Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
Our lives are a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of God
Friday, November 18th, 2011The Solemnity of Christ the King: Ez 34: 11-12 & 15-17; 1 Cor 15: 20-26 & 28; Mt 25: 31-46
Staying watchful for the Lord’s coming
Friday, November 11th, 2011Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year: Prov 31:10-13, 19-20 & 30-31; 1 Thess 5:1-6; Mt 25: 14-30
‘Stay awake, because you do not know either the day or hour’
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011Thirty Second Sunday of the Year: Wisdom 6:12-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13
Humility is the way to safeguard our integrity
Monday, October 31st, 2011Thirty-First Sunday of the Year: Malachi 1: 14 – 2:2 & 8-10; 1 Thes 2: 7-9 & 13; Matthew 23: 1-12
Moses’s blueprint for a compassionate society
Friday, October 21st, 2011Thirtieth Sunday of the Year: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 5-10; Matthew 22:34-40
The well-being of society is best secured when government and faith are open to each other
Thursday, October 13th, 2011Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96; 1 Thess 1:1-5: Mt 22:15-21
We must accept the Lord’s invitation in the details of our daily lives
Friday, October 7th, 2011Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year: Isaiah 25:6-10; Philippians 4: 12-14 & 19-20; Matthew 22: 1-14
‘In your minds you must be the same as Christ Jesus’
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011Twenty-sixth Sunday of the Year: Ez 18:25-28; Ps 25; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 21:28-32
We long to be treated graciously, but our graciousness to others is strictly rationed
Friday, September 16th, 2011Twenty-fifth Sunday of Lent: Is 55:6-9; Ps 145; Phil 1:20c-24, 27a; Mt 20:1-16a
We do harm to ourselves when we refuse to forgive
Friday, September 9th, 2011Twenty-fourth Sunday of the Year: Sir 27:30-28:7; Ps 103; Rm 14:7-9; Mt 18:21-35
Comment & Blogs
The faith of Mexicans is profoundly moving
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The Church is the loser in this ugly war between Vatican officials
By Paolo Gambi
Today's Catholic must-reads: 08/02/12
By Luke Coppen
Dickens is disappointingly thin - give me AN Wilson anytime
By Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
If a woman is a priest, she can also be a bishop: if she’s not, she can’t. Either way, there is now only one way out for Catholic Anglicans: it’s over the Tiber
By William Oddie
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