ONLINE LENTEN RETREAT: The Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Glasgow is offering an online retreat for Lent. It is free of charge and offers various options for doing the retreat. I encourage everyone to consider this, or some other form of organized spiritual discipline during Lent. The purpose of it is...

Above is the document providing a fuller description of the Lenten Journey 2021 being offered by the Scottish Laity Network. It also contains the link required to register for participation.If you want to know more about the Scottish Laity Network, please visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/322021108321490/I am not familiar with...

Below is the link to a scholarly article by a Professor Stephan Kampowski, of the John Paul II Theological Institute in Rome, which analyses very closely and in great detail the question of the morality of taking a Covid vaccine which relies on fetal stem cell research. It is not...

Before Christmas, I had begun looking at the stars in the firmament who belong to the constellation of Jesus Christ. I’d like to continue that today, on this Sunday of the Word of God established by Pope Francis, by taking a look at Saint John, the Evangelist of the Word...

On this Word of God Sunday, what a gift to hear the first proclamation of the Gospel by the Word of God in person: “The time is fulfilled. The Kingdom is near. Repent and believe in the Gospel.” These words sum up the entire preaching of Jesus.   “The time...

Call to Prayer: Sunday 24th January 2021 Prayer @ 7pm In the Gospel of John, Jesus prays for all those who have come to believe in him ‘that they may all be one…so that the world may believe’ that he has been sent by the Father. (John 17: 20-21) As...

An Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were...