Saints of the Day : 2 June Wall painting (4th century) from the catacomb of Marcellinus and Peter on the Via Labicana, “Christ with the book of the Gospels is seated between Peter and Paul. Below, the Lamb is standing in the centre on a hill, from which flow out the four symbolic rivers of […]
Gospel Reading : Matthew 5:13-19 You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trodden under foot by men. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a
Saint of the Day – 1 June Saint Justin Martyr (c. 100 – c. 165 AD) stands as one of the most vital bridge-builders in early Christian history. Operating in the mid-2nd century, he was the first major Christian intellectual to deliberately harmonize the worlds of Greek philosophy and Christian theology. Wearing the distinct cloak
Gospel Reading: John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.He who believes in him is not
Gospel Reading : Mark 11:27-33 And they came again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, and they said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?” Jesus said
Saint of the Day – 29 May – Pope St Paul VI Gospel Reading :Mark 11:11-26 And he entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple; and when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. On the following day, when they came from Bethany,
“Love the Madonna and pray the Rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today.” – Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina (1887–1968) Gospel Reading : Mark 10:46-52 And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae′us, a blind beggar, the son of Timae′us, was sitting
Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:35-38 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said
Saint of the day – 27 May Saint Augustine of Canterbury (died c. 604) was a Benedictine monk who became the “Apostle to the English.” Sent by Pope Gregory the Great on a daring, uncertain mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons, Augustine founded the See of Canterbury, established the structural roots of the English Church, and
“Immaculate Virgin, thou hast to save me. Grant that I may always remember thee; and thou, do thou never forget me. The happy day, when I shall go to behold thy beauty in paradise, seems a thousand years off. So much do I long to praise and love thee more than I can now do,
