The Feast of the Chair of Peter

On Monday February 22 we celebrate the Feast of the Chair of St Peter. What do we mean by the Chair of Peter and...

Longing in Advent: Fourth Sunday

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of 'Christmas'. Of course, I am not referring to the real Christmas—the birth of Jesus—but the...

The Birth of Our Saviour, the Light of the Nations

When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Saviour appeared, He saved us (Tit. 3:4). ⧾ Today, with great joy we celebrate the manifestation...

Venantius and his Vexilla

Vexilla regis prodeunt;                    The banners of the king come forth; fulget crucis mysterium,                     brightly gleams the mystery of...

Contraception, Falsifying the Feminine, and the Darkening of Society

In 1969, a group of twelve highly educated American women met in a flat in New York City. Seated around a table, the women...

Starry Night

  Stars, so bright, you only come out at night. Sun, you only come out in the day and everyday. God created them for his plan. To enjoy in the day, and...

The Ascension of our Lord

Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come...

Divorce, Sort of, Holywood Style

Following the break-up of HiddleSwift, it seems as though an infectious virus dissolving relationships old and new is spreading through Tinseltown:  Naomi Watts and...

Pentecost Sunday: The Spirit of Truth

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will...

Blessed John Duns Scotus, the Great Defender of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

The 8th of November is the liturgical memorial of Blessed John Duns Scotus. In his apostolic letter on the occasion of the seventh century...