

A Faith Stronger Than Death: Reflection on the Second Sunday of Lent
How many times have we or others said, perhaps in prayer or through a song, “Lord, I want to see your face?” This is exactly what Jesus allo


Meet Your Mother: A Brief Introduction to the Mother of Jesus
After Jesus Himself, no human person has even been celebrated, praised, and honoured more than His very mother, Mary immaculate. She was spo


Lust Leads to Dust: Reflection on the First Sunday of Lent
Say goodbye to Ordinary Time and the placid green colours around our churches; Lent is here. Ashes, mourning, fasting, prayer, repentance, a


Lenten Pastoral Letter 2017: Be Reconciled to God
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
This coming Wednesday the Church celebrates Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence. This day


Now is the Time: Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday begins our journey through lent, which mirrors the journey detailed in the book of...

23rd February: Saint Polycarp
Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of St John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual love and to hatred of...


Seek First the Kingdom: Reflection on the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
“The Lord became my protector. / He brought me out to a place of freedom; / He saved me because He delighted in me” (This Sunday’s Entrance


"All Authority in Heaven and On Earth Has Been Given to Me" — 22nd February: The Feast of
On February 22nd the Church celebrates the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter. The word “chair” in this context symbolizes authority, specifica

Perfect Like the Father: Reflection on the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
“But I’m better than him at least.” Or sometimes, “I know I’m not perfect, but at least I’m not that bad.” Both in our First Reading and in


10th February: Saint Scholastica
St Scholastica, twin sister of St...