No less than four times, Jesus bids us stay awake in today’s Gospel. We need to sleep, of course, so he’s not saying that Christians are to be insomniacs. He is urging us to be ready for Him, but only because He desires that we will want to be ready...

Call to Prayer: Sunday 29th November 2020 1st Sunday in AdventPrayer @ 7pm We come now to a significant place in the long journey that we have made over these past months and the place we have come to is where the season of Advent begins. The season speaks of...

1. Now I lay me down to sleep,I pray the Lord my Soul to keep;If I should die before I wake,I pray the Lord my Soul to take. 2. Eternal Father, I desire to rest in Thy Heart this night. I make the intention of offering to Thee every beat...

Here are some Morning Offering formulae. You can, of course, compose your own. Remember, too, that those who say Morning Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours offer their day to the Lord in that way, too. A focused, deliberate and loving offering of the day to the Lord, though,...

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AN ADVENT INVITATION Watch less TV, ipad, iphone, etc.. Use the time to seek silence around and within. Seek the Lord in that silence and you will also find your true self. Work on one sinful or bad habit you have. Consider the damage it does. Ask the Spirit to...

REVEALED  “Revealed” is a word you will occasionally see as the headline of a news story. This past Thursday, there was a headline in the “Daily Mail” which read: “Lockdown tiers for England are finally revealed.” Another in “the Guardian” ran: “Revealed: UK supermarket and fast-food chicken linked to deforestation...

Is there a connection between Christ the King and Catholic Education? Well, first, let’s remember that the full title of today’s Solemnity is: Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King. The word universal gives us the link to Catholic Education. Catholic means universal. Turning that around, we could also stretch it...

As with previous weeks during lockdown, 14 Christian churches and organisations across the country, including the Church of Scotland, have co-signed the letter calling for prayer. Scottish Christians have been continuing to answer the call to pray at the same time each week, and Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair, Moderator...