Tag - sacred scripture

Can We Read Our Way To Heaven?

Our blogger, Elizabeth posted the following request a short while ago... Just wondering if we could perhaps start another topic on what our bloggers are reading at the moment? Spiritual reading that is. I could start off by saying that I am loving Cardinal Sarah’s book on Silence. It is beautifully written, perceptive, and does...

November: Month of the Holy Souls…

Launched to mark the Feast of All Souls Day, 2nd November,  this thread is to allow us to share our favourite prayers, novenas and hymns for the benefit of the Holy Souls.  Praying for the dead is a tradition firmly rooted in Sacred Scripture:  "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for...

Pope Paul VI Enthusiastic About The Spirit of Novelty Within the Church

Reader, Jim Paton from Perth, submitted the following extract from the text of the General Audience of Pope Paul VI on 2nd July, 1969. It is not available in English on the Vatican website, but you can read the original text by clicking on the photo of Paul VI. All emphases have been added by...