Vivaldi’s Autumn
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) - a Catholic priest, but who spent much of his time as a composer than a pastor due, as...
Saint Luke: Passionate Narrator of God’s Infinite Mercy
Today, Monday October 18, 2021, is the feast day of St Luke, the Evangelist and the author of the Book of Acts.
It is interesting...
The Holy Eucharist and the Life of Charity
For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many’ (Mk....
St Margaret Mary Alacoque: The Saint who Directs Us to Jesus’ Most Loving and...
The feast of St Margaret Mary Alacoque, which we celebrate today, Saturday October 16, reminds us of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
It was on...
Saint Teresa as the Teacher of a Successful Life
How beautiful and life-giving it is to see the saints’ lives as pointers to true life! St Teresa of Avila, whose feast is today,...
Bach’s Cello Suite 5
J.S. Bach wrote six suites for unaccompanied cello, composed between 1717 and 1723, are amongst the commonly performed works for the instrument, and rightly...
The True Meaning of Poverty: Twenty Eighth Sunday
‘How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God’ (Mk. 10:24).
As with many of Our Lord’s sayings,...
A True Thomistic Versus an Oddly Ockhamist Josephology
In one of the most recent and popular books on Saint Joseph called Consecration to Saint Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father, Father...
The Great Green Grift
“Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his...
The Power of the Holy Rosary
Today, Wednesday 7 October 2021, the Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. In the silence of my heart Pope Francis’...