16 Apr _____________________ Ezekiel 37:21-28 The Lord says this: ‘I am going to take the sons of Israel from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them together from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil. I shall make them into one nation in my own land and on the mountains [...]
15 Apr _____________________ Jeremiah 20:10-13 Jeremiah said: I hear so many disparaging me, ‘“Terror from every side!” Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’ All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall, ‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge!’ But the Lord is [...]
14 Apr _____________________ Genesis 17:3-9 Abram bowed to the ground and God said this to him, ‘Here now is my covenant with you: you shall become the father of a multitude of nations. You shall no longer be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I make you father of a multitude of nations. [...]
13 Apr – Memorial for St Martin I, Pope & Martyr Martin (d. 655) was chosen the 74th pope in 649 without imperial approval. He conducted the Lateran Council which condemned the Patriach of Constantinople for Monothelitism, which claimed that Christ had no human will. This put him in opposition to the emperor who had [...]
12 Apr _____________________ Numbers 21:4-9 The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt the land of Edom. On the way the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this wilderness? For there is neither [...]
11 Apr – Memorial for St Stanislas, Bishop & Martyr Born to the Polish nobility, son of Belislaus and Bogna, and raised in a pious family. He was educated at Gnesen, Poland, and may have studied at Paris, France. When his parents died, he distributed his inheritence of the poor. Parish priest at Czembocz, Poland. [...]
10 Apr – Fifth Sunday of Lent Christ Breathes Into Us His Living Spirit Today we open ourselves to Christ’s life-giving Spirit. We pray too for those who are to be given the new life of the Spirit in baptism this Easter. _____________________ Ezekiel 37:12-14 The Lord says this: I am now going to open [...]
09 Apr _____________________ Jeremiah 11:18-20 The Lord revealed it to me; I was warned. O Lord, that was when you opened my eyes to their scheming. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughter-house, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in [...]
08 Apr _____________________ Wisdom 2:1.12-22 The godless say to themselves, with their misguided reasoning: ‘Our life is short and dreary, nor is there any relief when man’s end comes, nor is anyone known who can give release from Hades. Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys us and opposes our [...]
07 Apr – Memorial for St John Baptist de la Salle, Priest John (1651–1719) studied for the priesthood in Paris, France, but quit to care for his brothers and sisters upon the death of his parents. When his siblings were grown, John returned to the seminary. He was canon of Rheims, France in 1667 and [...]
