Thirtieth Sunday of the Year: Eccl 35:12-14; 2 Tim 4 6-8 & 16-18; Lk 18:9-14
Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
It is destructive to think we can deepen our relationship with God through virtue
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
The word this week
The challenge of praying constantly
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
The word this week
Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year: Exodus 17:8-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2; Luke 18:1-8
Miracles are the Kingdom of God breaking into our world
Thursday, 7 October 2010
The word this week
Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year: 2 Kings 5:14-17; 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Luke 17: 11-19
‘How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen?’
Thursday, 7 October 2010
The word this week
Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year: Habakkuk 1: 2-3 & 2:2-4; 2 Timothy 1: 6-8 & 13-14; Luke 17: 5-19
Wealth can put us beyond the reach of God
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
The word this week
Twenty-seventh Sunday of the Year: Amos 6: 1 & 4-7; 1 Timothy 6: 11-16; Luke 16: 19-31
Newman reached out to the most needy
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
The word this week
The 25th Sunday of the Year: Am 8:4-7; Ps 115; 1 Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13
‘A new heart create for me, O God’
Monday, 13 September 2010
The word this week
Twenty Fourth Sunday of the Year: Exodus 32:7-11 & 13-14; 1 Tim 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32
‘To be my disciple you must hate your family and your life’
Thursday, 2 September 2010
The word this week
Twenty-third Sunday of the Year: Wisdom 9:13-18; Phil 9-10 & 12-17; Lk 14:25-33
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
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
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