The Heart of the Apostles
Saints Peter and Paul On this day, the blood of the two apostles of Rome, the pillars of the Church, Peter and Paul, was poured out in sacrifice. Like his Saviour, St Peter was crucified, but out of humility, asked to be crucified upside down, esteeming himself unworthy to suffer as Our Lord. He was […]
La Fête-Dieu
Corpus Christi This feast, which we refer to as Corpus Christi, is known to the French as la Fête-Dieu, an expression that carries a double meaning. It is the Feast of God, for on it we honour God who is among us in the Most Blessed Sacrament, but it is also a feast that God […]
You Become What You Worship
Trinity Sunday From the dawn of history, ever since our first parents were expelled from the Garden of Eden, every civilisation has sought commerce with the divine, groping in the dark, desperate to know something, anything really, about the power that rules over the universe. Most of them achieved a partial knowledge of the divine, […]
Dead Bones Will Live
Pentecost Sunday Fifty days after the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the New Covenant, sanctified by the Blood of the true Lamb of God, is solemnly promulgated by the outpouring of the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. The Catholic Church, the Bride of Christ, the only Ark of Salvation, is founded, and the […]
Sitting In Prayer With Mary
Sunday after the Ascension The apostles had seen Our Blessed Lord disappear into the Heavens taken up by a cloud; in obedience to His command, they go and “sit in the city” until the power would be given from on high for the mission to which they were destined. They go there with Our Blessed […]
The Never Ending Dominion
Ascension Thursday In today’s epistle and gospel, we are told by St Luke and St Mark of the last moments Our Lord spent with His disciples before the Ascension: the last meal, the final instructions, and the astonishing event of the Ascension itself – Our Blessed Lord rises in the air, before the stunned gaze […]
Our Best Friend
Fifth Sunday after Easter Amen, amen, I say to you: if you ask the Father any thing in my name, he will give it to you. Hitherto, you have not asked any thing in my name (Jn 16:23-24). With these few brief words opening today’s Gospel passage, we have summarised the whole message that Holy […]
Blunt Truths and True Joys
Fourth Sunday after Easter A few days ago, the Holy Father, in a discourse to the Diplomatic Corps, reminded us that “the Church can never be exempted from speaking the truth about humanity and the world, resorting whenever necessary to blunt language that may initially create misunderstanding. Yet truth can never be separated from charity, […]
Just a Little While
Third Sunday after Easter In this time between Easter and Ascension, the Church reminds us of the words spoken by Our Lord at the Last Supper when He told the apostles of His impending death and resurrection. In just a little while, Our Lord will leave us, but in another little while, we shall see […]
