Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 6: 1-7; 1 Peter 2: 4-9; John 14: 1-12
Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
Peter called all the baptised ‘a royal priesthood’. This is a challenge
Thursday, 19 May 2011
The word this week
The challenge that the Resurrection presents to every believer
Thursday, 12 May 2011
The word this week
Fourth Sunday of Lent: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23; 1 Pt 2:20b-25; Jn 10:1-10
When the Apostles encountered the Risen Christ they were transformed
Friday, 6 May 2011
The word this week
Third Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:14 & 22-28; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35
The joy of the Resurrection is to know that Christ abides in us
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
The word this week
Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 2:42-47; 1 Pet 1: 3-9; Jn 20:19-31
As we celebrate Easter we, like those first disciples, should expect to be changed from within
Thursday, 21 April 2011
The word this week
Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9
At the beginning of Holy Week we welcome Christ into our lives
Thursday, 14 April 2011
The word this week
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord Mt 21: 1-11; Is 50: 4-7; Phil 2: 6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66
As we approach Easter we are called to acknowledge all that has died within us
Thursday, 7 April 2011
The word this week
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45
It is in prayer that we break out of darkness
Thursday, 31 March 2011
The word this week
Fourth Sunday of Lent: 1 Sm 16:1, 6-7 & 10-13; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41
The water that brings life to parched souls
Friday, 25 March 2011
The word this week
Third Sunday of Lent: Ex 17:3-7; Ps 95; Rm 5:1-2, 5-8; Jn 4:5-42
Lent does not consist in a lonely struggle to do better
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
The word this week
Second Sunday of Lent: Gn 12:1-4; 2 Tim 1:8-10; Mt 17: 1-9
Pope Francis, as I hoped, will complete Pope Benedict’s unfinished encyclical: it will be a striking illustration of the hermeneutic of continuity
By William Oddie