“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” (Mt 3:1). The heartfelt appeal of the man that from his mother’s womb was selected as the precursor, resonates more than ever in our time. The one that would straighten the tortuous path and the wayward road of the people of Israel, is the luminous figure […]
The extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy ends on the 20th November 2016 which also coincides with the solemnity of Christ the King. At the end of the Liturgical Year the Church contemplates the final coming of the Lord and so the Last Judgment by Michelangelo, from the Sistine Chapel, is a fitting masterpiece with which to […]
Dear Friends, October is a month especially dedicated to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and so we are pleased to invite you to participate in a Rosary Crusade of peace inspired by the Virgin of Revelation who said, “Never stop saying the Holy Rosary”! What better spiritual preparation could there be for the celebration […]
Before the departure of the Christian fleet for Lepanto, Pope Pius V blessed and consigned the Christian standard to the commander of the Christian Holy League, Don John of Austria. The standard was decorated with a crucifix placed between St Peter and St Paul on a red background with the Constantinian motto “In hoc signo […]
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 […]