Religion
Photo: EWTN RIP Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun (pictured) who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global [...]
Holy Thursdays Meditations
Passion (Palm) Sunday Meditations
…Holy Holy Holy, Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the LordIsaiah 50: 4 – 74 Ā Ā Ā The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 40
CHAPLET OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD (15 March 1997) Hymn Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ Most Precious [...]
Lenten Meditation 39
Psalm 18 For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies [...]
St Patrick’s Breastplate
Ā Ā Ā I bind to myself today Ā Ā Ā The strong virtue of the Invocation of the Trinity: Ā Ā Ā I believe the Trinity in the Unity Ā Ā Ā The Creator of the Universe. Ā Ā Ā [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 35
Psalm 77<sup class="footnote" data-fn="#fen-NIV-15095a" data-link="[a]”>[a] For the director of music. For Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm. [...]
Lenten Meditation
Day 34 Psalm 130 A song of ascents. 1Ā Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;2Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Lord, hear my voice.Let your ears be attentiveĀ Ā Ā Ā to my cry for mercy. 3Ā If you, [...]
Lenten Meditation
Ā Matthew 6Giving to the Needy 6 āBe careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father [...]
Lenten Meditation
DayĀ 30 Matthew 17The Transfiguration 17 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 29
Ant. 3 Through him all things were made; he holds all creation together in himself. Canticle ā Colossians 1:12-20Christ the first-born of all creation and the first-born [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 28
Ant. 1 I will sing to you, O Lord; I will learn from you the way of perfection. Psalm 101Avowal of a good rulerIf you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15). My song is [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 26
Isaiah 53 53Ā Who has believed our messageĀ Ā Ā Ā and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2Ā He grew up before him like a tender shoot,Ā Ā Ā Ā and like a root out [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 24
Psalm 81 For the director of music. According to gittith. Of Asaph. 1Ā Sing for joy to God our strength;Ā Ā Ā Ā shout aloud to the God of Jacob!2Ā Begin the music, strike the [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 22
Lenten Meditation Day 22 Psalm 24 The Lordās is the earth and its fullness,the world and all its peoples.It is he who set it on the seas;on the waters he made it firm. Ant. [...]
Lenten Meditation
Psalm 147King James Version (KJV) 147Ā Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. 2Ā The Lord doth build up [...]
Lenten Medittaion ay 20
2 Kings 5:1-15 Naaman Healed of Leprosy 5Ā Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 19
Lenten Meditation Day 19 (2) PRAYER: Eternal Father, You prepared a holy tabernacle, the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for Your only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Blessed be [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 17
Lenten Meditation Day 17 CONSOLATION PRAYERS To the Agonizing Jesus Christ (23 June 1997)Ā Ā (1) PRAYER:Ā Eternal Father, when You were about to send Your only-begotten [...]
Lenten Day Meditation Day 16
Lenten Day Meditation Day 16 Matthew 21 Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King 21Ā As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two [...]
The mega churches of Lagos: huge hangars hold hundreds of thousands ā in pictures
Here is a kaleidoscope of worship in the Pentecostal ‘Mega’ churches which increasingly play a prominent role in the lives of the members, in Nigeria. The [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 15
Lenten Meditation Day Psalm 143 1A psalm of David. LORD, hear my prayer; in your faithfulness listen to my pleading; answer me in your righteousness. 2Do not enter into [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 14
Lenten Meditation Day 14 Psalm 55:2-15, 17-24Against a friend proved traitor Jesus was seized with fear and distress (Mark 14:33). I O God, listen to my prayer,do not hide [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 12
Lenten Mediation Day 12 Psalm 102<sup class=”footnote” data-fn=”#fen-NIV-15523a” data-link=”[a]”>[a] A prayer of an afflicted person [...]
Lenten Medittion Day 11
Lenten Meditation Day 11 Psalm 119:105-112 XIV (Nun) A meditation on Godās law This is my commandment: that you should love one another (John 15:12). Your word is a lamp [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 10
Isaiah 53 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 9
Lenten Meditation Day 9 Psalm 38 A Penitent Suffererās Plea for Healing A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. 1Ā O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, Ā Ā Ā Ā or [...]
God versus Mammon: Pope and Trump
Photo: AP Pope Francis, holding staff, walks in procession on a stadium racetrack as he arrives to celebrate Mass in Morelia, Mexico Pope Francis Condemns [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 8
Lenten Meditation Day 8 Psalm 32 The Joy of Forgiveness 1Ā Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, Ā Ā Ā Ā whose sin is covered. 2Ā Happy are those to whom the Lord [...]
Lenten Meditation Day 7
Lenten Meditation Day 7 The Prayer Of MaryĀ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly [...]