Reflections
Memorial of St Francis Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100421.cfm Today the Church remembers and celebrates St Francis of Assisi. To…
The Feast of Sts Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels Today’s Responsorial Psalm In the sight of the angels I will…
The Memorial of St Vincent de Paul From today’s First Reading Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am intensely…
Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092221.cfm From today’s Responsorial Psalm: So now consider what he has done for you, and…
Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092021.cfm For the next two weeks I will be teaching a course to Chaplains new to…
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0915-memorial-our-lady-sorrows.cfm Today the Church brings to mind the image of…
Memorial of St John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091321.cfm In today’s First Reading…
Today the Church celebrates the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It celebrates, liturgically, only two other birthdays during the…
Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090621.cfm Today’s Responsorial Psalm is a short section from Psalm 62. The psalm has 13 verses,…
Here, as forecast earlier on the week, we have these wonderful words from St Paul to the people of Colossae…
Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090121.cfm Today in our First Reading we start reading from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, and…
Link to today’s Mass Readings: Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB As I mentioned in one…
Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St Monica
Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0827-memorial-monica.cfm St Monica lived between 332-387c.e., and was the mother St Augustine. While this might sound…
Link to today’s Mass Readings: Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB Psalm 139:7-8, 9-10, 11-12ab R. You…
Link to today’s Mass Readings: Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB Today in our First Reading…
The Alleluia Verse from today’s readings: Alleluia, alleluia. Receive the word of God, not as the word of men, but,…
11th August – The Memorial of St Clare Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0811-memorial-saintclare.cfm Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of…
A link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080921.cfm Today’s First Reading comes for the Book of Deuteronomy, one of the Old Testament…
Today in the Gospel Reading (Mk 9:2-10) we hear of the Transfiguration of Jesus. Matthew (Mt 17:1 -8) and Luke…
Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080421.cfm Today’s Gospel Reading (Mt 15:21-28) which can at first glance seem a little harsh at…
