The Prophetic Bones of St Thérèse of Lisieux
The relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux will be visiting England from September 16 - October 16. Her relics have visited nearly 40 countries around the world and wherever they have gone people have experienced conversion, healing, a renewed sense of vocation and answers to prayers. Fr John Udris, Dean of Northampton Cathedral and author of The Gift of Thérèse of Lisieux helps us to understand and appreciate the significance of the relics of St Thérèse and her prophetic bones.
‘I want to light the way for souls like the prophets…’ This is how Thérèse of Lisieux expressed her ambition and ultimate dream just a year before she died. The Carmelite order to which she belonged looks back to the prophets Elijah and Elisha as its inspiration.
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.
The Power of the Resurrection
St Paul considered everything as utterly meaningless and worthless compared with possessing Christ. This brilliant and supremely able man, many years after his conversion, said that more than anything else he wanted to know Christ and the power of his resurrection (Phil. 3:10). He wanted the transforming power of Jesus’ resurrection life to be ever increasing within him so that God’s grace and power would permeate his life and radiate out through him, and he would attain the very likeness of Christ himself.
Lent - Season of Conversion
Sister Wendy Becket
This month we are most grateful to the art historian Sr Wendy Beckett for helping us appreciate more fully the conversion of St Paul in the work of three great artists: Caravaggio, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Francesco Parmigianino. The conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus was the major turning point in his life because his encounter with the Living Christ changed his life forever. We invite you to contemplate and pray on the paintings and be guided by the insight and wisdom of Sr Wendy as she leads us in a Lenten reflection on the meaning not only of St Paul’s conversion but of our own call to be always seeking ongoing and life-long conversion to Christ.
Pope Benedict on Church Unity
The Cosmic Christ
This month, in celebration of the Year of St Paul, Bible Alive wishes to contemplate the face and mystery of Jesus Christ through the eyes and writings of St Paul.
Prison
Jesus was a prisoner. So too was St John the Baptist, St Peter and St Paul. Jesus identified with prisoners, teaching that to visit one was to visit him (he did not make a distinction between whether they were guilty or not.
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.
Who are you, Lord?
Bishop David McGough, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and a scripture scholar, considers and examines for readers of Bible Alive, the profound impact of St Paul’s road to Damascus conversion in which he was thrown to the ground and asked the question, 'Who are you, Lord?'
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