Mary Magdalene meditating on the Crucifixion. (Pedro de Mena,1664) July 22 – Feast of St Mary Magdalen Jesus allowed her to wash …
Prayer
July 22, 2011
The Moment of Benediction. The priest turns and raises aloft the Sacred Host. In loving adoration, in reverent awe, the invisible …
June 13, 2011
Real devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is only to be gained by hard, grinding work of dry adoration before the Hidden God. …
June 10, 2011
We must be intellectually pious, that is, our piety should rest on the bedrock of principle, and not on mood, on sentiment, …
May 30, 2011
After a slightly prolonged hiatus following my recent trip to Rome, we recommence today with some thoughts Fr Doyle wrote in his …
May 7, 2011
Make your prayer simple, as simple as you can; reason little, love much, and you will pray well. COMMENT: There is …
March 27, 2011
What I look upon as a grace was told to me yesterday. A little child speaking of the missioners here said: …
March 16, 2011
St Francis Xavier Vince teipsum – conquer yourself. This is the secret of the Spiritual Exercises. “I learnt no other lesson from …
March 12, 2011
It is useful from time to time to pause and ask ourselves if we are, like the child Jesus, growing in …
March 2, 2011
A habit of ejaculatory prayer is a sign of nearness to God, for our own holiness will be in proportion to our …
February 25, 2011