The Daily Bread, 22nd April 2020: The choice is yours. Readings: Acts 5:17-26; Psalm 33(34):2-9; John 3:16-21 Our opening hymn was, “O, let all who thirst come to the water” (from Isaiah 55; cf. John 7). The water is there. Do you want it? If you do, then...
FAO Religious Organisations in North Ayrshire I appreciate that at this time you will be working hard to support your members and the wider community. I am getting in touch to make sure that you are aware of some of the support North Ayrshire Council can provide and...
The Daily Bread, 18.04.20: Trying to limit the limitless Readings: Acts 4:13-21; Psalm 117(118):1,14-21; Mark 16:9-15 If someone says to you, “aye, that’ll be right!” or “if pigs could fly!”, it means they don’t believe you. The Apostles probably said something equivalent in Aramaic to Mary of Magdala and...
Integrating Catholic Social Teaching With Economics and Natural Science https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/time-great-uncertainty https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/05/the-secret-of-the-saeculum https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/freedom-solitude https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/04/the-pandemic-and-religious-revival Experts, Politicians, and the Public: The Science and Art of Collective Decision-Making in a Free Society
The text below is by St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (460-533) The spiritual building up of the body of Christ is achieved through love. As Saint Peter says: Like living stones you are built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus...
The text below is taken from an ancient Easter homily by “Pseudo-Chrysostom.” This name is given to authors whose works were wrongly attributed to St. John Chrysostom (347-4-7 AD), probably in an attempt to gain the saint’s authority for their own work. It’s a kind of plagiarism in reverse! That...
The text below is taken from the “Jerusalem Catecheses” which are attributed to Saint Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386 AD) On the night he was betrayed our Lord Jesus Christ took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples and said: “Take, eat:...
Divine Mercy Sunday, 19.04.20 A meditation on The “Good Thief”, Saint Dismas Did Dismas know Jesus before the Passion? One tradition says that, during the flight to Egypt, Dismas as a young robber convinced his fellow-robbers not to rob the Holy Family. It is said that Mary recognised...
Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 117(118):2-4,13-15,22-24; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31 Jesus gives the Apostles the two-fold power to forgive sins and the power to retain them. His hope, and indeed the reason for which he poured out blood and water from his side on the Cross, is that the power to retain...
(Also in this weekend’s bulletin) HINTS ON HANDLING CORONAVIRUS ANXIETY It’s alright to feel anxiety and stress given the pandemic’s threatening and unpredictable nature. It’s a perfect recipe for stress. So it’s normal to be sad, stressed, confused and scared. It would be more worrying if we were not....
