Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven.
This section of St Matthew’s Gospel is about the Kingdom of God being seen in the Church when human needs are responded to with the life of God.
Carmelites taking part in World Youth Day gathered together in Lisbon for a day of fraternity, prayer and catechesis led by Fr Míceál O’Neill, Prior General.
In the Hebrew Scriptures high mountains were traditionally seen as holy places where one could encounter God.
You can download and save the scripture texts, reflections and prayers for Lectio Divina for each day of this month. Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures. Visit our Lectio Divina page for more information about how to pray using Lectio Divina. Join our Lectio Online group. We meet every Friday at 10am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) [You are welcome to join from other time zones, eg. Perth/Singapore/Philippines: 7am; Timor-Leste/Tokyo: 8am; New Zealand: 12pm; Los Angeles: Thursday 4pm; New York/Toronto: Thursday 7pm] to prayerfully reflect on the Gospel of the coming Sunday.
Fr Matthew Tonini is accompanying a group of St Vincent de Paul pilgrims on their journey from Brisbane to Lisbon for World Youth Day.
In the Gospel, Jesus compares the Kingdom to treasure hidden in a field, to a merchant on the lookout for fine pearls and to a fisherman’s dragnet which brings in a very mixed catch.
Today Carmelites celebrate the memory of St Titus Brandsma, Carmelite, academic, mystic, journalist and martyr.
Today, 26 July, we celebrate the memory of Saints Joachim and Anne, the parents of Mary
