St Cecilia Triduum February 2026
5-7 February 2026 With this month’s triduum we have entered into the pre-Lent period of preparation called Septuagesima. Our Holy Mother the Church, by means of this time, wants to prepare us for the many graces the Lord wishes to give us during Lent. The triduum is the perfect opportunity to start practicing our good […]
St Cecilia Triduum January 2026
1-3 January 2026 Providentially this year opens with a triduum of prayer. In this way we set the tone for each day of the year of grace we have before us, another year in our lives given to us by God to be used for His greater glory. We should live each year as if […]
St Cecilia Triduum
December 2025 (4-6 December) With December we find ourselves again in Advent, the time of year of the great expectation for the coming of the Lord. Among the many figures we are called to consider during this time, one of them is a great inspiration for our monthy triduum, namely St John the Baptist. This […]
Laudem Gloriae
Homily for the Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Saviour Today the Church commemorates the dedication of the Basilica of the Most Holy Saviour, otherwise known as the Basilica of St John Lateran, one of the four patriarchal basilicas in the Eternal City and the Pope’s own cathedral. As such, it is considered among […]
St Cecilia Triduum November 2025
6-8 November 2025 This month’s triduum concludes on the feast of St Elizabeth of the Trinity, the wonderful Carmelite of Dijon who lived from 1880 to 1906. In a letter written 120 years ago this month to a lady by the name of Madame Angles, she speaks to us of the secret to peace of […]
St Cecilia Triduum October 2025
October 2025 (2-4 October) October is one of those months that children of Mary look forward to with great anticipation. It is the month of the Holy Rosary! The Rosary should be dear to us for numerous reasons, and not just because it is the principal devotion of our monthly triduum. The first is that […]
St Cecilia Triduum September 2025
September 2025 (4-6 September) September is the month dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. This devotion began on Calvary, where Our Blessed Mother stood for three long hours in agony as she watched her Beloved Son and Lord bleed to death in anguish amidst the most terrifying torments. There is a verse in the book […]
St Cecilia Triduum August 2025
August 2025 (31 July-2 August) If our monthly triduums are to be fruitful and last, it is essential that all of us who take part in them be animated by the spirit of the apostles. And who exemplifies that spirit more than the saint who begins this month’s triduum: St Ignatius of Loyola. Let’s consider […]
St Cecilia Triduum July
3-5 July 2025 The Bible speaks with a certain frequency of blood. In the sacrifices prescribed by the Law of Moses the blood of animals was shed on the altar to mark a ritual atonement for sin. Since man could not pour out his own blood to manifest his sorrow for sins he had committed, […]