In 1610, the Dutch painter Gerard van Honthorst (1592-1656) went to Rome were he was fascinated by the works of Caravaggio that were characterised by his use of darkness and light. The young artist went on to develop his own distinctive style which was also characterised by the use of light. He specialised in setting […]
At the heart of this question lies a worry that many feel in making life’s major decisions. What if I subsequently regret the most important decision in my life? The same question could also be said of the decision to get married or to stay single. Today’s society tends to see all things as temporary and so […]
How can I say “Yes” to the Lord’s call if my parents do not approve? I know that it is not easy and that one’s heart may bleed at the thought of leaving one’s family. Often the devil causes us to believe that we are the very cause of our families pain. There are many thoughts that […]
Sometimes if may seem that a vocation is a “strange illness”. You feel an attraction towards the things of God, a calling from the Lord to follow Him more closely. We will try to identify some “symptoms” of a vocation by analysing the calls of Andrew and John who were amongst the first called to […]
It is important to highlight the fact that the way we often speak about “becoming a Sister” is mistaken. It is rare that someone sets out to “become” a Sister in the same way that they become a teacher or an accountant. It is rare that someone sets out to consecrate themselves to God (to set […]
The Chaplet of Mercy is recited using ordinary rosary beads of five decades. 1. Begin with the Sign of the Cross, 1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary and The Apostles Creed. 2. Then on the Our Father Beads say the following: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity […]
Jesus asked that the Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday. He gave St. Faustina an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena: “On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of […]
21 November – Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary In The Temple A prayer to Our Lady to celebrate the Feast of her Presentation in the Temple, by St Alphonsus Liguori from ‘the Glories of Mary’: Oh holy Lady know that already through thy prayers the Son of God is hastening to come and redeem […]
After completing my studies I started my career but after a few years I found myself unemployed. The loss of the career that I had worked so hard to achieve caused a great crisis in my life. With great determination I decided to take further studies so that I could find work. Every day I attended Mass, […]
From when I was a young girl, I felt a strange and indefinable sensation that something was missing in my life. Even in the most joyful moments of my life I felt this sensation though I didn’t understand why. I suffered because I thought it was strange and ‘abnormal’. When I graduated, my professors predicted […]