January 13, 2012

Singing in Christian Unity - In the forthcoming ' Week of Prayer for Christian Unity' ," says Monsignor Philip Whitmore , " some of you may find yourselves singing one of Gibbons' best tunes to the words : 'O thou who at thy Eucharist didst pray that all thy Church might be forever one' .
Joan of Arc - On Wednesday, 26 January 2011, the Holy Father focused his attention on the figure of Joan of Arc, canonised by one of his predecessors to the See of Peter, Benedict XV back in 1920. While Veronica Scarisbrick brings you Benedict XVI's words in English focusing on this French saint who was born six hundred years ago, she'll also be sharing with you an English programme production of the story focusing on this witness to the faith. A programme which is part of a series by the title "Witness", written and presented by Jill Bevilacqua and produced by Sean-Patrick Lovett.
A Truly Heavenly Banquet - "What do you think heaven is like?", says Monsignor Peter Fleetwood, "...when did you last hear a priest preaching about heaven? If you are a priest when did you last think about heaven?...The Mass , as we sometime call the Eucharist is meant as a foretaste, of the heavenly banquet: ' happy are those who are called to His supper'."..


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