Liturgical Index
Baptism of the Lord
Today's feast marks both an ending and a beginning. It is the final celebration of the Christmas period, a fact that is emphasised by the Divine... more »
Today we celebrate the Baptism of the Lord. We recall the moment when Jesus at the beginning of his public ministry came to John the Baptist and... more »
In 2002 Pope John Paul II introduced five new mysteries of the Rosary, which he called the Luminous Mysteries. These cover Christ's public ministry... more »
Our baptisms were tame affairs. Quite likely when we were baptised we were babies, and a little water was gently and carefully poured on our heads by... more »
Mark begins his Gospel in the desert, where John baptises and where Jesus will be tested by Satan. The desert is a place at the fringes of... more »
On the first Sunday of Advent we heard the prophet Isaiah beseeching God, 'Oh that you would tear the heavens and come down.' Now six weeks later, on... more »
One of the more tedious parts of performing a baptism is making sure that the paperwork is in order, and the names of the candidate and the... more »
Religion is commonly blamed for two evils. The first is war. But while we can think of plenty of wars, some of them going on right now, in which... more »
According to St John's Gospel, John the Baptist performed his baptisms at a place called Bethany-beyond-Jordan, at the northern end of the Dead Sea... more »
Christmastide! For most of us this refers to that season when we celebrate the infancy of Jesus, and nothing more. How odd, then, that I read in my... more »
Today's celebration is one of great importance, containing many rich and important themes. It celebrates an end and a beginning, the end of the... more »
