Twenty-third Sunday of the Year: Wisdom 9:13-18; Phil 9-10 & 12-17; Lk 14:25-33
Spiritual Life
‘To be my disciple you must hate your family and your life’
Thursday, 2 September 2010
The word this week
The Lancashire priest executed for his zeal
Thursday, 26 August 2010
Saint of the week
St Edmund Arrowsmith (August 28) was hanged, drawn and quartered and his head set upon a pike
Daily readings: August 29 – September 4
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The week ahead
Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Pride is a prison; humility brings freedom
Thursday, 26 August 2010
The word this week
Twenty-second Sunday of the Year: Eccl 3:13-18 & 28-29; Heb 12:18-19; Lk 143:1 & 7-14
The English martyr hanged at the age of 80
Thursday, 19 August 2010
Saint of the week
St John Kemble (August 22), a much-loved Catholic priest whose execution was horribly botched
What drives your deepest desires?
Thursday, 19 August 2010
The word this week
Twenty-first Sunday of the Year: Isaiah 66:18-21; Heb 12:5-7, 11 & 11-13; Lk 13:22-30
The king who stamped out paganism in Hungary
Thursday, 12 August 2010
Saint of the week
St Stephen of Hungary (August 16) was humble, and worked for the poor – yet did not always turn the other cheek
Daily readings: August 15 – August 21
Thursday, 12 August 2010
The week ahead
Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Mary’s Assumption invites us to glimpse heaven
Thursday, 12 August 2010
The word this week
The Solemnity of the Assumption: Rev 11:19, 12: 1-6 & 10; 1 Cor 15:20-26; Lk 1:39-56
Tory party leaders have forgotten what a conservative outlook is all about
By Francis Phillips