Christmas Memories by Archbishop Vincent Nichols
‘The beautiful task of Advent is to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.’ This insight of Archbishop Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, holds out a hope and purpose for our journey of prayer through Advent.
Prisons Weeks - Holding Fast to Hope
The theme for Prisons Week (November 15-21) this year is ‘Holding Fast to Hope’. As the author of the Letter to the Hebrews says: ‘Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another’ (10:23-25).
Charity in Truth
Alive Publishing has the privilege, as a Publisher to the Holy See, to publish Pope Benedict’s latest social encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, which addresses the profound and far-reaching issues of human development.
St Jeanne Jugan - Servant of the Elderly
On October 11, in Rome, Pope Benedict will canonize a truly amazing woman, and Little Sisters of the Poor around the world will give praise and thanks to God for her, their foundress Jeanne Jugan.
Vocation to the Priesthood
A Leap of Faith Challenge
Pope Benedict has declared a Year of the Priest. The vocation to be a priest is a high and noble one and we at Bible Alive during the course of this year will seek to highlight the beauty and dignity of the priestly vocation.
Fr Peter Norton and Fr James Mealy took part in a charity fund-raising event for the sick, infirm and elderly priests of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. During the event they spoke to Bible Alive about what made them want to embrace the adventure of the priestly vocation.
St Paul - Hero of our Faith
Pope Benedict XVI, inspired by the Holy Spirit, declared a whole year to be dedicated to the great apostle St Paul.
It has been a wonderful year as we have focused on one of Christendom’s greatest saints and most effective and dynamic evangelists.
St Paul was truly a giant of faith, a man of outstanding qualities in every respect: courage, conviction, clarity, intellect, pastoral care, wisdom, stamina and perhaps most of all love for Christ.
Our hope is that readers of Bible Alive have grown in their love and appreciation of St Paul through the articles and features we have carried but also the way in which the writers of our daily reflections have sought to weave in a reference to his life and witness in their meditations for each day.
Pope Benedict on Church Unity
Thoughts on St Paul
We will now be working in collaboration with the Vatican Publishing House to publish and distribute a wide and diverse range of books and resources which will celebrate, teach and proclaim the treasure and riches which is our faith.
The first of our collaborations is a wonderful book by Pope Benedict on the life
and witness of St Paul compiled from the Holy Father’s homilies, audiences and encyclicals since his pontificate began.
Celebrating St Paul - The virtue of love
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