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The saint who showed a revolutionary fervour for educating the poor

Relics of St Jean-Baptiste de La Salle in the chapel of the Generalate of his order in Rome

Saint of the week

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle (April 7) was the founder of the Institute for the Brothers of the Christian Schools

The saint who wrote The Ladder of Divine Ascent

A detail from an icon depicting the Ladder of St John Climacus

Saint of the week

St John of Climacus (March 20) was responsible for one of the most important devotional texts of the Middle Ages

During Lent we go beyond regret for the past

The word this week

Fourth Sunday of Lent: Jos 5:9A, 10-12; Ps 34; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 (Year C)

Daily readings: March 10 – 16

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

As soon as we take a relationship for granted the capacity for love begins to die within us

The word this week

The Third Sunday of Lent: Ex 3:1-8A, 13-15; Ps 103; 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12; Lk 13:1-9 (Year C)

Daily readings: March 3 – 9

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

Daily readings: February 24 – March 2

The week ahead

Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

The first step of Lent is one which all resolutions should be based on

The word this week

Second Sunday of Lent: Gen 15:5-12, 17-18; Ps 27; Phil 3:17 – 4:1 or 3:20 – 4:1; Lk 9:28-36 (Year C)

The saint who would interrupt Mass with a public confession of her wickedness

St Margaret of Cortona hired a woman to lead her around Montepulciano 
with a rope around her neck, crying out: ‘Look at Margaret, the sinner’

Saint of the week

St Margaret of Cortona (February 22) lived as a mistress to a nobleman for nine years

Let us not underestimate the struggle of Lent

The word this week

First Sunday of Lent: Deut 26:4-10; Ps 91; Rm 10:8-13; Lk 4:1-13 (Year C)