Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Spiritual Life
‘In God alone is my soul at rest’
The word this week
Eighth Sunday of the Year Is 49: 14-15; 1 Cor 4: 1-5; Mt 6: 24-34
St Polycarp, a martyr at the age of 86
Saint of the week
St Polycarp (February 23), instructed by the Apostles, served as Bishop of Smyrna for 50 years and died during persecution
Daily readings: February 20 – 26
The word this week
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Can we truly love our enemies?
The word this week
Seventh Sunday of the Year: Lev 19:1-2 & 17-18; 1 Cor 3:16-23; Mt 5:38-48
Why Jesus came to ‘complete the law’, not abolish it
The word this week
Sixth Sunday of the Year: Sirach 15:15-20; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37
The Jesuit who fostered devotion to the Sacred Heart
Saint of the week
St Claude de La Colombière (February 15) had the misfortune of being in London at the time of the alleged Popish Plot
Daily readings: February 13 – 19
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
The Englishman whose order numbered 2,000 religious when he died at 106
Saint of the week
Gilbert of Sempringham (c 1083-1189) founded the only distinctively English medieval religious order
Daily readings: February 6 – 12
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms















Our political masters need to get this: theological problems can only have theological solutions
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith