9th Sunday after Pentecost  The scene of today’s Gospel takes us back to Palm Sunday. As Our Lord and His disciples approach the city, they reach a promontory today known as the Dominus flevit, where Our Lord halts, takes in, across the valley, the…

8th Sunday after Pentecost  On this eighth Sunday, we find ourselves taken back to Pentecost. Indeed, at the very heart of today’s liturgy lies the resplendent mystery of the Church as presented in the great Pentecostal Psalm (Psalm 47). Great is the Lord, and…

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…

7th Sunday after Pentecost  In the epistle of today’s Mass, St Paul points out that if we have in the past handed over the members of our body to impurity, now that we are baptised, this is no longer possible, nor is it profitable….

6th Sunday after Pentecost  This morning at Matins, we were given to read of the exemplary penance of King David after his double crime of adultery and murder. David’s fall was tragic; it was a disgrace. After all he had received from God, he…

5th Sunday after Pentecost  Today’s Gospel reminds us of our common origin. All men are brothers because they are all born of the same first parents and are all redeemed with the Precious Blood of the same Saviour. This being so, it is incumbent…

4th Sunday after Pentecost  In today’s Gospel, we contemplate Our Blessed Lord in Simon Peter’s boat, preaching to the people on the shore. At the end of His teaching, Jesus gives to Peter alone the command: launch out into the deep. Peter replies that…

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…

Saints Peter and Paul  On this day, the blood of the two apostles of Rome, the pillars of the Church, Peter and Paul, was poured out in sacrifice. Like his Saviour, St Peter was crucified, but out of humility, asked to be crucified upside…