A new encyclical from Pope Francis
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A Selection of news from around the world
- Downside monks leave Buckfast for merger with Belmont Benedictines
- Pope continues to improve – but not enough to leave hospital
- Diocese of Portsmouth welcomes schools U-turn by Isle of Wight Council
- Lent Poetry Podcast revisited: 'Paternoster' by Jen Hadfield
- Lord Mayor of Westminster honoured with papal knighthood
- Audit reports ‘positive safeguarding culture’ in Carlisle, alongside concerns about capacity
- 4th Sunday of Lent
- Flame 2025, the ‘Catholic Glastonbury’ lit by the burning faith of the young
- Fri 21 March
- Church of England’s first lead bishops for racial justice appointed
Recent Posts
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Jesus’ testing in the wilderness
Jesus’ testing in the wilderness was similar to the test which Adam and Eve underwent when God made them stewards of his creation and sharers in his glory and power. […]
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Categories: Church, Humanity
Why do we receive ashes on Ash Wednesday?
The following is a condensed version of an article by Father Michael Van Sloun, pastor of St. Bartholomew in Wayzata, that first appeared in 2008 in The Catholic Spirit. In […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
With loving-kindness and mercy
What makes Christianity distinct from any other religion? It is grace – treating others, not as they deserve, but as God wishes them to be treated – with loving-kindness and […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Oh, how I love your law!
Jesus taught reverence and respect for God’s law – reverence for God himself, reverence for the Lord’s Day, reverence or respect for parents, respect for life, for property, for another […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
His word is a lamp
Lamps in the ancient world served a vital function, much like they do today. They enable people to see and work in the dark and to avoid stumbling. The Jews […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Ask the Lord to renew your faith
Jesus is the new temple (John 1:14; 2:19-22). In the Old Testament God manifested his presence in the “pillar of cloud” by day and the “pillar of fire” by night […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
What is the good news?
Jesus takes up John’s message of repentance and calls his hearers to believe in the good news he has come to deliver. What is the good news which Jesus brings? […]
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this is the Son of God
John calls Jesus the Lamb of God and thus signifies Jesus’ mission as the One who redeems us from our sins. The blood of the Passover Lamb (Exodus 12) delivered […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Let us rise with him
John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke 3:3). In this humble submission of Jesus we see a foreshadowing of the “baptism” of his bloody death […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Men, be like Joseph
Joseph was given a unique task as the guardian and protector of Mary and of Jesus. What can we learn from the example and witness of Joseph? Joseph is a […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Are you ready to believe
Mary had to face an enormous challenge. She was asked to assume a burden of tremendous responsibility. It had never been heard of before that a child could be born […]
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Categories: Church, Sunday Meditation
Fingers pointing to Jesus
John is the last and greatest of the prophets of the old covenant. He fulfilled the essential task of all the prophets – to be fingers pointing to Jesus Christ, […]
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