Scripture readings in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms
Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
Can we truly love our enemies?
Thursday, 17 February 2011
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
Friday, 11 February 2011
The word this week
Sixth Sunday of the Year: Sirach 15:15-20; 1 Cor 2:6-10; Mt 5:17-37
Christ’s light is revealed through the simplest acts
Thursday, 3 February 2011
The word this week
Fifth Sunday of the Year: Isaiah 58:7-10; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Mt 5:13-16
‘The human race has nothing to boast about to God’
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
The word this week
Fourth Sunday of the Year: Zephaniah 2:3 & 3:12-13; 1 Cor 1:26-31; Mt 5:1-12
Repentance is required to journey from darkness into light
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
The word this week
Third Sunday of the Year: Is 8:23-9:3; 1 Cor 1:10-13; Mt 4:12-23
Sin dissipates the joy for which we were created
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
The word this week
Second Sunday of the Year: Is 49:5-6; 1 Cor 1:1-3; Jn 1:29-34
In Christ we became the beloved of the Father
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
The word this week
The Baptism of the Lord: Is 42: 1-4 & 6-7; Acts 10: 34-38; Mt 3: 13-17
Christ’s birth shows that the family is the nursery of salvation
Friday, 24 December 2010
The word this week
The Feasts of the Nativity and Holy Family: Various readings
At Christmas we are not bystanders
Monday, 20 December 2010
The word this week
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-24
Our political masters need to get this: theological problems can only have theological solutions
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith