St Ignatius of Antioch (October 17) bears remarkable witness to the power of the faith in the early Church
Spiritual Life
‘I am God’s grain, and I am to be ground by the teeth of wild beasts’
Saint of the week
Daily readings: October 17 – 23
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The challenge of praying constantly
The word this week
Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year: Exodus 17:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8
St Paulinus, the ‘awe-inspiring’ priest who helped convert an English king
Saint of the week
St Paulinus of York (October 10) was sent to England by Pope Gregory in 1601
Daily readings: October 10 – October 16
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Miracles are the Kingdom of God breaking into our world
The word this week
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17: 11-19
The French ecclesiastic who met a barbaric end
Saint of the week
St Leger (October 2) was fatally drawn into the power struggles of Merovingian France
Daily readings: October 3 – October 9
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
‘How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen?’
The word this week
Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year: Habakkuk 1: 2-3 & 2:2-4; 2 Timothy 1: 6-8 & 13-14; Luke 17: 5-19
‘We have heard that the English wish to be converted’
Saint of the week
St Homorius (September 30), the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, was a key figure in the establishment of Christianity in England















Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/05/13
By Luke Coppen