The Ascension of the Lord: Acts 1:1-11; Eph 1:17-23; Mk 16:15-20
Spiritual Life
The Word This Week
Ultimately, there is only one thing we need to know for salvation
Friday, 11 May 2012
The word this week
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Ps 98; 1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17
Christ had himself become the True Vine: no longer would God’s kingdom depend on the fruitless frailty of its members
Friday, 4 May 2012
The word this week
Fifth Sunday of Easter: Acts 9: 26-31; 1 John 3: 18-24; John 15: 1-8y
We live every moment of our lives in the presence of a love that is poured out for us
Friday, 27 April 2012
The word this week
Fourth Sunday of Easter: Acts 4: 8-12; 1 John 3: 1-2; John 10: 11-18
How the disciples’ alarm at the Risen Lord became a joy so great it left them dumbfounded
Friday, 20 April 2012
The word this week
Third Sunday of Easter: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4; 1 Jn 2:1-5; Lk 24:35-48
The belief that Christ is Risen brings with it a new way of life
Friday, 13 April 2012
The word this week
Second Sunday of Easter: Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118; 1 Jn 5:1-6; Jn 20:19-31
We bring to Easter everything that has died within us, to the Father who alone raises us up to new life
Saturday, 7 April 2012
The word this week
Easter Sunday: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Ps 118; Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6-8; Jn 20:1-9
Prepare to follow Christ from the rejoicing of Palm Sunday to the darkness of Good Friday
Friday, 30 March 2012
The word this week
Palm Sunday: Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Mk 14:1-15:47 or Mk 15:1-39
Sin undermines our ability to trust in God
Friday, 23 March 2012
The word this week
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-15; Heb 5:7-9; Jn 12:20-33
We cannot rebuild sinful lives by ourselves
Saturday, 17 March 2012
The word this week
Fourth Sunday of Lent: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21
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