Through Woman Man is Saved
Immaculate Conception By virtue of the Immaculate Conception, Our Blessed Mother is in her own category. She is not God, nor is she just one of us; she is not even just the best of us. She is apart. True, she was redeemed by her Son, but in a unique way, that is to say, […]
Nation of Fools
Second Sunday of Advent During the penitential periods of the year, we sing every Saturday the second canticle of Moses, otherwise known as the Canticle of Deuteronomy (ch. 32). The canticle is a long meditation on the marvellous deeds of God towards His chosen people, but mixed with reminders of all its failings, and what […]
Learning From Children
First Sunday of Advent Show us, O Lord, Thy Mercy, and grant us Thy Salvation. The alleluia verse of today’s Mass, taken from Psalm 84, which is one of the great Psalms of Advent, has become part of the daily liturgy of the Mass. It is recited immediately before the priest mounts the steps of […]
Flee to the Mountain
Last Sunday after Pentecost On this last Sunday of the liturgical year, Holy Mother Church puts before our eyes the spectacle of the end of the world and the final judgment. The two major elements of this teaching are that the world as we know it will end, and that Christ Our Lord will come […]
Cardo Salutis
23rd Sunday after Pentecost In today’s epistle, St Paul admonishes us to live as he lived, that is to say, as the apostles lived. How did the apostles live? They lived in this world, but they were not of this world. They knew they were but wayfarers, passing by for a few hours. How foolish […]
The Word of God Is Not Bound
21st Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Mass presents us with a fascinating mosaic of texts which at first sight might seem somewhat disparate. We have a kind of chiasmus within the Introit Mardochai praying to the Lord with great assurance that all things are in His hand, and in the Communion verse, the Psalmist peacefully trusting […]
Only Empty Hands Can Be Filled
All Saints The feast of All Saints allows us to honour those who have gone before us, having achieved the sanctity to which they were called. It gives us joy to contemplate their glory. It consoles us to know that they can no longer suffer. It fills […]
Pax Christi in Regno Christi
Christ the King Even though the kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ is loudly proclaimed in the Holy Scriptures and has ever been at the heart of our faith, in modern times it has come to be strongly contested. It was before this spectacle of a world that had officially revolted against the sovereign rule […]
A Wedding Not To Miss
19th Sunday after Pentecost At the heart of today’s Gospel, we find a royal wedding, thrown by the King for his Son. Who is this King, and who is this Son, and what is this wedding? The King is God the Father. The Son is the Eternal Word. The Wedding is the union of the […]