Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary TimeJan 13, 2022
Gospel Reading: Mark 1: 40-45 : A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper ... Read more
St Aelred of RievaulxJan 12, 2022
Abbot and writer. St Aelred was the son of a priest, born in Hexham in 1110. After being educated at Durham he joined the household of David I, king of Scotland as a steward. In 1134 he joined the newly-founded abbey at Rievaulx. In spite of delicate health ... Read more
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary TimeJan 12, 2022
Gospel Reading: Mark 1: 29-39 : On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever ... Read more
St TheodosiusJan 11, 2022
Abbot. Born at Cappadocia in 423, St Theodosius went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem as a young man, with dreams of becoming a hermit. For a time he lived in a monastery. Then he settled in the desert alone. But his teacher, an elderly monk called Longinus, noticed that he had other gifts and advised him… Read more
