Fifth Sunday of the Year: Is 6:1-8; 1 Cor 15:3-8 & 11; Lk 5:1-11 (Year C)
Spiritual Life
The former child slave who served as a Sister for 50 years
Friday, 8 February 2013
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
Friday, 1 February 2013
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Faithful witness will always involve joy and rejection
Friday, 1 February 2013
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
Friday, 1 February 2013
Saint of the week
St Verdiana (February 1) gave away all her uncle’s beans to the poor
Daily readings: January 27 – February 2
Friday, 25 January 2013
The week ahead
Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Form
The first step on the path to renewal
Friday, 25 January 2013
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
The persecutor of Christians whose life was changed by a vision
Friday, 25 January 2013
Saint of the week
St Paul (January 25) made havoc for the Church until his journey to Damascus
The Sister who cared for lepers after a request from a king
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
The week ahead
St Marianne Cope (January 23) insisted on the highest standards of hygiene and on patients’ rights
The Year of Faith is, above all else, a call to be created anew in the love of God
Friday, 18 January 2013
The week ahead
Second Sunday of the Year: Is 62:1-5; Ps 96; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11
The first step towards truth is acknowledging how little we know
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith