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  2025-06-29 Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul Welcome Welcome everybody - today we will read from pages 96 and 97 on the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul - the two pillars of the Church In the Catholic Church, a solemnity is the highest-ranking feast day in the liturgical calendar. It celebrates the most important events, beliefs, and people of the faith. Examples include: Christmas, Easter, The Immaculate Conception, All Saints’ Day and Saints Peter and Paul Opening prayer O Holy Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul, we pray and honour both of you this day to be forever our special patrons and advocates. Saint Peter, the Rock on which Christ built His Church. And Saint Paul, because you were handpicked by God as the Apostle and Preacher of the Gospel to Gentiles all over the world. Obtain for us, we pray a lively faith, steadfast hope, and burning love; complete detachment from matters of the flesh and of the world, patience in adversity, humility in success and prosperity, attention in...

Jan-25: Feast of the conversion of St. Paul  Today is the Feast of the conversion of St Paul - from a ruthless persecutor of early Christians to one of the greatest evangelists and missionaries of all time. In the long history of the Church, it is no exaggeration to say that no conversion has been more consequential than St. Paul’s during his ' epiphany on the road to Damascus '.  What is the significance of this feast for us? God calls each and every one of us to become His witness. We don’t have to travel far to announce Jesus Christ. We can bring Christ to our family, in our workplaces, school and friends. Allow the Lord to use our talents, intelligence even weakness for the greater glory of God. St Paul’s great message to the world is: You are saved entirely by God, not by anything you can do. Saving faith is the gift of total, free, personal and loving commitment to Christ, a commitment that then bears fruit in more “works” than the law can ever contemplate. St. Paul, nam...