Saturday, April 29, 2023

Seraphic Virgin, Passionate Lover of the Crucified Christ - Scolder of Popes?

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Today is the Memorial of the Seraphic Virgin - St Catherine of Siena.  St Catherine is one of those eccentric, passionate and unusual saints...
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Monday, April 17, 2023

Divine Mercy and the Victory of Christ applied to us in the Sacraments

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Here in Australia it is a day late… but blessed Divine Mercy Sunday to you all!  Divine Mercy Sunday is my patronal feast in the eremitic l...
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Sunday, April 9, 2023

The power of the Resurrection is poured out and given to us in the Sacraments

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Happy and blessed Easter to you all!  Christ our Saviour and Redeemer is risen from the dead as he promised, he has conquered death! Allelui...
Saturday, April 8, 2023

This is the night. This is the moment of salvation - the Resurrection, our strength and hope

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Wishing you all a wonderful, blessed Easter. Christ is Risen as he says, Alleluia Alleluia!!  Just finished serving at the Easter Vigil Mass...
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Holy Saturday - the hidden silent power of God in our salvation

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In the Apostles Creed we profess “he descended into hell” … this is the mysterious silent action that occurs on Holy Saturday.  One thing I ...
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Entering into the Paschal Mystery through the Holy Triduum

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As we end Holy Week and begin to enter into the Triduum, let us remember that we do not focus exclusively on the suffering and death of Chri...
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Invalidating your suffering does not make it holy

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I came across this on Instagram and wanted to share it in case any of you need to hear it.  As we are now in Holy Week and prepare to celebr...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Lent as military service training for Christ

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Blessed Ash Wednesday and beginning of Lent.  Lent has begun as of today with Ash Wednesday. May we remember that this is the beginning of a...
Friday, February 17, 2023

Lent as asceticism - training for spiritual renewal

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Lent is fast approaching us, and this Wednesday it is Ash Wedesday for us Roman Catholic/Latin members in this group. It is a day of abstain...
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Saturday, January 28, 2023

The Angelic Doctor

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Today we celebrate the Memorial of St Thomas Aquinas - The Angelic & Common Doctor. Angelic because of the heights of perception he ach...
Saturday, January 21, 2023

Fortitude as a gift of the Holy Spirit

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It is not easy to be a Catholic in today's age. So in my own life as a hermit, I have found that fortitude is a virtue and grace that re...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Holy Spirit as the Gift of Christmas

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Now that the New Year has begun and the festivities of Christmas have settled down or ended, I wanted to reflect on the Holy Spirit as the G...
Sunday, January 8, 2023

The manifestation of God - hidden glory revealed

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Today we celebrate the wonderful feast of the Epiphany - the manifestation. This is also known as the Theophany - the appearance of God visi...
Wednesday, January 4, 2023

The Humanity of Christ as bait that destroyed death from within

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In the 2nd reading for the Office of Readings today, there’s a very interesting excerpt from St Maximus the Confessor - a Byzantine monk and...