Where True Joys Are Found
4th Sunday after Easter As we approach the feast of Our Blessed Lord’s Ascension, our holy Mother Church prepares our minds and hearts for the moment when He will no longer be among us in a visible manner. We have, since Easter, enjoyed as it were His visible presence, reliving liturgically by means of the […]
Brother John Mary
The community was blessed today with the clothing and entry into novitiate of Lewis Cassidy who received the name Brother John Mary. He is placed under the heavenly patronage of St John the Apostle and Evangelist. Please keep Brother John and all the community in your prayers!
The Hard And Wholesome Work of Holiness
St Joseph the Worker On this first day of the month of May, which is traditionally the month of Mary, Holy Mother Church puts before our eyes the figure of her most chaste spouse St Joseph. In the nineteenth century, Blessed Pius IX, under the strain of open persecution, turned to St Joseph, placing the […]
Viscera Misericordiae
Mercy Sunday On this octave day of Easter, Holy Mother Church takes us back a week to the Cenacle. On the very day of His Resurrection from the dead, our Blessed Saviour appears to His apostles and confers upon them the power to forgive sins. At the Last Supper in the very same room, the […]
On The Eucharist, Church And Exclusion
Maundy Thursday On this day, my dear Friends, with our Holy Mother Church we commemorate the Last Supper at which Our Lord instituted the Most Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, offered up by the ministry of priests as the renewal and the eternal making present of the Sacrifice of Calvary. The […]
A Simple Way To A Holy Week
Palm Sunday In order not to lengthen further this Sunday’s Mass, I will offer just a few brief thoughts for our reflexion. This week, which we call Holy Week, let each of us spend at least 15 mn each day meditating upon the the Passion of Our Blessed Saviour. There is more fruit in this […]
The Word Of The Cross
Passion Sunday It requires no keen powers of observation to notice that with this Sunday something special is happening. The images dear to us because they remind us of the beloved objects of our faith are now veiled in the colour of penance. It’s as if all of creation were uniting with us to wail […]
It’s Not Ours, It’s His
Laetare Sunday This Sunday, called Laetare from the first word of the introit, invites us to leave somewhat our Lenten observance and hand our hearts over to rejoicing. During Advent, Gaudete Sunday bids us prepare for the imminent coming of the Lord, so during Lent, joy is once again the object of a divine command. […]
Whose Side Are We On?
Third Sunday of Lent Last week, our eyes were enlightened by the shining countenance of Christ Our Lord in His glorious Transfiguration. Today, our wills are strengthened by the vigour of His grace. Indeed, there seems to be throughout the liturgy of this Sunday a grace of fortitude, of power, of endurance, that is instilled […]
