St Cecilia Triduum June

5-7 June 2025  This year our entrance into the month of the Sacred Heart coincides with our preparation for the great feast of Pentecost. This is quite providential. St Thomas, referring to the fact that in the Old Covenant the sacrifices of the Law were consumed with fire, says that in the New Law, the […]

St Cecilia Triduum May 2025

1-3 May 2025  The month of May is the month of Mary. To her we now entrust two very important intentions: the repose of the soul of Pope Francis and the election of a truly Catholic Pope.  Regarding the first, we must not believe those who say that he needs no prayers for he is […]

St Cecilia Triduum – April

3-5 April 2025 Passiontide is just around the corner, the suffering Christ beckons to us to lift up our eyes to Him and, as much as we can, share in His passion. Our monthly triduum is an excellent opportunity to get ourselves in gear f0r this most recollected time of the year. When we meditate […]

St Cecilia Triduum March

March 2025  With Ash Wednesday, we have entered the holy season of Lent, and for the next forty days we will be turning our eyes to Calvary, seeking to unite our own inevitable pains, small and great, with the Passion that saves us. And so this month’s triduum finds us in the most propitious time […]

Charity Builds Up

Quinquagesima Sunday For two weeks now, Holy Mother Church has been preparing us to enter the holy season of Lent.  Today, standing at the threshold, like a good Mother, She gives us a final lesson. She has sternly warned us of the seriousness of life, of the small number of the elect, of the dangers […]

St Cecilia Triduum February 2025

6-8 February 2025  This month, I offer some reflections on three of the Beatitudes which will help us work towards the coming of God’s kingdom, and obtain the answers to our monthly prayers. If we can implement them, our hearts will be more pure and our prayers  and penances more pleasing to the Divine Majesty. […]

To the Brim

Second Sunday after Epiphany The Gospel of Cana holds many lessons dear to us all, especially to our community placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Cana. For today, let’s focus on one apparently insignificant detail. By the way, there is no such thing as an insignificant detail in Holy Scripture, for God is […]

St Cecilia Triduum January 2025

3-5 January 2025 Each new year begins under the radiant Name of Jesus. The Gospel of New Year’s Day, the shortest of the year, tells us that on the eighth day after His birth, the Lord was circumcised and received the Name of Jesus, that mighty Name that has been pronounced lovingly and gratefully by […]