Holy Thursday Catena

This is an extended meditation of the Fathers on our Lord's example of humility and Peter's pivotal role in clarifying the lesson.

The PDF file may be found here.

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent: "Not one iota or dot"

This weekday's Gospel includes our Lord's teaching that He has come to fulfill the Law and Prophets, not to annul them. Of course, the objection arises, "Why then don't Christians follow the Judaic observances?" What's particularly interesting is that St. Thomas introduces a Manichaean to propose this question. What follows in this part of the Catena Aurea is a very enlightening dialogue between Faustus the Manichaean and St. Augustine about scriptural exegesis and the essence of both old and new laws. It makes for fascinating and edifying reading.

Here is the PDF file. Enjoy!