St Mary Magdalene follows Christ (Luke 8:1-3)
After being cured by Christ, St Mary Magdalene became one of Christ’s most faithful disciples.
The Preaching of St John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-12)
St. John the Baptist's public ministry involved preaching repentance, baptising converts in the River Jordan, and preparing the people for the coming of Christ.
5. Victimae Paschali Laudes: the Easter Sequence (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)
Christ, our Paschal Lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of depravity and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
3. Christ appears to St Mary Magdalene (John 20:11-18)
Mary turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have removed him,
✙ 10th Station of the Cross: Christ is stripped of his clothes
Christ went out through the city gate to the hill of Golgotha, which we know in English as ‘Calvary’. When he reached the summit, the soldiers stripped him of his clothes, leaving him naked and defenceless.
+ Fifth Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of the Virgin
The Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Coronation of the Virgin Mary. It's a meditation on Mary being crowned the Queen of heaven and earth.
+ Fourth Glorious Mystery: The Assumption
The Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It's a meditation on Mary's bodily entrance into heaven at the close of her life.
+ Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary: The Presentation
The Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary is the Presentation. It's a meditation on the presentation of Christ in the temple, forty days after his birth.
Jesus Christ, Son of Man
25th December “The Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost.” (Luke 19:10) The birth of Jesus on Christmas Day brought many of the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah to fulfilment. As the carol has it, the hopes and fears
The Prophet Ezekiel speaks of a royal shepherd
17th December “My servant David will be their king, and they all will have one shepherd. They will follow my laws and be scrupulous in obeying my statutes.” (Ezekiel 37:24) Ezekiel was the third of the Four Major Prophets. He was forcibly exiled