24 December – Vigil of the Nativity of Christ

Matthew 1.18-21 The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger, also Sermons Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivals throughout the ecclesiastical year, to which are added the lives of many saints by Leonard Goffiné (Pustet, 1880). Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays (Benziger, 1896).Continue reading “24 December – Vigil of the Nativity of Christ”

27 November – Saints Barlaam and Josaphat

Modern Hagiography Bibliotheca Sanctorum Roman Martyrology Sanctorale Catholicum Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger. Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould. Medieval Hagiography BHL, Supplement The Life of Jehosaphat Barlaam and Josaphat: English lives of Buddha The Balavariani (Barlaam and Josaphat), a Buddhist Tale from the Christian East The Golden Legend (and illustrations) ArtContinue reading “27 November – Saints Barlaam and Josaphat”