jan 27 27.01.2025 8:01 ↓

Hebrews 9: 15, 24-28; Mark 3: 22-30; Haydock Biblical Commentary + Great Commentary by Cornelius a Lapide

Daily Meditations With the Saints: On Salvation 26.01.2025 4:11 ↓

St. Ephrem and St. John Chrysostom on working out our salvation with fear and trembling

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Sunday, Jan 26 (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) 26.01.2025 8:07 ↓

Nehemiah 8: 2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12: 12-30; Luke 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 Haydock Biblical Commentary

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Saturday, Jan 25 (Conversion of St. Paul) 25.01.2025 7:20 ↓

Acts 22: 3-16; Mark 16: 15-18; Haydock Biblical Commentary + Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

Summa Theologiae: Veneration of Saints' Relics 25.01.2025 3:08 ↓

Third Part, Question 25, Article 6: Whether any kind of worship is due to the relics of the saints

Daily Meditations With the Saints: On Vainglory 24.01.2025 5:19 ↓

St. John Chrysostom and St. Ambrose on the peril of doing even good works for earthly praise

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Friday, Jan 24 24.01.2025 6:09 ↓

Hebrews 8: 6-13; Mark 3: 13-19; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Daily Meditations With the Saints: On Holiness and Perfection 23.01.2025 4:46 ↓

St. Ambrose and Fr. Louis François D'Argentan on seeking perfection despite our weaknesses

Commentary on the Daily Mass Readings: Thursday, Jan 23 23.01.2025 6:41 ↓

Hebrews 7:25 - 8:6; Mark 3: 7-12; Haydock Biblical Commentary

The Latin Rosary With Meditations: Glorious Mysteries 22.01.2025 30:59 ↓

Meditations taken from the visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (+1824)