The Great Silence
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas While all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Thy almighty Word O Lord, came down from heaven from Thy royal throne (Wisdom 18:14-15). These words, which we sang at the beginning of today’s Mass, referred in the book of Wisdom […]
Giving Birth to Jesus
Nativity of Our Lord As we celebrate the joyful event of Our Lord’s Nativity, which is without a shadow of a doubt the most significant event in human history, we are confronted with a contrast that at once tells us a very profound lesson about God and gives us a very important key for understanding […]
Open the Doors and Shut the Windows
Fourth Sunday of Advent Yesterday at the Ember Saturday Mass, Holy Mother Church gave us to read a passage from St Paul’s second epistle to the Thessalonians in which we find the following: Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day [of judgment] will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and […]
Paradise On Earth
Gaudete Sunday With the feast of Our Lord’s Nativity just ten days away, our Mother the Holy Catholic Church invites us, or rather commands us, to rejoice. It’s an opportunity to reflect a bit upon what joy is and what it isn’t. Although we are all familiar with the word and with experiences we would […]
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 […]