Unable to have any children, Frances Chesterton, the wife of G.K. Chesterton, was deeply moved by the image of the Nativity, and wrote...

I have a particular devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, I hope it's not just because she is portrayed more-garishly than other...

St Nicholas was a real person, born to a wealthy family in Lycia, Asia Minor (now Turkey) sometime between 270 and 280 AD. Today in some...

Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all....

HAPPY NEW (CHRISTIAN) YEAR on this Advent Sunday. In a poor Middle Eastern village, there was an ancient well, next to which were two...

Having faith in God is easier when all is going well: - when your children are enjoying life and making your life enjoyable as well; -...

“I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that...

In my youth, which wasn’t long after Guy Fawkes tried to change our politics , we used to buy boxes of ready-selected fireworks . Various...

St Winifride (Winefride, Winifred, or Gwenffrewi in Welsh) was born around the year 600 AD. She was the daughter of a chieftain, and her...

I'm Phil Collins, but not THAT one. Even now, people snigger when I introduce myself. At one time in Winchester Paul Newman, Michael...

Jesus is given this portion of Scripture to read at His home Synagogue in Nazareth. It seems to me that this is vital to Luke. His is the...

“Pray continually and never lose heart” This is the heading given to today’s Mass readings in the Missal. Saint Luke introduces a parable...

Edward was born in the early 1000s, the son of King Ethelred the Unready. After a Danish invasion in 1013, he was sent to exile in...

The Imperial State Crown was crafted in 1937 for the coronation of George VI, to replace the heavier crown worn by Queen Victoria. The...

As schools return, so Autumn overtakes the former balminess of summer. Nature, already preparing itself for previous drought, Converts...

In returning and rest, you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength. Isaiah 30. 15 Within most of us there is a...

... an appreciation of St Clare. Clare Offreduccio was born in 1194, the daughter of a wealthy family in Assisi . When she was eighteen...

Father Gould was tremendously well-organised. Having been a major in the army, he had us all out on parade every morning for Morning...

Ignatius, whose day it is today (31st July) , was born in 1491 in northern Spain; the youngest of thirteen children. Aged sixteen he was...

There are at least two people in the New Testament who I feel get a bad press. One is Judas. I’m certain he followed Jesus in all good...