Tag Archive for ‘saints’
June Saints
St Paula Frasinetti (1809-1882) Paula Frassinetti was baptised on the day she was born, in Genoa, Italy. Her mother died when she was nine. An aunt moved in to look after the family – Paula and her four brothers. In need of a substitute mother, Paula turned to Our Lady. Three years later, the aunt also […]
Sunday 1 November
All Saints (S) Apocalypse 7:2-4 9-14; Psalm 24; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Called to be saints Baptism calls us into the Communion of Saints. In this Communion are many who from their labours rest with God in heaven. Their lives, canonised or not, live on amongst us today through love. Growing into saintliness brings […]
Friday 30 August
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8; Psalm 97; Matthew 25:1-13 Stay awake and listen God wants us to be holy. Holy persons try to love others as God loves, yet know they will never succeed perfectly. They take ordinary tasks and do them in freedom with generous love. They know they need God and call on the Holy […]
Saturday 26 January
ST TIMOTHY AND ST TITUS 2 Timothy 1:1-8 or Titus 1:1-5; Psalm 95 (96):1-3, 7-8, 10; Luke 10:1-9 Boldness There is a boldness and courage about the faith of some saints. Their faith seemed to be strengthened by difficulties and opposition, and even by persecution. True faith is rooted deeply in God and is not […]
March Crossword
Solution for February Across: 1 Rake, 3 Ad limina, 9 Acronym, 10 Canoe, 11 Spellbinding, 14 She, 16 Canon, 17 Ski, 18 Christian era, 21 Pylon, 22 Holdall, 23 Conclave, 24 Jews. Down: 1 Reassess, 2 Kyrie, 4 Dim, 5 Incidentally, 6 Innings, 7 Amen, 8 Inflectional, 12 If not, 13 Miracles, 15 Echelon, 19 […]
Wednesday 1 November
All Saints Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Your faithful people Today we rejoice in our ‘saints’ – citizens of Heaven. These are the saints we are named after, pray to often, read about. We number, too, all the good people we have known – our parents and friends and family […]
Sixteen Scientist Saints
Science was invented by a Franciscan friar. Genetics by an Augustinian monk. And the Big Bang Theory by a Jesuit priest.
Friday 17 March
St Patrick Jeremiah 1:4-9; Psalm 106; Acts 13:46-49; Luke 10:1-2, 17-20 Proclaiming the Good News In both his words and his actions Jesus proclaimed the good news of salvation, that God is a loving, compassionate and merciful God, who extends an invitation to all – Jews and gentiles, saints and sinners, — to enter his […]
Wednesday 2 November
All Souls Isaiah 25:6-9; Ps 23; Romans 5:17-21; Luke 7:11-17 Hope Yesterday we celebrated with the saints already in heaven. Today we think about ourselves, and those who have gone before us in faith. Jesus came down from His Father, died for our sins, and rose again to give us hope of eternal life with […]
Sunday 1 November
All Saints Ps 24; Apocalypse 7:2-4, 9-14, 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Celebration and Thanksgiving The Beatitudes – You might spend a few minutes on today’s readings Today we celebrate the lives of those souls who have achieved their reward in heaven. Shall we include those ‘saints’ who in the 1800s came to spread the […]
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