How Jesus directs us to life devoted to prayer
God lives a most mysterious form of life. High above all things, dwelling in unapproachable light, God is the eternal Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The life of the Holy Trinity is resplendent with glory. The three-in-one rejoice in abundant bliss simply over being God. No human being can fathom the life or bliss of […]
St Polycarp and the veneration of relics
The feast day of St Polycarp is celebrated by the Church each year on 23rd February. He was born about 70 AD and died in his eighties as bishop of Smyrna which is modern day Izmir in Turkey. He is an important figure in the early Church as he was a friend of St John […]
Heaers of the word Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Psalm 51 (50); Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11
Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil Matt. 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Matt. 4:2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. Matt. 4:3 The tempter came […]