Dec 3 – Feast of St. Francis Xavier, presbyter, religious, missionary (Principal Patron of Foreign Missions) St. Francis Xavier (1506-1552) was a nobleman from the Basque region. He studied and taught philosophy at the University of Paris, and planned a career as a professor. He was a friend of St. Ignatius of Loyola, who convinced... Continue Reading →
7 November, Friday — Spreading the Gospel by Any Means
Friday of Week 31 in Ordinary Time Rm 15:14-21Lk 16:1-8 “…bringing the Good News from God to the pagans…” It is always a good time to spread the Gospel, and often it does not even require quoting scripture or thumping a Bible. In a nuanced but significant way, evangelisation is different from proselytisation. Evangelisation creates... Continue Reading →
5 September, Thursday — Catching Men
Sep 5 – Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland... Continue Reading →
4 September, Wednesday — Only God Matters
Wednesday of Week 22 in Ordinary Time 1 Cor 3:1-9Lk 4:38-44 Neither the planter nor the waterer matters: only God, who makes things grow. Whatever we do, only God matters. In this context of the planter and waterer, I’m thinking of the evangelisation work that I do in the RCIA ministry. We are first the... Continue Reading →
4 October, Wednesday — Loving Jesus, Following Jesus
Oct 4 – Memorial for St. Francis of Assisi Francis Bernardone (1181–1226) was the son of Pietro Bernadone, a rich cloth merchant. Though he had a good education and became part of his father’s business, he also had a somewhat misspent youth. He was a street brawler and some-time soldier. He was captured during a... Continue Reading →
15 January, Saturday — Those who want to make heaven must wear repentant tags
Saturday of Week 1 in Ordinary Time 1 Sam 9:1-4,17-19;10:1Mk 2:13-17 When Jesus heard this he said to them, "It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners." There are a number of ways of carrying out evangelization, and reaching out to... Continue Reading →
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