That They May Be One
17th Sunday after Pentecost At the heart of today’s liturgy we are given to contemplate the battle that rages between God and Satan, between Love and Hatred, between Unity and Division. The very source of unity is to be found in our Blessed Lord Himself, as St Paul stresses to the Ephesians: There is one […]
The Depth, Height, Breadth And Length
16th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s epistle, St Paul give us a glimpse of his own interior life with the Blessed Trinity, blessed life which he longs to share with us. Christ dwells, he says, in our hearts through faith which is grounded in love of God, and that love surpasses all that we can […]
Weep Not In Vain
15th Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Gospel present us with an unusual spectacle. Jesus, surrounded by a great crowd of followers, approaches a town by the name of Naim. As he reaches the town, another great crowd is coming out–it is a funeral cortege, making its way to the local cemetery. The dead man is young […]
Suspect Catholicism
14th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s Epistle, St Paul paints a stark portrait, portraying the differences between life under the slavery of sin and life in the Holy Spirit. The portrait of sin with the works of the flesh, with all its horror, is all too familiar to us. That of life in the Spirit […]
In Thy Hands My Destiny
13th Sunday after Pentecost The cry of distress found in today’s introit, taken from Psalm 73, seems to echo that of the ten lepers of the Gospel who cry out to the Lord for mercy. The psalmist, in a period of social upheaval and catastrophic events, cries out to the Lord to not forget His […]
Vulneratus In Naturalibus
12th Sunday after Pentecost One of the best known passages of Holy Writ is given to us today. When we read the the parable of the Good Samaritan, we instinctively think of a kind person who is always ready to stop and help, even if there is nothing in it for him. The Samaritan of […]
Doing All Things Well
11th Sunday after Pentecost He hath done all things well. This word of today’s Gospel gives us some profound insights into the workings of Divine Providence and it invites us to reflect on the way God ordains all for the good of our souls. Just a few weeks ago, we were told that this providence […]
Magnifying God
Assumption of Our Lady On this glorious day, dear to the hearts of all Catholics, Holy Mother Church invites all her children to turn their eyes towards the eternal homeland where Christ Our Lord reigns in glory and in which His Immaculate Mother is taken up, body and soul. The dogma of our faith teaches […]
Abyss Calls To Abyss
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. The pharisee goes up to the Temple to pray, but he […]
