During the month of March 2023 Pope Francis’ intention is:for victims of abuse. We pray for those who have suffered harm from membersof the Church; may they find within the Church herself aconcrete response to their pain and suffering.
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
25 March, Solemnity
The Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March is one of the most important in the Church calendar.
When Jacinda Ardern recently resigned as New Zealand’s Prime Minister we saw and heard in the media that she has received death threats, she has been subject to many misogynistic comments, she has been called some dreadful names, and referred to with adjectives that should not be applied to any human being.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Matthew 5:13-16 13 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 You are the light […]
During the month of February 2023 Pope Francis’ intention is:for parishes. We pray that parishes, placing communion at the centre,may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity andwelcome towards those most in need.
In every Nativity tableau, the figure of Joseph stands out as a proud guardian and protector of mother and child.
The Christmas story casts him in a privileged role, a character with integrity, trustworthy and reliable. But without a word to say.
Joseph’s strength is in his silence.
Love’s hypnotic question,
asks you to be
penitent,
or joyous
or trembling,
During the month of December 2022 Pope Francis’ intention is: for volunteer not-for-profit organisations
We pray that volunteer non-profit organisations committed to human development find people dedicated to the common good and ceaselessly seek out new paths to international cooperation.
Second Sunday of Advent – Matthew 3:1-12 1 John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, 2 ‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 3 This was the man that the prophet Isaiah had spoken of when he said: A voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare […]