Run To Win
Each year on Septuagesima Sunday, we are are treated to a summary, as it were, of our entire faith. After the joyful celebration of Christmas and Epiphany, we now find ourselves plunged back into, to quote today’s Introit: “the wails of death and the sorrows of hell”. The psalm De Profundis is also there to […]
Simeon And The Spiritual Life
Candlemas 2019 The feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and the Purification of Our Lady puts before our eyes the touching figure of the old man Simeon. St Luke tells us that he had received from the Holy Spirit the assurance that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah. As a […]
Two Beautiful Retreats
43 women and 33 men took part in retreats at Hartzer Park Retreat Centre, Burradoo NSW. The retreats were led by Fr Prior and Fr John de Britto, with the assistance of Br Bede. Br Augustine and Matthew Hobbs helped out for the ladies’ retreat, but joined the ranks of retreatants for the mens’ session. […]
Our Lady Of Cana
Homily for the patronal feast of Notre Dame Priory I am often asked why our community is dedicated to Our Lady of Cana. Cana in fact is usually associated with marriage preparation, and that is indeed very fitting. Who could be a more fitting patroness of married persons than the Immaculate Virgin who asked Our […]
Clothing Of Br Francisco Maria
Yesterday’s feast of the Epiphany, Father Prior gave the holy habit to Israel de Brito, along with the name of Br Francisco Maria in honour of St Francisco Marto, one of the visionaries of Fatima. Fr Prior’s sermon for the occasion can be found under the From the Prior tab.
Clothing Of Br Francisco Maria
Dear Israel, Some years ago now, like the Magi, you saw a star and you have come to worship and offer gifts to the Lord. You heard what you perceive to be a call from the Lord Christ, the Infant God, and, after searching in other parts, you set out on this arduous path that […]
Why Fear The Child?
Epiphany And all Jerusalem was troubled. Is it not mind-boggling to consider that, when the long-awaited Messiah was finally come to the Chosen People, when He was actually among them, His coming is the cause of a disturbance. This short clause, of itself, sets the tone for the rest of the life of the eternal […]
Christmas Day Mass Homily
Last night we left off asking the Newborn King for the grace to become the apostles of His Sacred Heart. Christmas has always been the inspiration for follies of love. To see God incarnate in a Babe, a Babe so full of tenderness, a Babe without defense, a Babe to which the human heart can […]
Christmas Midnight Mass Homily
It is one of those marvellous aspects of the mysteries of our faith, the unmistakable mark of God’s presence in our history, that they contain in themselves and at first sight, the remedy for all human ills, the recipe for the restoration of all things. The crib and the cross, without explanation and by the […]
