Pray with the Pope: August 2020
Pray for those out at sea Pope’s Prayer Intention: We pray for all those who work and live from the sea, among them sailors, fishermen and their families. I suppose fishing still has a romantic...
Author: Chris Chatteris
Pray With the Pope: July 2020
Pope’s Universal Prayer Intention: That today’s families may be accompanied with love, respect and guidance. The great value of family connections As a great-uncle, I watch the progress of my nephew and niece’s families with...
Pray With the Pope: June 2020
Proclaim The Love Of The Lord Pope’s Prayer Intention for June, 2020: We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the heart of Jesus....
Pray with the Pope: May 2020
The Deacon’s Role in the Parish Intention for Evangelisation: We pray that deacons, faithful in their service to the Word and the poor, may be an invigorating symbol for the entire Church. If you want...
Fr Chris Chatteris: How Not to Crash the Homily
At a time when many are bemoaning the general quality of preaching, Fr Chris Chatteris SJ proposes to subject homilies to proper professional standards. Plane crashes in a sermon? Really? Yes, really! A preacher has...
Pray With the Pope: April 2020
Pray For Addicts General Intention: Freedom from Addiction. We pray that those suffering from addiction may be helped and accompanied. An anti-addiction programme for young people in Iceland is probably the greatest success story about...
Pray With the Pope: March 2020
Intention: We pray that the Church in China may persevere in its faithfulness to the Gospel and grow in unity.
Pray with the Pope: February 2020
The World is on the Move General Intention: We pray that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered. Perhaps there are places in the world...
Pray with the Pope January 2020
Living In The ‘Age Of Anger’ General Intention: We pray that Christians, followers of other religions, and all people of goodwill may promote peace and justice in the world. Do we live in an “age...
Praying with the Pope: December 2019
Pope Francis Prayer Intention for the month of December The Future of the Very Young Universal: That every country determine to take the necessary measures to make the future of the very young, especially those...
Pray with the Pope: November 2019
Pope’s Prayer Intention: That a spirit of dialogue, encounter, and reconciliation emerges in the Near East, where diverse religious communities share their lives. The temptation, when looking at the situation in the Near (or Middle)...
Pray With the Pope: October 2019
Pope’s Prayer Intention: That the breath of the Holy Spirit might engender a new missionary “spring” in the Church. The world, said Bl John Henry Newman, “grows old, but the Church is ever young. She...
