Month: January 2022

  • The Conversion of Saint Paul

    22 January 2022 Today we celebrate the conversion of Saint Paul, who is known for his missionary zeal and his passion for preaching the Gospel.  He said, “Woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel”;[1] and, “I may be imprisoned, but the Gospel is never imprisoned”.[2]  We should never allow the Gospel to be imprisoned. Before…

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  • The Feast of Our Lord the Giver of Life

    16 January 2022 Many people have been fearful because of the virus, but there’s nothing to fear if you’re a child of God.  The world is out of control, but God is in control.  He will never leave nor forsake His children.  Absolutely nothing can separate us from the love of God (Romans 8:35-39) – except ourselves. Our…

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  • Epiphany Sunday

    9 January 2022 Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72 Ephesians 3:1-12Matthew 2:1-12 John Lennox’s book, Where is God in a coronavirus world?[1] explains many things.  Many are surprised that despite scientific advances such things are still happening; this demonstrates the precariousness of life.  Lennox quotes an Italian journalist: “Holy water is not a sanitizer and prayer is not a vaccine…  But for…

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  • We are a people of hope

    The Holy Name, 2 January 2021 Some have expressed sadness that we’ve stopped live streaming daily devotions.  It was a time of being trained and awakened to a life of prayer.  Jesus’ disciples were saddened when He said He would go to heaven; but had He not done so, it wouldn’t have given the opportunity for the…

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  • 2022

    We will continue to live stream the Sunday Mass, and to receive prayer requests on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ICCECEurope; these will be included in my personal daily prayer. We would also like to encourage everyone to organize their own local prayer time with their family, church and community. The past year and a half prepared…

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