 Rejoice in God, all the earth: serve the Lord with gladness. |
- St Catherine of Alexandria (d. 305)
- Legends coming from a number of sources say that St Catherine was very outspoken at the time of the persecutions of Christians. She even protested openly to the emperor Maxentius who had her arrested, tortured on the wheel and decapitated in 305. St Catherine’s courage is a great challenge to all African Christians in their struggle for justice and peace. The witness of her life and her readiness to die for the faith encourages us to be brave witnesses to the Lord and to speak out on behalf of all those who suffer.
| Mid-morning reading (Terce) | Deuteronomy 1:16-17 © |
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At that time I told your judges: You must give your brothers a fair hearing and see justice done between a man and his brother or the stranger who lives with him. You must be impartial in judgement and give an equal hearing to small and great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, for the judgement is God’s.
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| Noon reading (Sext) | Isaiah 55:8-9 © |
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My thoughts are not your thoughts,
my ways not your ways – it is the Lord who speaks.
Yes, the heavens are as high above earth
as my ways are above your ways,
my thoughts above your thoughts.
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| Afternoon reading (None) | 1 Samuel 16:7 © |
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God does not see as man sees; man looks at appearances but the Lord looks at the heart.
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