Life 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…
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Practice 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;…
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BY A Dominican Friar
“Behold, thy King cometh to thee.” These are the words of the prophet Zacharias, quoted by the evangelist St Matthew,…
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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…
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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…
READ MOREJoy in holy Church at the time of her bitter crisis
BY Maria Madise
“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church…
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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
Prelude O Jesus, true Bread of eternal life, appease my hunger. 1 This Sunday there is a pause of holy…
READ MOREDignity and the “right to die”
BY Liam Gibson
There are two arguments that the euthanasia lobby consistently uses to promote its cause. The first claims that it is…
READ MOREThe mystery of Lent (1)
BY Dom Prosper Guéranger
Extract from The Liturgical Year We may be sure that a season so sacred as this of Lent is rich…
READ MOREBreaking silence: sermon on the third Sunday of Lent
BY A Dominican Friar
“He was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb: and when he had cast out the devil, the…
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