Lord Have Mercy
Mercy Sunday Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. When Our Lord wanted there to be a special feast in honour of the Most Blessed Sacrament, He inspired a Belgian canoness, St Juliana of Liège, to make a petition and bring it to the knowledge of the universal Church in the 12th century. […]
Seek After Peace And Pursue It
The profession of Br Patrick Mary Hobbs Dear Brother Patrick, Dear Brothers, All Dear Friends who are joining us by digital means. Today, on this third day of the celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection, the tone is set by the Saviour Himself who, when He greets His apostles on the evening of that first Easter […]
The Gate Is Now Open
Easter Sunday “If you have risen with Christ, seek the things that are above… You are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God….” (Col 3:1-2) Dear Brothers and Friends, The first Easter began in the most abysmal sadness. Jesus was gone. It was over. There was no hope. Two of the disciples […]
As Often As You Can
Maundy Thursday “ As often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until He come” Dear Brothers and Friends, For what is perhaps the first time in history, holy Church this year is forced to celebrate the central mysteries of our faith in a […]
Trodding The Winepress Alone
Spy Wednesday “Trodding the winepress alone” The contrast between the two lessons from Isaiah could hardly be more striking. In the first we see the Messiah portrayed as the valiant warrior who will trod his enemies under his feet and win a glorious victory. In the second, we see him humiliated beyond recognition, struck by […]
Of Putting Wood In Bread
Temple Tuesday “Let’s put wood in his bread” When the enemies of Jeremiah devised this cruel way of tormenting the prophet, they did not realise how they were prophesying the New Covenant. Putting wood in someone’s bread is a way of poisoning him and making life impossible. So they did to Jeremiah, so they did […]
Waiting In Silence
Palm Sunday “It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God” On this Sunday of the Palms, our Holy Mother Church invites us to remember that it is through suffering and death that we attain to the resurrection. The tone is by the collect of the Mass in which, after recalling that […]
About Not Going Back
Fig Monday “I have not gone back” The voice of the prophet Isaiah which we heard in today’s epistle reveals to us the dispositions of soul of Our Lord Jesus Christ on the eve of His passion. We can see here the struggle between the feebleness of His human nature, reluctant to undertake the labour […]
To Live Is Christ And To Die Is Gain
Passion Sunday “ For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain” With this Sunday the Church enters into Passion tide, that time of the year when our gaze is focused on the salvific sufferings of Our Blessed Lord. We are draped in colours of penance, we have veiled our statues and our […]