Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
The answer to Job’s suffering was the assurance that God was with him
Sunday, February 5th, 2012Fifth Sunday of the Year: Job 7:1-4 & 6-7; Ps 147; 1 Cor 9:16-19 & 22-23; Mk 1:29-39
False prophets today promise salvation through health and beauty, prosperity and celebrity
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Fourth Sunday of the Year: Deut 18:15-20; 1 Cor 7:32-35; Mk 1:21-28
If we are serious about the faith, we must take the first step – repentance
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Third Sunday of the Year: Jonah 3:1-5 & 10; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20
Offer an open ear to the promptings of your heart
Sunday, January 15th, 2012Second Sunday of the Year: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19; Ps 40; 1 Cor 6:13-20; Jn 1:35-42
The Light of Christ, however dim and distant it seems, longs to fill our lives with its joy
Monday, January 9th, 2012The Epiphany of the Lord: Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12
Beyond the tinsel of Christmas
Saturday, December 24th, 2011The Nativity of the Lord: Is 52:7-10; Ps 98; Heb 1:1-6; Jn 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-1
Mary, the Mother of God: Nm 6:22-27; Ps 67; Gal 4:4-7; Lk 2:16-21We can never adequately prepare for the coming of the Lord
Sunday, December 18th, 2011Fourth Sunday of Advent: 2 Sam 7:1-5 & 8-11; Rm 16:25-27; Lk 1:26-38
Follow Mary through the financial crisis
Monday, December 12th, 2011Third Sunday of Advent: Is 61:1-2 & 10-11; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8 & 19-28
Let us find the time during Advent to review our lives
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40:1-5 & 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8
Without God we are like dried leaves blowing aimlessly in the wind
Friday, November 25th, 2011First Sunday of Advent: Is 63:16-17 & 64: 1 & 3-8; 1 Cor 1: 3-8; Mk 13: 33-37
Comment & Blogs
More than any monarch, Queen Elizabeth II understands the spiritual element of her coronation oath
By Francis Phillips
Despite reports of violence, I feel totally safe walking around Mexico
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Is the ‘anthropogenic global warming’ consensus on the point of collapse? If so, this is just the right time for Chris Huhne to leave the Government
By William Oddie
Smacking laws are unworkable products of Left-wing middle class diktat
By Francis Phillips
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Morning Catholic must-reads: 02/02/12
By Luke Coppen