Be Sure to Stay Empty
Good Shepherd In today’s Gospel, Our Blessed Lord presents Himself to us as the Good Shepherd, the One who lays down His life for His sheep, the One who holds us in the palm of His hand, from which no one can snatch us away if we do not willingly reject Him. During Holy Week, […]
As Newborn Babes
Quasimodo If you have been to daily Mass during the octave of Easter, or even if you have read the texts of these Masses, you cannot fail to have noticed that, in addition to the events of the risen life of Our Lord and His apparitions to the apostles, as well as the preaching of […]
The Way Out
Easter Sunday Throughout the past week, we have made an effort to explore the meaning of Our Blessed Lord’s passion and death, as well as what consequences it entails for the lives of those who believe in Him. When we arrive at the great feast of Easter, the greatest of all our feasts, we can […]
When All Is Lost
Paschal Vigil Among all the Biblical lessons Holy Mother Church gives us in this solemn paschal vigil, there is a common thread. God intervenes when all seems lost. From the first page of Genesis in which God unexpectedly – so to speak – draws being and order out of nothingness and chaos, to the Flood […]
Utterly Alone
Good Friday As the Passion of Our Blessed Lord progresses and the almost too-hard-to-listen-to physical sufferings are heaped upon Him in ever seemingly unbearable doses, at the same time, we see a growing isolation and abandonment of the Saviour. When Holy Week opens on Palm Sunday, we see Him surrounded with enthusiasm by huge crowds […]
Let the Two Be One
Maundy Thursday The first letter of the first word of the Canon of the Mass is a T. It didn’t take medieval Christians long to start seeing in that T a cross. Nor did it take artists long to start making that little T look like a cross, gradually adding the figure of Christ, then […]
Don’t Run Away From the Cross
Palm Sunday Only a very inattentive observer could fail to perceive the contrast in today’s liturgy. We began in triumph, processing with the palms of victory and the olive branches of peace and soothing mercy, singing the glory of Christ Our King with joy and jubilation. Like the Hebrews of that first Palm Sunday, we […]
The Word of the Cross
Passion Sunday With today’s liturgy, we enter into Passiontide, the two weeks leading up to Easter, and during which our thoughts and meditations are continually drawn into the mystery of the sufferings of the God-Man, Our Lord Jesus Christ. We are invited to contemplate more assiduously the crucifix, and yet the Church takes the crucifix […]
Glory and Riches in His House (Ps 110)
St Joseph These inspired words are perfectly adapted to St Joseph, who had in his keeping the Son of God and His Immaculate Mother, even though the world does not see this. We must have faith to see and understand his discreet but essential role in the life of Our Lord and Our Lady. When […]