St Cecilia Triduum September 2026
3-5 September 2026 September 3 is the traditional feast of Pope St Pius X, whose biographer tells us that when he travelled to Rome for the conclave that followed the death of Leo XIII, it did not even occur to him that he might not come back to his patriarchal see of Venice. When one […]
St Cecilia Triduum August
August 2026 (6-8 August) This month’s triduum providentially commences with the glorious feast of the Transfiguration and concludes with the feast of St Mary of the Cross. What connection, you might be asking? The mystery of the Transfiguration, while manifesting Our Lord’s glory, also foreshadows His passion. Moses and Elijah appear with Our Lord and […]
St Cecilia Triduum July
2-4 July 2026 Our triduum commences with the traditional feast of the Visitation. Let us ask for the grace to be visited by God’s grace in a special way this month. Mary’s visit to Elizabeth was preceded by two other visits, those of the Archangel Gabriel, to each woman. Gabriel brings them messages from the […]
St Cecilia Triduum June
4-6 June 2026 This month’s triduum begins on the traditional feast of Corpus Christi, the first Thursday after the end of paschaltide. It is also the month of the Sacred Heart, and there is a very close link between these two feasts. Indeed, when Our Lord asked St Margaret Mary to have a feast instituted […]
The Great Love Affair
Trinity Sunday Last night at First Vespers, we sang this antiphon: We give Thee thanks, O God; we give Thee thanks, true and one Trinity, one and most high Deity, holy and one Unity. So much to say that gratitude and thanksgiving are one of the major themes of this feast of the Most Holy […]
The Only Alien
Ascension Thursday Like many of our great feast days, the mystery of the Ascension offers multiple facets to our contemplation. First and foremost, it the Ascension that the One we love above all others, the very foundation and fulcrum of our existence, Jesus Christ Our Lord, is henceforth glorified at the right hand of the […]
Hide and Seek
Fifth Sunday after Easter Throughout paschaltide we have turned our attention to the apparitions of Our Blessed Lord following His Resurrection. On this last Sunday before the Ascension, I propose that we consider what is probably the best known of all the apparitions, namely to the disciples on route to Emmaus. As we shall see, […]
St Cecilia Triduum (30 April-2 May) 2026
May 2026 (30 April-2 May) May is the month of Mary, and so our triduum will focus on her importance in our lives. We will do so by focusing on the teachings St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, who taught so emphatically that Mary is the shortest, safest and most perfect path to the Heart […]
St Cecilia Triduum 2-4 April 2026
Any Christian will agree with the proposition: Jesus died for our sins. Things get a bit more complicated if we add: so that we can learn to die to ourselves. And yet, the first proposition gets us nowhere – nowhere at all – without the second. The death of Our Lord is not like a […]