On the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors of the house where the disciples had gathered were locked because...

“WHAT DID THEY DO ON THAT SATURDAY?” The Joseph from Arimathea presented in the biblical gospels was a "secret disciple of Jesus”...

Jesus falls a second and a third time Not only was Jesus sentenced to die on the cross but he was also tasked to carry the cross the...

The sixth station of the cross tells of a woman named Veronica from Jerusalem who, upon seeing Jesus on the Via Dolorosa, offers Jesus...

Jesus is exhausted. His footsteps become more and more unsteady, and the soldiers are in a hurry to be finished. They take hold of a man...

THE FOURTH STATION - JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER. the most-moving encounter along the Way is this meeting. Amongst the bloodthirsty crowd is...

.....and picking up the baggage. For some, the cross is a piece of jewellery, which can be worn around the neck, and it may in addition...

Prayerful meditation through the STATIONS OF THE CROSS is a particular devotion during Lent and on Fridays throughout the year, leading...

"Jesus himself was a guest at a wedding in Cana. We've heard it all before. He turned the water into wine. (It's our proof-text against...

Fr Jamie asked me to cover for him after Christmas, which I was happy to do. Below is my address for the Feast of the Holy Family,...

On the 12th December, 1531, a poor, 57-year-old Aztec Indian living five miles outside of Mexico City encountered a miraculous happening...

Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez was born to a large, poor family in a small village in El Salvador in 1917. He was sent to Rome to study...

Dorothy Day (1897 – 1980) …..was an American journalist turned social activist and devout member of the Catholic Church. She became known...

Wilfrid (634-709) is one of the greatest and also one of the most controversial of English Saints. He helped bring the discipline of the...

1. "Our Lady Who Brings Down Walls" - Palestine / Israel Graffiti painted along the Separation wall, near the Emmanuel Monastery in...

TODAY IS THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM. England’s Nazareth Walsingham has been a place of pilgrimage since the Middle Ages —...

First celebrated in 1982, The International Day of Peace is a United Nations-sanctioned observance on September 21, dedicated to world...

It was my privilege to celebrate Holy Communion at St Cross (Winchester) today. Straight from the Book of Common Prayer, words resonating...

Birth Name: Nathanael or Bartholomew ( he seems to answer to both) Patron Saint of: Armenia, tanners, plasterers, cheese merchants, those...

....I promise you that this post has nothing to do with Lionesses! I'll begin with a prayer by Thomas Merton, who has featured in two...