Catholic Daily Brief

Genesis 9: 1-13; Mark 8: 27-33; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Genesis 8: 6-13, 20-22; Mark 8: 22-26; Haydock Biblical Commentary

St. John Chrysostom, and Frs. Masillon and De la Colombiere on the danger of delaying one's conversion

Genesis 6: 5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Mark 8: 14-21; Haydock Biblical Commentary

James 1: 12-18; Luke 14: 26-33; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Genesis 4: 1-15, 25; Mark 8: 11-13; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 14, Articles 1 & 3; Article 1: Whether This Is A Sin of Malice; Article 3: Whether This Sin Can Be Forgiven

Jeremiah 17: 5-8; 1 Corinthians 15: 12, 16-20; Luke 6: 17, 20-26; Haydock Biblical Commentary

1 Corinthians 9: 24-27, 10:1-5; Matthew 20: 1-16; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Genesis 3: 9-24; Matthew 8: 1-10; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Ecclesiasticus 24: 14-16; Luke 11: 27-28; Haydock Commentary + Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 36, Articles 1-3; Article 1: Whether Envy is a Kind of Sorrow; Article 2: Whether Envy is a Sin; Article 3: Whether Envy is a Mortal Sin

Colossians 3: 12-17; Matthew 13: 24-30; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Genesis 2: 18-25; Mark 7: 24-30; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Third Part, Question 65, Article 3: Whether the Eucharist is the Greatest of the Sacraments

Ecclesiasticus 44: 1-15; Matthew 19: 27-29; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Genesis 2: 4-9, 15-17; Mark 7: 14-23; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Genesis 1:20 - 2:4; Mark 7: 1-13; Haydock Biblical Commentary

St. Cyprian and various other Fathers of the Church, with Frs. De Castillo OP , Vaubert SJ, on the necessity and benefits of frequent worthy reception of the Body of Christ

Genesis 1: 1-19; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Third Part, Question 65, Articles 1 & 4; Article 1: Whether There Are Seven Sacraments; Article 4: Whether All the Sacraments Are Necessary for Salvation

Isaiah 6: 1-8; 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 5: 1-11; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Reflections from Pere Montmorel and French mystic Jeanne Guyon on what it means to keep the Lord's Day.

Third Part, Question 64, Articles 2 & 5; Article 2: Whether the Sacraments Are Instituted by God Alone; Article 5: Whether Sacraments Can Be Conferred by Evil Ministers

Hebrews 13: 15-17, 20-21; Mark 6: 30-34; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Third Part, Question 62, Articles 1 & 5; Article 1: Whether the Sacraments Are Causes of Grace; Article 5: Whether the Sacraments Derive Their Power from Christ's Passion

Hebrews 13: 1-8; Mark 6: 14-29; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Hebrews 12: 18-19, 21-24; Mark 6: 7-13; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Third Part, Question 61, Article 1: Whether Sacraments Are Necessary for Man's Salvation

Hebrews 12: 4-7, 11-15; Mark 6: 1-6; Haydock Biblical Commentary

St. John Chrysostom and Frs. Crasset and Nepvue S.J. on the delights of heaven

Hebrews 12: 1-4; Mark 5: 21-43; Haydock Biblical Commentary

Second Part of the Second Part, Question 26, Article 8: Whether We Ought To Love More Those Connected To Us By Ties of Blood

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

Mark 5: 1-20; Haydock Biblical Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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