Homily At Mass Of Profession Of Br Antony Mary
We opened this Holy Mass with these words from psalm 32: Cogitationes Cordis eius in generatione et generationem – The thoughts of His Heart are from generation to generation. In other words, His eternal project of salvation is never lacking. The love that was shown to our Fathers, beginning with our first parents down through […]
Learning The Gift Of Self
Corpus Christi When we wish to contemplate the ineffable mystery of the Most Blessed Sacrament, we find ourselves invariably being brought back to the words with which Our Blessed Lord instituted it. As the Fathers and Doctors of the Church has continually pointed out, the words of institution adequately express all that is contained in […]
The Trinity Has The Answers
Trinity Sunday I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through belief in the Threeness, Through confession of the Oneness of the Creator of creation. (St Patrick’s Breastplate) “The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity,” proclaims the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “is the central mystery of Christian faith and life. […]
Come, Father Of The Poor
Pentecost Sunday On this day, dear to all Christian hearts, the fullness of God’s plan for the world is revealed. After sending His Son to teach us the way to Heaven, having accepted His sacrifice on the cross and raised Him from the dead, today the Eternal Father, one with His Son, sends us the […]
Preparing For The Holy Spirit
Sunday after Ascension On the days that separate the Ascension from Pentecost, the apostles, as Our Lord commanded them, retire to the upper room to await the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. With them, let us ponder those parting words of the Saviour at the Last Supper, and let us, in the tradition of Holy […]
The Anchor Beyond The Veil
Ascension of Our Lord For those whose first love is Jesus, the feast of the Ascension is cause for celebration. It means that the one we love above all others, the very foundation and fulcrum of our existence, is henceforth glorified at the right hand of the Father, above all creatures, never more to suffer, […]
I Have Overcome The World
5th Sunday after Easter Just a few days before the Ascension which we will celebrate with joy this coming Thursday, we are reminded of the importance of prayer. The Church takes her cue from the words Our Lord spoke at the Last Supper and which we have heard in today’s Gospel. Ask and you shall […]
Where True Joys Are Found
4th Sunday after Easter As we approach the feast of Our Blessed Lord’s Ascension, our holy Mother Church prepares our minds and hearts for the moment when He will no longer be among us in a visible manner. We have, since Easter, enjoyed as it were His visible presence, reliving liturgically by means of the […]
The Hard And Wholesome Work of Holiness
St Joseph the Worker On this first day of the month of May, which is traditionally the month of Mary, Holy Mother Church puts before our eyes the figure of her most chaste spouse St Joseph. In the nineteenth century, Blessed Pius IX, under the strain of open persecution, turned to St Joseph, placing the […]