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The Need To Pray
As Christmas approached, we may have found ourselves filled with thoughts of the Baby Jesus lying in His manger, the Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph...
Walking Our Own Path
Imagine a map of the world; now imagine a point on that map, a particular place. And now, try to imagine all the people on the earth, each of them...
Christmas Day 2020
Image: 'The Adoration of the Magi' - Edward Burne-Jones, 1904 For many, this year has been characterised more than anything by isolation,...
What Cannot Be Hidden
This morning I read a short poem called Manger Scene, written by an acquaintance on Twitter. You can click on the link to read it, should you wish...
The Challenge of the Rosary
Our Holy Father Pope Francis tells us that "If prayer isn't courageous, it isn't Christian," and he reminds us that "if prayer does not gather the...
2020 In Review
EDITORIAL 2020 is a year none of us will ever forget. We have lived through the writing of a particular moment in history, an era which will be...
Cancelling Christmas
"I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people.. a Saviour has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord." (Lk.2:10-12) ...
Pope Francis on the Psalms
Prayer is the connection between God and man, the channel of communication and the bridge which allows and facilitates that communication. It is in...
Tempted To Judge
One of the worst traps we can fall into is to begin to judge others. It matters not a bit what we are judging others on - to do so is wrong. There...
Good In All Things
As human beings, it can be very tempting to look at our lives and our situations and to indulge ourselves in a degree of melancholy and...
In His Arms
On some days, and in relation to some events and circumstances, I find myself experiencing an almost overwhelming sense of interior anxiety. I feel...
Virgin of Guadalupe
"I desire you to know who I am. I am the Ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of the true God who gives life and maintains its existence... All those who...
The Time of Mercy
"Here, then, is the reason for the Jubilee (of Mercy)– because this is the time for mercy.” – Pope Francis, homily for first vespers of Divine...
Image of Divine Mercy
“I promise that the soul that will venerate this Image will not perish.” “I am offering people a vessel with which they are to keep coming for...
Apostle of the Two Hearts
“You must never separate what God has so perfectly united. So closely are Jesus and Mary bound up with each other that whoever beholds Jesus sees...
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