Some reading material, 12.05.20
Home https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/05/a-wafer-thin-practice Pope Francis: God’s peace gives hope, not ‘anesthesia’ against hard times
I am the vine, you are the branches, 12.05.20
The text below is taken from a commentary on John’s Gospel by Saint Cyril of Alexandria (378-444 AD) The Lord calls himself the vine and those united to him branches in order to teach us how much we shall benefit from our union with him, and how important it is...
The Daily Bread, 11.05.20: Love is a doing
The Daily Bread, 11th May, 2020: Love is a doing Readings: Acts 14:5-18; Psalm 113B(115):1-4,15-16; John 14:21-26 Do you love Christ? The answer to that is to be found not on your lips but in what you do. Taking an honest look at your life will tell you if,...
Some reading material, 11.05.20
http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/05/10/200510a.html https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/05/because-another-wept The Suffering and Faith of Saint Damien of Molokai
The firstborn of the new creation, 11.05.20
The text below is taken from a sermon by St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-394 AD). The reign of life has begun, the tyranny of death is ended. A new birth has taken place, a new life has come, a new order of existence has appeared, our very nature has been...
Christ is the Day, 10.05.20
The text below is taken from a sermon by St. Maximus of Turin (born 280 AD) Christ is risen! He has burst open the gates of hell and let the dead go free; he has renewed the earth through the members of his Church now born again in baptism, and...
5th Sunday of Easter (A), 10.05.20
Note: I prepared two homilies for today. I’m not entirely sure why! I did not preach the first one at all; I preached the second one at the Vigil Mass; I preached neither at the 10am Mass! Readings: Acts 6:1-7; Psalm 32(33):1-2,4-5,18-19; 1 Peter 2:4-9; John 14:1-12 First Homily: Goodbye...
The benefits of singing, 10.05.20
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God’s mercy has been extended to all, 09.05.20
The text below is taken from a commentary on the Letter to the Romans by St. Cyril of Alexandria (378-444 AD) Though many, we are one body, and members one of another, united by Christ in the bonds of love. Christ has made Jews and Gentiles one by breaking...
The Daily Bread, 08.05.20: The outstretched, wounded hand
The Daily Bread, 8th May, 2020: The outstretched, wounded hand. Readings: Acts 13:26-33; Psalm 2:6-11; John 14:1-6 During this period of Eastertide, in the year 1978, I received a gift from a friend of my own personal Lectionary (the book that has all the readings for Mass all the...