Readings: Exodus 34:4-6,8-9; Daniel 3:52-56; 2 Corinthians 13:11-13; John 3:16-18 When you first meet someone, you don’t ask them to explain themselves! You ask their name. So, I think we get off on the wrong foot with the Blessed Trinity if the first thing we ask for an explanation. The...
From a homily of St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) Have you seen the wonderful victory? Have you seen the splendid deeds of the Cross? Shall I tell you something still more marvellous? Learn in what way the victory was gained, and you will be even more astonished. For by the...
Ecumenically, this is a very important week. We celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) and remember again the 25th Anniversary of “ Ut Unum Sint”, furthermore, we continue with our weekly commitment to praying with Scottish Christians for an end...
The Daily Bread, 5th June, 2020: Your Only Son. Readings: 2 Timothy 3:10-17; Psalm 118(119):157,160-161,165-166,168; Mark 12:35-37 “If David calls the Messiah ‘Lord’, how can he be also his son?” What’s the answer to this question which Jesus asks at the end of the Gospel today? It is that his...
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-06/pope-francis-sends-message-to-colombia-world-environment-day.html
https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/06/common-spirit-common-good https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/06/assisted-suicide-by-zoom Social justice as a religion
From a letter of St. Boniface (675-754) In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship but to keep her on her course. The ancient fathers...
From the moral reflections on Job by Pope St. Gregory the Great Since the dawn goes from darkness into light, it is right that the Church of the elect should be called “dawn” or “first light.” As it is led from the night of disbelief into the light of faith,...
