’Paul and Barnabas put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith(Acts 14:22).’ What Saints Paul and Barnabas did in the early days of the Church continues on in our day. Each Sunday we come to Mass to have fresh heart put into us, and to receive encouragement to persevere in […]
Som ni vet håller Kyrkan idag en särskild böndag för präst- och ordenskallelser. Det var påven Paulus VI som i ett radiomeddelande lördagen den 11 april 1964, precis vid inledningen av vigilian till den Gode Herdens söndag, uppmanade alla troende att just denna dag intensifiera bönen för kallelser till präst- och ordensliv. Och den helige […]
Homily for the feast of the Annunciation, Glumslöv Carmel, Monday 4 April 2016. This year, by the inscrutable divine decree of Divine Providence, Good Friday fell on 25 March. And because of that we now celebrate the Annunciation in Eastertide, on the first free day after the Easter Octave. So this year, it seems to […]
Herren är uppstånden från de döda, aposteln Johannes såg det och han trodde, ty han är sannerligen uppstånden. Vi har idag i början av denna mässa sjungit – under det att vi bestänktes med vigvattnen – Vidi aquam: ”Jag såg en ström av levande vatten välla fram på templets högra sida, halleluja, och det gav […]
On Jn 8:1-11. It’s the last Sunday of lent before Holy Week begins, and in this year of St. Luke the Church offers us today the Gospel of the woman taken in adultery. All the commentators agree that the present position of this story in St. John’s Gospel is not original. Its most likely author […]
Det är märkligt hur en så enkel historia som liknelsen om den förlorade sonen förmår gripa oss varje gång vi hör den. Säkert är den den mest älskade av Jesu liknelser och den som bäst sammanfattar evangeliets budskap. Den har utlagts så många gånger och ändå tycks den aldrig bli förlegad. Om och om igen […]
Epistola: Is 7, 10-15 Evangelium: Lc 1, 26-38 Today, we celebrate the beginning of our salvation at the virginal conception of God the Son in the womb of the Virgin Mary by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit. The account of the event in the Gospel according to Saint Luke reveals the plan of God […]
On Lk 4:1-13 “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit through the wilderness, being tempted there by the devil for 40 days.” Each year we begin our lenten fast with the account of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus was hungry, as we are, or […]
Evangelium Luk 1:1–4; 4:14–21. We begin today our year’s cycle of Sunday readings based on the Gospel of Luke. Alone of the Gospel writers, St. Luke was not a Jew, and not an eyewitness of the events he records. He is identified as the author also of the Acts of the Apostles, and the physician […]
Predikan av/Homily by Dom Benedict Hardy OSB. The Greek word “Epiphany” means manifestation, shining out. So today we celebrate the manifestation of Christ, especially to the Gentiles. Actually a 3-fold event is celebrated today: the coming of the Magi, the Baptism in the Jordan, and the Miracle of the water and wine at Cana in […]