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Daily readings: February 17 – 23

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The hermit who informed an English king that he would soon die

Forde Abbey, near Chard, in Somerset, where the Abbot John wrote a memoir of St Wulfric

Saint of the week

St Wulfric’s (February 20) reputation for prophecy and miracles earned him visits from royalty

Daily readings: February 10 – 16

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Humility enables God to transform our lives

The word this week

Fifth Sunday of the Year: Is 6:1-8; 1 Cor 15:3-8 & 11; Lk 5:1-11 (Year C)

The former child slave who served as a Sister for 50 years

St Josephine was treated as a slave for years, but insisted: ‘My life is good’

Saint of the week

St Josephine Bakhita (February 8) said if she met her torturers she would kiss their hands for helping her to find Christ

Daily readings: February 3 – 9

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Faithful witness will always involve joy and rejection

A detail from Jesus Unrolls the Book in the Synagogue by French painter James Tissot (1836-1902)

The word this week

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jer 1:4-5, 17-19; Ps 71; 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13; Lk 4:21-30

The hermit who lived with snakes

A statue of St Verdiana in a convent in Montaione, Italy

Saint of the week

St Verdiana (February 1) gave away all her uncle’s beans to the poor

Daily readings: January 27 – February 2

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Form

The first step on the path to renewal

The word this week

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Neh 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21