Holy Week… Palm Sunday – The Extravagance of Love 28 Mar 202110 Apr 2021 Mosaic from the Cappella della “Casa incontri cristiani” a Capiago Mark 14:1-15:47 As we begin Holy Week, I just want to reflect on just one incident within the shocking drama that…
Lent… 5th Sunday – The Prayer of the Heart 21 Mar 20214 Apr 2021 An icon of the Desert Fathers Jer 31:31-34 This Word we have received today from Jeremiah, could well claim to be summary of all of the Hebrew Scriptures. Here you…
Lent… 4th Sunday – Maria Goretti and the Gaze from the Cross 13 Mar 20212 Apr 2021 Crucifix d’Arezzo by Giacobbe Giusti John 3:14-21 On the 24th June, 1950, less than fifty years after her death, Pope Pius XII canonised a new saint, Maria Goretti. The canonisation…
Lent… 3rd Sunday -The Ten Words of Life 6 Mar 202128 Mar 2021 Philippe de Champaigne, Moses with the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-17 We are presented today with the Decalogue, or the Ten Commandments. This is one of those things with which we…