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The unsung hero on Passion Sunday ‘The Donkey’
As animal go the donkey gets a bad rap…Think of donkey in Shrek… But as we read in book of Isaiah 1:3 “An ox knows its owner, and a donkey its master’s manger but Israel does not...
Passion Sunday
Second readingFrom a sermon by Saint Andrew of Crete, bishopBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Blessed is the king of Israel Let us go together to meet Christ on...
Thoughts on Lent Fr Stefan
“The fast of Lent has no advantage to us unless it brings about our spiritual renewal. It is necessary while fasting to change our whole life and practice virtue. Turning away...
Fulton Sheen thought on Anointing of the Sick
Futon Sheen writes ‘Our Blessed Lord instituted a sacrament for our spiritual wounds, ie confession.' As confession is oriented to healing spiritual wounds. Anointing of the sick...
Reading a Fulton Sheen book
Read this on chapter on Anger ‘If we met ourselves in others, we would hate them.’ What He is saying that we are quick to judge others in anger because we don’t see the same sin...
Jesus words from the Cross – part 2
Pride ‘My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken Me.’ (Math 27-46) ‘Pride is an ordinate love of one’s excellence, either of body or mind or the unlawful pleasures we derive from...
Jesus words from the Cross – part 1
Third Word ‘Woman, behold thy Son; behold thy mother.’ (John 19:26-27) ‘Lust is an inordinate love of the pleasures of the flesh.’ ‘The pleasure becomes sinful at...
For lent our struggle is with the Devil 3 books..
The devil prowls like a roaring lion seeking souls to devour says St Peter..But most people no longer seem to be afraid of the devil. The saints didn’t think this way. Look at...