A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 12:38-44 In his teaching Jesus said, ‘Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of...
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 12:28-34 One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one...
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10:46-52 As Jesus left Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (that is, son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to...
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus. ‘Master’, they said to him ‘we want you to do us a favour.’ He said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’...
Saint Titus Brandsma has a profound message for us today on encountering the “mystery of God’s nearness”. From his life as a young Carmelite friar to his martyrdom in Dachau, we can learn how living fully in the present moment, mindful that we are always in God’s holy...
