Lectio Divina Reflectión, V Sunday of Easter
WORDS FOR LIFE: April 24th 2016 V SUNDAY OF EASTER Today in John’s Gospel we have read Jesus’ words during the Last Supper and his new Command to love one another. This Command shows three things: «God first loved us» (1 John 4,10). Here God takes the initiative.…
Parish activities during the month of may
From Monday May 2nd, Evening Mass will be celebrated at 20:30 until end of September. The Lectio Divina for the youth will be held on Thursdays at 19:30 and «How to read the Bible» on Fridays at 19:30. Novena for the Virgin of Fatima (May 2nd to 13th): Each…
Voice of Pope Francis, remembering of the victims of migration
A REMEMBERING OF THE VICTIMS OF MIGRATION – Prayer (Pope Francis, 16 April 2016) Merciful God and Father of all, wake us from the slumber of indifference, open our eyes to their suffering, and free us from the insensitivity born of worldly comfort and self-centredness. Inspire us, as nations,…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, V Sunday of Easter
St. Mark – 25th April. Saint Mark´s Gospel written in Greek, is believed to be the first Synoptic Gospel to be written, his writings were addressed in the main to Christian gentile converts. The identification of Mark the evangelist has long been an area of interest, it has now…
Sunday´s Gospel, Easter Sunday
GOSPEL (Luke 24:13-35): Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but something…
Lectio Divina Reflectión Easter Sunday
WORDS FOR LIFE: March 27th 2016 EASTER SUNDAY: In the gospel today, we realize that the disciples fail to recognize Jesus due to their despair. Their eyes were blinded with sadness. Jesus chided the disciples on the road to Emmaus for the lack of their belief…
Voice of Pope Benedict XVI
(Regina Caeli, 9th April 2007) Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are still filled with the spiritual joy that the solemn celebrations of Easter truly bring to believers’ hearts. Christ is risen! The liturgy devotes to this immense mystery not only a day – it would be too little…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, Easter Sunday
St. John Climacus – 30th March. Saint John also referred to as John Scholastic or John of the Ladder was a 6th century monk at Mount Sinai. Little information is given on his earlier life but we know that at the age of 16 he arrived at the Vatus monastery…
V Sunday of Lent Sunday´s Gospel
V Sunday of Lent , 13-March-2016 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been…
Lectio Divina Reflectión V Sunday of Lent
WORDS FOR LIFE: March 13th 2016, 5th SUNDAY OF LENT: Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. Those men brought in a woman caught in the act…