Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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‘I am God’s grain, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts’
St Ignatius of Antioch (October 17) bears remarkable witness to the power of the faith in the early Church
Daily readings: October 17 – 23
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St Paulinus, the ‘awe-inspiring’ priest who helped convert an English king
St Paulinus of York (October 10) was sent to England by Pope Gregory in 1601
Daily readings: October 10 – October 16
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The French ecclesiastic who met a barbaric end
St Leger (October 2) was fatally drawn into the power struggles of Merovingian France
Daily readings: October 3 – October 9
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‘We have heard that the English wish to be converted’
St Homorius (September 30), the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, was a key figure in the establishment of Christianity in England
The saint who only slept three hours a night
The Virgin Mary appeared in a dream and said just one word to Alphonsus de Orozco (1500-1591): “Write”
Daily readings: September 19 – September 25
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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