On Friday 31 May 2024 we celebrated the feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her kinswoman St Elizabeth. The feast is so beautiful because it focuses on the gift of the Holy Spirit who unites these two pregnant women together. In...
On Sunday 12 May 2024, while we were celebrating the solemnity of Pentecost there was also the liturgical memorial of St Leopold Mandic. One metre and thirty-five centimeters tall, St Leopold was one of the patrons of the 2015-2016 Jubilee of Mercy...
Today, we celebrate Mother’s Day. Such a special day, dedicated to all Mothers around the globe, brings to my mind and heart the powerful words which the Book of Prophet Isaiah presents to us regarding the Lord’s motherhood: Can a woman forget her...
You wouldn’t believe it but it is true: Martin Luther held a great devotion to Mary, the Mother of God and Our Heavenly Mother. Leaving aside all the radical distinctives of early Protestantism like the Communion of the Saints, Penance, Purgatory...
There is an excellent book written by Aelred of Rievaulx (1110 – 12 January 1167), who was an English Cistercian monk and abbot from 1147 until his death. The book’s name is De spirituali amicitia, or in English On Spiritual Friendship. This work is...
The Divine Mercy Sunday came and went by. It was Jesus himself who said to St Faustina: I want the first Sunday after Easter to be the Feast of Mercy (Diary, 299). Furthermore, Jesus added: I want the Feast of Mercy to be a refuge and sanctuary for...
As we were praying the Novena of the Divine Mercy that prepared us to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, I felt something very interesting happening. Upon going through the Novena one can encounter similarities with the Good Friday Solemn intercessions...
We are now in the Easter Triduum. On Holy Thursday, Jesus gives us the two great sacraments which are intimately related to his presence, the Eucharist and the Holy Orders. On Good Friday, we celebrate the passion and death of Our Lord. Then, Holy...
