Month: September 2023

  • St Teresa’s Bookmark

    Some of my favourite saints have their feast in October. Among them is St Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582), the great Spanish Carmelite mystic, writer, founder, reformer and Doctor (i.e. teacher) of the Church.   This famous prayer or thought was found after St. Teresa’s death on a prayer card in her breviary (prayer-book).…

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  • The Synod in Rome

    Recently Cardinal Nichols wrote a letter about the Synod, from which these are extracts: Pope Francis wants us to rediscover our life in the Church as a communion of life with God and with one another. He wants us to be a sacrament for the whole world, the outward sign that leads people to the…

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  • World Youth Day 2023

    Well, what can I say? If there is anything to describe World Youth Day (WYD) in Lisbon, it would probably be the most difficult reflection I would have to do, and it is likely that I wouldn’t be able to accomplish this! There are no words to describe it! (Joke set aside!)    The experience…

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  • 14th September – The Feast of the Cross

    Thursday is the Feast of the Triumph or Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This is not the commemoration of Our Lord’s suffering upon the Cross – that is Good Friday. Rather it is an invitation to honour the Cross itself, the altar as it were where Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us. There are…

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