Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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The Lourdes visionary who expected to be boiled on a grill in Purgatory
Monday, 16 April 2012
St Bernadette (April 16) grew up in the direst extremes of poverty
Daily readings: April 15 – 21
Friday, 13 April 2012
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Form
The rich, handsome marquess who dedicated herself to the poor
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
St Magdalen of Canossa (April 10)
Daily readings: April 8 – 14
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The saint who believed he was ‘a plague-spot in soul and body’
Friday, 30 March 2012
St Vincent Ferrer (April 5) believed that Jews should be rooted out of Spain. His anti-Semitic sermons sparked riots that killed thousands
Daily readings: April 1 – 7
Friday, 30 March 2012
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Daily readings: March 25 – 31
Saturday, 24 March 2012
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The priest who saw no need for a bed
Friday, 23 March 2012
St Joseph Oriol (March 23) sought obscurity and self-abnegation but ended up being celebrated throughout Barcelona
The carpenter who kept hundreds of fugitive Catholics alive
Thursday, 22 March 2012
St Nicholas Owen (March 22) was tortured horribly but did not give up any compromising information
Pope Francis, as I hoped, will complete Pope Benedict’s unfinished encyclical: it will be a striking illustration of the hermeneutic of continuity
By Spiritual Life