Below is the English translation of what the Pope said after the Gospel was proclaimed in which, terrified by a storm while Jesus was asleep, the apostles waken him up and he calms the storm. “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins...
The Daily Bread, 27th March 2020. Readings: Wisdom 2:1,12-22; Psalm 33(34):16,18,19-21,23; John 7:1-2,10,25-30 As we move towards Passion Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Lent, you could say that the readings of the Mass show that “the plot thickens” around Jesus. This is just reflecting what actually happened at the...
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From an Easter letter by Saint Athanasius (296-373) Brethren, how fine a thing it is to move from festival to festival, from prayer to prayer, from holy day to holy day. The time is now at hand when we enter on a new beginning: the proclamation of the blessed Passover,...
7 Free spiritual resources during the COVID-19 crisis
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the fourth of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9 pandemic....
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the third of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9 pandemic....
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the second of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9...
As promised in my “Urbi et Orbi” posting of 23rd March, this is the first of four short guides to obtaining a plenary indulgence. The four guides correspond to the four categories of people mentioned in the decree Rome issued on 20thMarch granting special plenary indulgences during the Covid-9...
The Daily Bread, 26th March 2020. Readings: Exodus 32:7-14; Psalm 105(106):19-23; John 5:31-47 The “golden calf” has made its way into colloquial conversation in many languages. It’s usually said when commenting, with a hint of mockery, on someone else’s attitude to something as the “be all and end all.”...
