Receive him with open, outstretched hands, for it was on his own hands that he sketched you. Receive him who laid your foundations on the palms of his hands. Receive him, for he took upon himself all that belongs to us except sin, to consume (St Andrew of Crete)

And when he came near, he [Jesus] asked him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, let me recover my sight.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Recover your sight; your faith has made you well.’ And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God.

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But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.

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While gentle silence enveloped all things… your all-powerful word leaped from heaven… into the midst of the land that was doomed, a stern warrior carrying the sharp sword of your authentic command, and filled all things with death, and touched heaven while standing on the earth

For from the greatness and beauty of created things comes a corresponding perception of their Creator… For as they live among his works they keep searching, and they trust in what they see, because the things that are seen are beautiful.

For she [Wisdom] is a reflection of eternal light… an image of his goodness… while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God… for God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom.

In designing his Church God worked with such skill that in the fullness of time it would resemble a single great family embracing all men. It can be identified, as we know, by certain distinctive characteristics, notably its universality and unity.

Filled with joy, Martin was welcomed by Abraham. Thus he left this life a poor and lowly man and entered heaven rich in God’s favour. St Ninian, with the help of two monks sent from Tours, builds the church at Whithorn he dedicated to St Martin

For a holy and disciplined spirit will flee from deceit, and will rise and depart from foolish thoughts, and will be ashamed at the approach of unrighteousness.

O God, who from living and chosen stones prepare an eternal dwelling for your majesty, increase in your Church the spirit of grace you have bestowed, so that by new growth your faithful people may build up the heavenly Jerusalem.

As we remember Blessed John Duns Scotus, it is remarkable to think of just how connected Scotland was to the rest of Europe at the time, summed up by the message on his tomb in Cologne. ‘Scotland brought me forth. England sustained me. France taught me. Cologne holds me.’

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because of the grace given me by God to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

Brothers and Sisters: None of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again…

Owe no one anything, except to love each other. For the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments… are summed up in this word: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ Love does no wrong to a neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

We, though many, are one body in Christ… Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them… the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation… the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

Listen kindly to our prayers, O Lord, and, as our faith in your Son, raised from the dead, is deepened, so may our hope of resurrection for your departed servants also find new strength. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.

… behold, a great multitude… from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb… with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb