Homily for the Dedication of the Basilica of the Holy Saviour  Today the Church commemorates the dedication of the Basilica of the Most Holy Saviour, otherwise known as the Basilica of St John Lateran, one of the four patriarchal basilicas in the Eternal City…

6-8 November 2025 This month’s triduum concludes on the feast of St Elizabeth of the Trinity, the wonderful Carmelite of Dijon who lived from 1880 to 1906. In a letter written 120 years ago this month to a lady by the name of Madame…

21st Sunday after Pentecost  Today’s Mass presents us with a fascinating mosaic of texts which at first sight might seem somewhat disparate. We have a kind of chiasmus within the Introit Mardochai praying to the Lord with great assurance that all things are in…

All Saints                  The feast of All Saints allows us to honour those who have gone before us, having achieved the sanctity to which they were called. It gives us joy to contemplate their glory. It consoles…

Christ the King  Even though the kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ is loudly proclaimed in the Holy Scriptures and has ever been at the heart of our faith, in modern times it has come to be strongly contested. It was before this spectacle…

19th Sunday after Pentecost  At the heart of today’s Gospel, we find a royal wedding, thrown by the King for his Son. Who is this King, and who is this Son, and what is this wedding? The King is God the Father. The Son…

Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary  The month of October brings back before our minds – even though it is never far away – the wonderful prayer of the Holy Rosary. The feast of the Holy Rosary is on 7 October but is solemnised…

October 2025 (2-4 October) October is one of those months that children of Mary look forward to with great anticipation. It is the month of the Holy Rosary! The Rosary should be dear to us for numerous reasons, and not just because it is…

16th Sunday after Pentecost  In today’s epistle, St Paul gives us a glimpse of his own interior life with the Blessed Trinity, a life which he longs to share with us. Christ dwells, he says, in our hearts through faith which is grounded in…