31 Jan – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Church As The Prophet Of God We are privileged to be called by God to be his prophets: to take his words on our lips and proclaim them to the world. But the gift of prophecy is of no avail without the gift of love: a [...]
30 Jan _____________________ 2 Samuel 12:1-7.10-17 The Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. He came to him and said: ‘In the same town were two men, one rich, the other poor. The rich man had flocks and herds in great abundance; the poor man had nothing but a ewe lamb., one only, a small [...]
29 Jan _____________________ 2 Samuel 11:1-10.13-17 At the turn of the year, the time when kings go campaigning, David sent Joab and with him his own guards and the whole of Israel. They massacred the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. David however remained in Jerusalem. It happened towards evening when David had risen from [...]
28 Jan _____________________ 2 Samuel 7:18-19.24-29 After Nathan had spoken to David, the King went in and, seated before the Lord, said: ‘Who am I, Lord and what is my House, that you have led me as far as this? Yet in your sight, Lord, this is still not far enough, and you make your [...]
27 Jan – Memorial for St. Angela Merici, virgin _____________________ St. Angela Merici (1474-1540) became a Franciscan tertiary at the age of 15. She received a vision telling her that she would inspire devout women in their vocation. In Crete, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she was struck blind. Her friends wanted to [...]
26 Jan _____________________ 2 Samuel 6:12-15.17-19 David went and brought the ark of God up from Obed-edom’s house to the Citadel of David with great rejoicing. When the bearers of the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fat sheep. And David danced whirling round before the Lord [...]
25 Jan – Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, apostle St. Paul (3-65) was a Jewish Talmudic student and a Pharisee. He was a tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of St. Stephen the Martyr. On his way to Damascus to arrest another [...]
24 Jan – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The Law Of The Lord Today is a day of rejoicing in the New Law which Christ has given us and which unites us with Him, binds us together as His people, and enables us to work together for His kingdom. We listen to the words of [...]
23 Jan ____________________ 1 Samuel 1:1-4.11-12.17.19.23-27 David returned from his rout of the Amalekites and spent two days in Ziklag. On the third day a man came from the camp where Saul had, his garments torn and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did homage. ‘Where [...]
22 Jan – Memorial for St Vincent, Deacon, Martyr Vincent of Saragossa (d. 304) was a friend of St. Valerius of Saragossa in Spain, and served as his deacon. He was imprisoned and tortured in Valencia, some of it by burning on a gridiron, for his faith. He converted the jailer and was finally offered [...]
