21 Apr – Memorial for St. Anselm, bishop & doctor St. Anselm (1033-1109) was born of Italian nobility. After a childhood devoted to piety and study, he wanted to enter religious life, but his father prevented it, and Anselm became rather worldly for several years. Upon his mother’s death, Anselm argued with his father, fled... Continue Reading →
20 April, Monday – The enemy isn’t ‘them’
Monday of the 3rd Week of Eastertide Acts 6:8-15Jn 6:22-29 They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said. Those words still ring true today, don’t they? Truth is often covered up. These days, 'Truth' is often ‘made up’. We live... Continue Reading →
19 April, Sunday — Purpose Driven by the Holy Spirit
3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 2:14,22-331 Pet 1:17-21Lk 24:13-35 “Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained to the scriptures to us?” I was told, when I was in my first years of working, that passion would drive my will to work. Yet, I realised that... Continue Reading →
18 April, Saturday — Calming Our Storms
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 6:1-7Jn 6:16-21 “But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”” We are now in April and have passed Lent into Easter. Yet I feel like I am still carrying my cross and that my tests are not over. I know that it never... Continue Reading →
17 April, Friday — Multiplication
Friday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 5:34-42Jn 6:1-5 “There is a small boy here with five barley loaves and two fish…” This year, I was one of the twelve men chosen to have my feet washed during Maundy Thursday service at my parish, the Church of St Francis Xavier. It was a totally... Continue Reading →
16 April, Thursday — Faith Against the Tide
Thursday of 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 5:27-33Jn 3:31-36 “Obedience to God comes before obedience to men...” The readings for today all converge on a central truth: obedience to God surpasses all human authority, because God alone is the source of truth and life. In Acts, the Apostles stand before the Sanhedrin, accused of disobedience.... Continue Reading →
15 April, Wednesday — He Did Not Send His Son to Condemn
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 5:17-26Jn 3:16-21 “For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through Him the world might be saved.” Today’s Gospel defines the core Christian message of salvation through God's love, stating that God gave his only Son to provide eternal... Continue Reading →
14 April, Tuesday — The wind blows where it wishes
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Eastertide Acts 4:32-37Jn 3:7-15 “The wind blows where it pleases; you hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. That is how it is with all who are born of the Spirit.” Jesus explains to Nicodemus that the ‘new birth’ is... Continue Reading →
13 April, Monday — Spirit of Truth
13 Apr – Memorial for St. Martin I, pope & martyr St. Martin (d. 655) was chosen the 74th pope in 649 without imperial approval. He conducted the Lateran Council, which condemned the Patriarch of Constantinople for Monothelitism, and which claimed that Christ had no human will. This put him in opposition to the emperor,... Continue Reading →
12 April, Sunday — Peace like a river
12 Apr -- Divine Mercy Sunday The Congregation for Divine Worship decreed in 2003 that “throughout the world, the Second Sunday of Easter will receive the name Divine Mercy Sunday, a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difference and trials that humankind will experience in the years... Continue Reading →
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