The trial of Christ and the trial of the Church
BY Cristiana de Magistris
In Passiontide, which embraces the two weeks leading up to Easter, the Church in mourning contemplates the sorrowful events that…
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The sign of the Cross (1)
BY Fr Andrew Arnold Lambing
Extracts from The sacramentals of the Holy Catholic Church (1892)After the discovery of the true Cross in the year 326…
READ MOREReceiving the Holy Eucharist: sermon on Maundy Thursday
BY a Dominican Friar
“Whilst we are judged, we are chastised by the Lord, that we be not condemned with this world.”Our Lord, in…
READ MORELife before birth: The personhood of the unborn child
BY Liam Gibson
In a political gesture designed to advance the campaign to decriminalise abortion up to birth in England and Wales, the…
READ MOREPractice during Passiontide and Holy Week (2)
BY Dom Prosper Guéranger
There is another object most dear to the Church, which she, during these two weeks, recommends to our deepest veneration;…
READ MOREBehold, thy King cometh to thee: sermon on Palm Sunday
BY A Dominican Friar
“Behold, thy King cometh to thee.” These are the words of the prophet Zacharias, quoted by the evangelist St Matthew, in…
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BY Alan Fimister
There is a difference of opinion in Eastern and Western tradition regarding St Mary Magdalene. In the writings of St…
READ MOREPractice during Passiontide and Holy Week (1)
BY Dom Prosper Guéranger
The past four weeks seem to have been but a preparation for the intense grief of the Church during these…
READ MORECleansing our conscience of dead works: sermon on Passion Sunday
BY a Dominican Friar
“Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: which of you shall convince me of sin?”This Sunday, we will enter…
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BY Maria Madise
“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church…
READ MORESaint Thomas Aquinas
BY G K Chesterton
This year, the feast of St Thomas Aquinas (7 March) marks the 750th anniversary of the death of the Angelic…
READ MOREThe multiplication of the loaves: on Laetare Sunday
BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalene
PreludeO Jesus, true Bread of eternal life, appease my hunger.1This Sunday there is a pause of holy joy and spiritual…
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