5th day within the octave of Christmas Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr Gospel - Luke 2:22-35 “Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed...

The Holy Innocents, Martyrs Gospel - Matthew 2:13-18 “Herod was furious when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, and in Bethlehem and its surrounding district he had all the male children killed who were two years old or under, reckoning by the...

Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist Gospel - John 20:2-8 “Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed”. The mystery of salvation is not something which you watch from outside. Mere knowledge is not enough. You must go...

Saint Stephen, the first Martyr Gospel - Matthew 10:17-22 “But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to speak or what to say;” Most of our worries are about how to perform in a certain situation. We don’t know how the situation will be and we don’t know what...