Listening to IsaiahJul 15, 2024
Each week in July we are meeting a prophet in the first reading. So far we have had a week with Amos, the prophet of social justice, then with Hosea and his teaching on the love of God for us. Now this week we listen to Isaiah. Read more
Hosea's oracles on the love of GodJul 12, 2024
This week we have been blessed to hear some of the most beautiful and poetic texts on the love of God in the bible They are contained in the prophet Hosea in 11:1-11 and 14:2-10. Read more
The feast of St Benedict of Nursia (480-547)Jul 11, 2024
We do not know much about his life. Benedict was born into a noble family of Nursia, a city of the province of Perugia in the central part of modern-day Italy. Read more
Unite us in your loveJul 10, 2024
Hosea sees clearly what God wants for his people. He wants them to know the true God and live in righteousness, steadfast love and kindness. Read more
The martyrs of ChinaJul 09, 2024
The martyr saints of China, St Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, included 120 people who were killed in China between 1648 and 1930, under different emperors and during the Boxer rebellion. Read more
Pray for peacemakersJun 25, 2024
The first reading from the second book of Kings 19 is about King Sennacherib and the Assyrians. It is a fascinating story about the King sending a message to Hezekiah, the king of Judah, advising him not to let the God of Israel deceive him into thinking that God will save him because the Assyrians have… Read more
The feast of John the BaptistJun 24, 2024
Today we celebrate the feast of John the Baptist. The church regards him as such an important person that he is the only saint to have two feasts; his birth today and his death on the 29th of August. Read more
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