From an Easter letter by Saint Athanasius (296-373) Brethren, how fine a thing it is to move from festival to festival, from prayer to prayer, from holy day to holy day. The time is now at hand when we enter on a new beginning: the proclamation of the blessed Passover,...
7 Free spiritual resources during the COVID-19 crisis
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the fourth of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9 pandemic....
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the third of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9 pandemic....
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the second of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9...
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the first of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9...
The Daily Bread, 26th March 2020. Readings: Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 105(106):19-23; John 5:31-47 The “golden calf” has made its way into colloquial conversation in many languages. It’s usually said when commenting, with a hint of mockery, on someone else’s attitude to something as the “be all and end all.”...
How to Flourish During the Coronavirus Pandemic: Research from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard
From a Sermon of Pope St. Leo the Great (390-461) True reverence for the Lord’s passion means fixing the eyes of our heart on Jesus crucified and recognising in him our own humanity. The earth – our earthly nature – should tremble at the suffering of its Redeemer. The rocks –...
The Festive Bread, 25th March, 2020, Feast or Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. Readings: Isaiah 7:10-14,8:10; Psalm 39(40):7-11; Hebrews 10:4-10; Luke 1:26-38 You can ask someone to come closer to you, or you can let them do so because they ask. Like most devout Jews and Jewesses,...
