The Christmas Novena of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri
On December 16, we begin the Christmas Novena. In these nine days of reflection this Novena  will take us up to Christmas Eve, December...
Saint John of the Cross and the Path to the Heights of Holiness
What does Saint John of the Cross, whose memorial we celebrate in these ides of the dark days of December, saint stand for? Before...
Guadalupe’s Timeless Message
This year, the third Sunday of Advent was also the great feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This story is a very powerful reminder...
Handel and His Miraculous Messiah
Handel's Messiah dates back to 1742, an Oratorio that pulls out all the stops, usually connected with Christmas, but actually follows the whole life...
Sunday Musical Offering: Jean Mouton’s Nesciens Mater
Jean Mouton (1459 - 1522) was a French priest, canon and, like Vivaldi (also ordained), a prolific composer, well ahead of his time in...
Listen: A Poem
Listen
Everything is loud, until you listen.
If you couldn’t speak, what would you do?
What would you notice?
The miracles of Christ or Christ?
Hume said, “The Son...
The Ten Blessings of the Immaculate Conception
If a blessing is God’s favour and protection, can there be an eminent example of such than the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of...
Saint Nicholas’ Love for the Destitute and Needy
The story of St Nicholas goes back to the third century, to the 15th March 270, when he was born in the Patara village...
Words Aren’t Weightless: A Poem
Words Aren’t WeightlessÂ
“Sticks and stones may break my bonesÂ
But words will never hurt me”
Tell that to the lasting tone of a stone
Their syntax sticks
My...
Second Sunday of Advent: The Baptist, Newman and Preparing for the Lord
Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight (Lk. 3:4). ⧾
The Gospel of the Mass on this second Sunday of Advent introduces...
