Spiritual Life
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St Omer, September 9, patron of the blind
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
A town named after St Omer, in the Pas-de-Calais, played a crucial role in educating English Catholics
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Daily readings: September 5 – September 11
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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‘To be my disciple you must hate your family and your life’
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Twenty-third Sunday of the Year: Wisdom 9:13-18; Phil 9-10 & 12-17; Lk 14:25-33
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The Lancashire priest executed for his zeal
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
St Edmund Arrowsmith (August 28) was hanged, drawn and quartered and his head set upon a pike
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Daily readings: August 29 – September 4
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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Pride is a prison; humility brings freedom
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Twenty-second Sunday of the Year: Eccl 3:13-18 & 28-29; Heb 12:18-19; Lk 143:1 & 7-14
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The English martyr hanged at the age of 80
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
St John Kemble (August 22), a much-loved Catholic priest whose execution was horribly botched
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Daily readings: August 22 – August 28
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
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What drives your deepest desires?
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Twenty-first Sunday of the Year: Isaiah 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7, 11 & 11-13; Lk 13:22-30
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The king who stamped out paganism in Hungary
Thursday, August 12th, 2010St Stephen of Hungary (August 16) was humble, and worked for the poor – yet did not always turn the other cheek
Comment & Blogs
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/09/10
By Luke Coppen
‘Why is the Church so hard-hearted as to refuse Holy Communion to remarried divorcees?’
By William Oddie
Peter Mandelson is not wise, old, or grumpy enough to be a national treasure
By Francis Phillips
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/09/10
By Luke Coppen
If Britain is the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death, where do we put North Korea and China?
By Stuart Reid
Edmund Adamus said our society was hedonistic, anti-life and anti-family – all true. So why was he slapped down?
By William Oddie
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/09/10
By Luke Coppen
Debate: Is Britain a moral wasteland?
By The Catholic Herald