Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, Baptism of The Lord
Saint Adrian of Canterbury. Feast Day January 9th. Adrian was born in North Africa in the 7th Century ,little is known of his earlier life. He was serving as an abbot in a monastery near Naples when the new Archbishop of Canterbury St Theodore of Tarsus appointed him abbot at the…
Voice of pope Francis, Mary’s divine maternity as an icon of peace
HOMILY Friday, 1st January 2016 At the beginning of a new year, the Church invites us to contemplate Mary’s divine maternity as an icon of peace. The ancient promise finds fulfilment in her person. She believed in the words of the angel, conceived her Son and thus became…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, Mary, Mother of God
Basil the Great. Feast Day January 2nd. Basil was born in to a pious, wealthy and well respected family in Caesarea Mazaca, modern day Turkey in 329. He was very well educated having studied at the schools of Caesarea ,Athens and Constantinople where he encountered fellow student St Gregory of Nazianzus.…
Sergio Navarro, a young poet from Marbella, wins the Adonais award of poetry 2016
Sergio Navarro, a young poet from Marbella, wins the Adonais award of poetry 2016 for his Collection of poetry «La lucha por el vuelo» (The fight for flight). The poetry of Sergio Navarro takes «a contemplative look at nature underpinned by a fluid musicality», according to the literary jury.…
Sunday´s Gospel and Words for life, Christmas Day
GOSPEL, John 1, 1-18: In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him. All that came to…
Voice of pope Francis, God who is in love with our small
Midnight Mass Wednesday, 24th December 2014 Isaiah’s prophecy announces the rising of a great light which breaks through the night. This light is born in Bethlehem and is welcomed by the loving arms of Mary, by the love of Joseph, by the wonder of the shepherds. When the…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, Christmas Day
Saint John The Evangelist. Feast Day December 27th. John was born in Jerusalem around AD 15 Church tradition claims that he was on of the original 12 apostles of Christ and also known as John of Patmos. Various theological works are attributed to him ,his most enduring legacy is the Gospel…
Sunday´s Gospel and Words for life, IV Sunday of Advent
GOSPEL, Matthew 1, 18-24 : This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph; being a man of honour…
Voice of pope Francis, like Mary, with a personal and sincere “yes”
ANGELUS—Sunday, 21st december 2014 Mary teaches us to seize the right moment when Jesus comes into our life and asks for a ready and generous answer. And Jesus is coming. Indeed, the mystery of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem took place historically more than 2,000 years ago…
Saints´Feast Days Coming Up, IV Sunday of Advent
Saint Dominic of Silos. Feast Day 20th December. Dominic was born in Canas in Rioja in Spain to a family of peasants and worked as a shepherd before becoming a Benedictine monk at the monasteries of San Millan de la Cogolla.Here he underwent ordination to the priesthood and became…