Just a Little While
Third Sunday after Easter In a little while you will see me again. What is this little while of which Our Blessed Lord speaks in today’s Gospel? It is the brief span of time between His ascension and the end of the world. Span which to us seems long but which in reality is exceedingly […]
Are We Ready?
Good Shepherd Sunday A few weeks ago we referred to the parable of the Good Shepherd to consider how astounding it is that the Lord would die for us. We also noted that some of the Jews thought He was mad. That a man who would die for his sheep seems indeed to denote a […]
Utterly Despicable
Low Sunday This Sunday in albis deponendis, meaning the day on which the neophytes deposed their white garments, is rich with many mysteries: the octave of Easter and therefore the omnipresence of the resurrection theme, the conferral of the power to forgive sins as the first fruit of the redemption, the events of the eighth […]
A First Ordination
The community of Notre Dame Priory was blessed with the ordination of its first priest, Fr Bede Mary Cannavo, at St Canice Church, Sandy Bay, Tasmania on Easter Wednesday 3 April. The following day Fr Bede offered his first Mass at St Patrick’s Church, Colebrook. Please give thanks with us to Almighty God for the […]
For a New Priest
Easter Thursday, First Mass of Fr Bede Mary Dear Father Bede, Dear Reverend Fathers, Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are still recovering, as it were, from the stunning event that took place yesterday in Sandy Bay, our eyes squinting as it were before the light. We are somewhat like the apostles and the […]
St Cecilia April Triduum
This month’s triduum takes place during the Easter Octave, an occasion on which we rejoice in the glory of our Risen Saviour. This is not a week for mourning and penance but for rejoicing with the universal Church. It is an opportunity, as we continue to pray for the great intentions dear to us all, […]
The Day That Never Passes
Easter Sunday Like the disciples of Emmaus, we often find ourselves thinking: if only it hadn’t happened that way, it would have all been so glorious. It doesn’t occur to us till much later, and it often takes the help of one more enlightened than we, that actually what happened was supposed to happen. It […]
Easter is Just the Beginning
Paschal Vigil On this holy night, the most ancient and the mother of all the Church’s vigils we have been given an abundance of sacred texts to ponder and contemplate. We have also been provided with numerous symbols, in particular light, water and oil, all speaking to us of God’s immense love, pouring out innumerable […]
The True Normal
Good Friday The passion of our Blessed Saviour leaves no one indifferent. The divine catastrophe inspires any number of sentiments, among which sorrow, compassion and shame are the foremost. We feel sorrow for the shear sight of the spectacle. An innocent man put through a form of execution that is comprised of some of the […]
