12th  Sunday after Pentecost  One of the best-known passages of Holy Writ is given to us today. When we read the parable of the Good Samaritan, we instinctively think of a kind person who is always ready to stop and help, even if there…

11th  Sunday after Pentecost  He hath done all things well. These words of today’s Gospel give us some profound insights into the workings of Divine Providence, and they invite us to reflect on the way God ordains all for the good of our souls….

10th Sunday after Pentecost  Everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The spectacle offered to us in today’s Gospel reading should put us on our guard against the Pharisee that we all have hidden in us….

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…