Jesus continues to preach the Sermon on the Mount with a further lesson in love and humility. Once more, Jesus teaches us about our proper relationships with God and with other people. This is a lesson against conceit and anger. It is a call to peace, such as can heal the divisions between people [ … ]
Saint Cyprian’s reflections on prayer provide a timely reminder of the essential posture a Christian must adopt when approaching God: one of humility, modesty and inward sincerity. He addresses not only the physical form of prayer but the disposition of the heart, drawing together scripture and practice in a coherent and edifying whole [ … ]
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prays and struggles desperately with the weight of his coming Crucifixion. He sweats blood – he is in agony. Jesus enters into his Passion fully cognizant of the horror of it [ … ]
