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 […]
Your Weapon of Choice
Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary The month of October brings back before our minds – even though it is never far away – the wonderful prayer of the Holy Rosary. The feast of the Holy Rosary is on 7 October but is solemnised on the first Sunday of the month. It was on Sunday, […]
Eyes on the Cross
16th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s epistle, St Paul gives us a glimpse of his own interior life with the Blessed Trinity, a life which he longs to share with us. Christ dwells, he says, in our hearts through faith which is grounded in love of God, and that love surpasses all that we can […]
The Tears of a Mother
15th Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Gospel present us with an unusual spectacle. Jesus, surrounded by a great crowd of followers, approaches a town by the name of Naim. As he reaches the town, another great crowd is emerging– it is a funeral cortege, making its way to the local cemetery. The dead man is young, […]
Bitter Sweet Crosses
Exaltation of the Holy Cross On this day, we commemorate the dedication of the Constantinian basilica at the site of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as well as the day the Cross was triumphantly recovered and brought back to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius. These historical events, in the 4th and 7th centuries, respectively, helped the […]
Contrition and Gratitude
13th Sunday after Pentecost The cry of distress found in today’s introit, taken from Psalm 73, seems to echo that of the ten lepers of the Gospel who cry out to the Lord for mercy. The psalmist, in a period of social upheaval and catastrophic events, cries out to the Lord not to forget His […]
Fighting on God’s Ground
12th Sunday after Pentecost One of the best-known passages of Holy Writ is given to us today. When we read the parable of the Good Samaritan, we instinctively think of a kind person who is always ready to stop and help, even if there is nothing in it for him. The Samaritan of the parable […]
The Providence of Prayer
11th Sunday after Pentecost He hath done all things well. These words of today’s Gospel give us some profound insights into the workings of Divine Providence, and they invite us to reflect on the way God ordains all for the good of our souls. Just a few weeks ago, we were told that this providence […]