He Loved Him With All His Heart
Solemnity of St Benedict On this eleventh day of July, we turn our grateful eyes once again to the great founder of our order, St Benedict of Nursia. Why today? The 11th of July has been commemorated by Benedictines throughout the world for well over a thousand years as the day of the transfer of […]
Leave Thy Gift
5th Sunday after Pentecost On the eve of His Sacred Passion, Our Blessed Lord gave this command to His disciples: Love one another as I have loved you. In this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another (Jn 13:34-35). Today’s Gospel gives us one of the […]
Launching Out
4th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s epistle, St Paul tells us that “the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed in us” (Rm 8:18). This brief sentence shows us the excellence of the glory to which we are called. It is a glory […]
The Good Odour Of Christ
Sacred Heart Even though the love of God for humanity was made manifest in the very creation of the world, was continually recalled in all God’s loving acts of benevolence for His people throughout the Old Testament, was fully revealed in the life and death of Our Blessed Saviour and preached by the apostles, St […]
Our Only Hope
Corpus Christi Throughout the centuries, one of the most amazing signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Church is the way in which errors, far from destroying Her, actually help Her understand better and develop with ever greater precision the truth that was bequeathed to her. In the first centuries the heresies […]
Be Thankful (Col. 3:15)
Trinity Sunday On all her great solemnities, Holy Mother Church seeks to inculcate into our souls the sentiments of love and devotion that are most fitting for the mystery celebrated. At Christmas, our joy is that of the new beginning that changes the world; at Easter, the victory of life over death dispels the darkness […]
Extinguish Not The Spirit
Pentecost Sunday On the eve of His Blessed Passion, Our dear Saviour pronounce these comforting words: If you love me, keep My commandments. And I will ask the Father: and He shall give you another Paraclete, that He may abide with you for ever: the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it […]
Ascension Thursday – Some Thoughts On Our Lord’s Triumph
1) The Great Commission is clear: go and preach to every single person the Gospel message. What is that message? God sent His Son to save the world from its sins and from eternal damnation. In order to obtain that salvation, each person must believe in the Son of God, be baptised and observe all […]
Ament Et Cantabunt
5th Sunday after Easter My Dear Friends, The Father Himself loves you. These have to be some of the most consoling words in all of Holy Scripture, and even in all the written annals of humanity. The Father loves you. It was the great revelation of the New Testament. The gods of Greece and Rome […]