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It is not often that the Sunday readings of Ordinary Time are replaced by the readings associated with particular saints, but this weekend is one such occasion. The feast that we celebrate today is in fact a Solemnity – a feast of the highest rank in the liturgical calendar.  What can Read More →

St Stephen, the first martyr of Christianity, was according to the Acts of the Apostles, a deacon in the early Church at Jerusalem.  He aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his teachings.  Members of these synagogues had challenged Stephen’s teachings but Stephen, in Read More →

The life of John the Baptist truly epitomised the concept of catechesis.  He was prophesised by Isaiah as being “a voice of one that cries in the desert, ‘prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight’” (Matt 3:3). He focused on the value of life and the importance of being spir Read More →

St Mark the Evangelist is the author of the shortest gospel in the New Testament – 16 chapters. In these chapters, he wrote about Jesus’ ministries, His Passion, triumphant Resurrection and ascension to heaven where He took His place at the right hand of God. St Mark presented Jesus t Read More →

In last week’s issue we situated the Solemnity of All Saints (November 1) in the context of the “Communion of Saints”, All Saints Day celebrating all the saints – those officially canonised by the Church, as well as the host of faithful who lived saintly lives following in the footste Read More →

John Mary Vianney was born into a peasant family in the small town ofDardilly, France on May 8, 1786. His family was poor in material possessions but rich in humanity and in faith. Baptised on the day of his birth, as was the custom in those days, he spent a lot of his childhood and a Read More →

“When Maria Goretti was canonized a saint in 1947, there was an unlikely participant among the quarter million worshippers in Saint Peter’s Square. Alessandro Serenelli, the man who had killed the young Maria after she resisted his attempts to rape her, knelt in prayer. Maria was the Read More →

Mary, Our Blessed Mother Mary as the blessed mother of our Church is one of the most unique jewels. Mary is both Mother and model of the Church. As Mother of Jesus she is also Mother of the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church. As Mary nurtured Jesus, so too, her work continues in heav Read More →