Today’s Gospel is the Lord’s Prayer, from St Matthew: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, As we also have forgiven our debtors; And lead us not […]

From today’s Gospel, from the Sermon on the Mount: ‘You have heard that it was said, “You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy.” But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his […]

This Franciscan Portuguese saint lived across the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and was well known for his preaching, steadily rooted in the Gospels. He said: ‘Do you want to have God always in your mind? Be just as he made you to be. Do not go seeking another “you”. Do not make yourself otherwise than he […]

Here is part of a 19th century hymn to the Trinity: ‘Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity! … Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee, though the eye of sinful man thy […]

This is a description of Barnabas in the Book of Acts: ‘He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith’ – very much the ‘son of consolation’, as his name implies. It seems that wherever he went, he spread the oil of mercy, bringing many to the Lord. May he pray for […]

Here is part of today’s Old Testament reading: ‘And there he [Elijah] came to a cave, and lodged there; And he [the Lord] said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but […]

Here is the Roman Martyrology extract for the day: ‘The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Eternal High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek. In him the Father has been well pleased from before all time. As Mediator between God and human beings, fulfilling his Father’s will, he sacrificed himself once on the […]

From today’s Old Testament reading, from the First Book of Kings: ‘So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel, and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel. And Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you go limping with two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, […]

From today’s Old Testament reading, from the First Book of Kings: ‘Then the word of the Lord came to him [Elijah], “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the […]

Here is part of the Decree establishing the Memoria, given in 2018: ‘The joyous veneration given to the Mother of God by the contemporary Church, in light of reflection on the mystery of Christ and on his nature, cannot ignore the figure of a woman, the Virgin Mary, who is both the Mother of Christ […]