For the Apostle Paul, those who are now baptized into the life of grace in Christ, are freed from a

One could explain in many ways, I suppose, why St Benedict is one of the patron saints of Europe. We

For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment and with the voice of an archangel and with

There was a time when every schoolboy (and girl) knew that Saul of Tarsus was struck down on the road

When Paul writes about the cross of Christ, he normally means something more than the tree of the cross, the

The Feast of Sts Peter and Paul celebrates the two outstanding apostles of the Church.  In many ways these two men

Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13; Psalm 68; Romans 5:12-17; Matthew 10:26-33 The third reading for today is taken from a section in Matthew's

10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Hosea 6:3-6; Psalm 49; Romans 4:18-25; Matthew 9:9-13 I suspect that the Gospel reading for this

Imagine that you are Mary, having just been told that you are going to be the Mother of the Messiah

Having already hosted Cardinal Walter Kasper this term, Blackfriars received another distinguished visitor in the person of the Dalai Lama

Modern times have seen a decline in the practice of piety such as the devotion to the Sacred Heart of

The Feast of the Translation of St Dominic There is something very striking in the life of Dominic de Guzman. Many