On this day, you may like to reflect on the Visitation of Our Lady, described so beautifully by St Luke: ‘In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of […]
Today we remember the angels assigned to each one of us personally, to guide and protect us throughout our lives, until our death. Jesus said, when He had called a child to Himself: ‘See that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you that in heaven their angels always behold […]
St Thérèse of the Child Jesus added the name ‘and of the Holy Face’ to her existing name on 12 August 1895. She wrote: ‘These words of Isaiah, “Who has believed our report? …There is no beauty in Him, no comeliness…” have been the whole foundation of my devotion to the Holy Face, or, to […]
St Jerome was born in about the year 347, in what is now Dalmatia. He is particularly known today for his translation of the Bible into Latin, which we know as the Vulgate. He died at Bethlehem in about the year 419 or 420. Fittingly, this biblical scholar said, ‘Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance […]
The icon below showing Michael the Archangel is in the public domain; it comes from Athens, and dates from the fourteenth century. There are many references to St Michael and the angels in Sacred Scripture, and here is one passage: ‘Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the […]
From our Gospel reading, from St Luke: And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he took a child and put him by his side, and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever […]
From our New Testament reading, from Philippians: ‘So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind …’ (Philippians 2:1-2) The word used […]
These two Arab saints were brothers, and doctors, who treated the sick without asking for any payment. They are the patron saints of physicians, surgeons, pharmacists, and medical students. May they pray for us, that we may know true and lasting healing of all our infirmities; and may God bless you this day.
From our Old Testament reading, from Ecclesiastes: ‘For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time […]
Set as we are within the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, this day is a special day for us. The shrine in Walsingham contains a replica of the Holy House in Nazareth. At the time of the Reformation, the original House was destroyed, but it was later restored. Now, it is an important […]