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On the Third Day of Christmas: The Incarnation

December 27, 2022

On the Feast of St John the Evangelist, the great Apostle of the Incarnation, an extract from the third chapter of St Athanasius’s great treatise De Incarnatione. Athanasius was Bishop of Alexandria in the turbulent fourth century; he doughtily refuted the false teachings of the heresiarch Arius, and for his defence of the doctrine of

I’ve stopped writing my book about depression, and for the best of reasons

January 27, 2017

Last year, I was writing on mental illness and the Incarnation. It's nice to have a common-or-garden sickness instead

Pope Francis: A life of service does not make you ‘a loser’

November 03, 2015

The Pope preached at a Mass today commemorating cardinals and bishops who died last year

I wouldn’t dip a finger in the River Jordan

July 16, 2015

What matters is not so much the precise spot of Jesus's baptism, but rather the importance of the whole ritual

Christmas comes early as we celebrate the birth of St John

June 24, 2015

It is practically obligatory for Christians to take part in enthusiastic celebrations to mark the feast of St John the Baptist

The presence of Christ bids us to reach beyond the narrow confines of our lives

April 23, 2013

The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Acts 13:14 & 43-52; Revelation 7:9 & 14-17; John 10:27-30 (Year C)

What can we do to help our Christian brethren in the Middle East?

August 02, 2012

Praying for them, and the invocation of Saint Charbel, may be a good way to start