How are you coping with lockdown? It will affect each of us differently. With so much time on our hands we might become the classic couch-potato. The constant ‘News updates’ repeated continually all day is depressing enough, pointless speculation on when it will end; who’s right or wrong; passing the buck and looking for a scape-goat is how the world responds to disaster.
Author: Saintstephens
A thought regarding the live streaming of Mass
Many of the saints have the gift of bilocation. I think we can bilocate in the spirit though not as the saints do.
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A New Perspective on our Eucharistic Fast
“BEHOLD THE PIERCED ONE”
Joseph Ratzinger, 1986
A quotation transcribed from a talk given by Tony Hickey on 9/4/2020
In the present era we do not celebrate Mass on Good Friday, but we do receive the pre-sanctified Blessed Sacrament, whereas in the early Church the Eucharist was not received on Good Friday. In the light of the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown of our churches, the following excerpt from Ratzinger’s book, Behold the Pierced One, first published in 1986, gives us a new perspective to our ‘Eucharistic fast’.
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Tribute to Ron Baxter
Duty, decency, reliability, honour, dignity, respect: these are all qualities that Ron not only held in high esteem, but practised every day during his time on this earth.
Why Did Jesus Call His Mother “Woman”?
Jesus said to her, “Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.” — John 2:4
If you’ve read this passage before, you’ve probably perceived Jesus as cold or disrespectful. Yet, when you study scripture through the lens of typology, you realise that actually, Jesus was honouring His mother, Mary.