St Joseph This feast is dear to all of us for many reasons, the first being that St Joseph was the God-given spouse of Mary Immaculate and the Foster-father of God’s only Son in the flesh. Joseph has also been appointed as patron of…

Second Sunday in Lent From the most remote Christian antiquity, the second Sunday of Lent has been dedicated to the Transfiguration of Our Lord, an event that occurred in the weeks before the Passion. Its immediate purpose was to fortify the three apostles, Peter,…

First Sunday in Lent At the onset of Lent, Holy Mother Church takes us out to the desert with Our Blessed Lord. The reasons are obvious. First of all, the idea of Lent originates in Our Lord’s fast of forty days and forty nights….

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…

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…

Sexagesima Sunday The sower went out to sow his seed. And so He does, every day of human history. The seed is the Word of God which reaches us in any number of ways, but principally through Holy Scripture and the sacred liturgy. Our…

Septuagesima Sunday Today, my dear Friends, with the Roman liturgy we enter the Easter cycle, by this Sunday called Septuagesima, being roughly the 70th day before Easter. A number of significant things change today: we leave aside the celebratory green in favour of the…

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany In today’s Gospel, we hear the parable of the wheat and the cockle. Our Blessed Lord sows His good grain, that is to say, His word through the preaching of the Gospel, through the inspirations of His grace, and through…

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…