30 Nov – Feast of St Andrew, Apostle Andrew was the first Apostle of Jesus Christ. He was a fisherman by trade, and the brother of Simon Peter. He was a follower of John the Baptist. Andrew went through life leading people to Jesus, both before and after the Crucifixion. He was a missionary in [...]
29 Nov _____________________ Isaiah 4:2-6 That day, the branch of the Lord shall be beauty and glory, and the fruit of the earth shall be the pride and adornment of Israel’s survivors. Those who are left of Zion and remain of Jerusalem shall be called holy and those left in Jerusalem, noted down for survival. [...]
28 Nov – First Sunday of Advent The Day Of The Lord Today we rejoice that the night of our long pilgrimage to God’s eternal city, the new Jerusalem, will soon be over. The Lord’s unending Day is dawning. Already, in the words of Isaiah, we see the mountain of the Temple of the Lord [...]
27 Nov _____________________ Revelations 22:1-7 The angel showed me, John, the river of life, rising from the throne of God and of the Lamb and flowing crystal-clear down the middle of the city street. On either side of the river were the trees of life, which bear twelve crops of fruit in a year, one [...]
26 Nov _____________________ Revelations 20:1-4.11-21:2 I, John, saw an angel come down from heaven with the key of the Abyss in his hand and an enormous chain. He overpowered the dragon, that primeval serpent which is the devil and Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and [...]
25 Nov – Memorial for St Catharine of Alexandria, Virgin & Martyr Catherine (d. 305) was a noble who was learned in science and oratory. After receiving a vision, she converted to Christianity. At the age of 18, during the persecution of Maximus, she offered to debate the pagan philosophers. Many were converted by her [...]
24 Nov – Memorial for Ss Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest and Companions, Martyrs Between the arrival of the first Portuguese missionary in 1533, through the Dominicans and then the Jesuit missions of the 17th century, the politically inspired persecutions of the 19th century, and the Communist-led terrors of the 20th, there have been many thousands of [...]
23 Nov – Memorial for St Clement I, Pope & Martyr; Memorial for St. Columban, Abbot Clement (d. 101) was the fourth pope, and an apostolic Father. The Basilica of St. Clement in Rome is one of the earliest parish churches in the city, and is probably built on the site of Clement’s home. He [...]
22 Nov – Memorial for St Cecilia, Virgin & Martyr Cecilia (d. 117) was a cultivated young patrician woman whose ancestors loomed large in Rome’s history. She vowed her virginity to God, but her parents married her to Valerian of Trastevere. She told her new husband that she was accompanied by an angel, but in [...]
21 Nov – Thirty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Solemnity of Christ the King Christ The King We celebrate Christ our anointed King who overcame suffering and death and so brought us out of darkness into his kingdom of light. _____________________ 2 Samuel 5:1-3 All the tribes of Israel then came to David at Hebron. ‘Look’ [...]
