A rose once grew where all could see sheltered beside a garden wall. And, as the days passed swiftly by, It spread its branches, straight and tall…   One day, a beam of light shone through A crevice that had opened wide – The rose bent gently towards its warmth then passed beyond to the […]

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD. When the last scene of his life […]

A smile costs nothing, but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it, and none is so poor but he can be made rich […]

The Jubilee of Mercy is an opportunity to remind ourselves that mercy and compassion are at the heart of the mission of Jesus in the world today.  We can be ‘missionaries of mercy’ in our everyday lives by the way we live and interact with others.  On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, 13th December, symbolic […]

There is an appointed time for everything, a time to be born and a time to die (Eccl 3). November, the month traditionally known as the month of the Holy Souls, offers us a prayerful time to remember our deceased loved ones who have gone to share the glory of the risen Christ.  As Christians […]

Traditionally, June is the month devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  Of course, every month is a month to focus on God’s love for us, but June has been chosen because the feast day of the Sacred Heart falls  on the 12th.  This is the month to know we are loved and to make […]

The feast day of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on 31st May.  After the angel Gabriel had announced to Mary that she was to become the mother of Our Lord, Mary went from Galillee to Judea to visit her kinswoman Elizabeth, soon to be the mother of John the Baptist.  Elizabeth […]

Wednesday 25th March 2015 is the Feast of the Annunciation. At the Announciation, Mary’s consent was one of the most important moments in the history of salvation and in the unfolding of the Eucharistic mystery.  We call that moment her ‘fiat’, the first word in a Latin phrase taht means “Be it done unto me […]

Tuesday 24th of June is the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist.  John’s mission had two facets.  First of all he called people to repentence and baptism.  Secondly, he prepared the way for Jesus.  In a way he was God’s spokesperson.  But that is not where it all ends.  God’s project of salvation […]