We all need to connect with others, to be in communion with them. We don’t like to feel isolated or cut off from family, friends, or the wider community. One of the most challenging aspects of sickness or disability can be the isolation that it brings. When we are ill...
1. Prayer for Children Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, who although begotten before all time, in time, nevertheless, willed to become an infant and Who loves the innocence of this age; Who lovingly embraced the children brought to You and blessed them;...
First Reading: Job 7: 1 – 4, 6 – 7 Psalm: 147 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 9: 16 – 19, 22 – 23 Gospel: Mark 1. 29 – 39 This Sunday’s Gospel is filled with a number of the themes that appear throughout Mark’s Gospel: priority of the reign of God, healing,...
Saint Blaise is best known for the tradition of blessing throats linked to him. An Armenian bishop. Blaise suffered martyrdom during the persecution of Licinius, in the early 4th century. While little is known about him, it is said that religious oppression forced him...
