As we begin Holy Week each year with our celebration of Palm Sunday, we may be stunned by what appears to be an incredible display of human duplicity, with crowds crying “Hosanna in the highest!” one day followed by “Crucify him!” just a few days later. Some years ago, the great scripture scholar, Pope Benedict […]

During Lent each year we have prayers called the Scrutinies, which we pray with those being received into the Church at Easter. The purpose of these is to prompt the Elect to examine their lives in preparation for joining themselves to the Lord through the 3 sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. This should remind […]

We’ve all heard the saying, ‘Seeing is believing’. I think we could say that we were all born blind (spiritually, that is): blind to God’s love for us and His plan to set us free. Faith and the Word of God continues to challenge us to open our hearts to a new way of seeing, […]

As we continue our Lenten journey towards Easter, we are reminded of those Old Testament Hebrews who were led through the desert by Moses. They endured many hardships on their way to the Promised Land. Our Church today is also a pilgrim people of God, led by Jesus to an even greater Promised Land. Let’s […]