Do Not Be Afraid
The phrase ‘do not be afraid’ or variations of it, appear many times in Scripture. In Deuteronomy we are told …
Tag Archives: Holy Mass
Advent – What Are We Waiting For?
In the secular world, particularly in retail preparations for Christmas start in August which means the manufacturers start a whole …
Tradition – Which Tradition?
The word tradition means simply a belief or behaviour in a society or culture which has symbolic meaning with its …
The Authenticity of Catholic Charismatic Renewal
On the afternoon of 1st June 2014, Pope Francis attended Rome’s Olympic Stadium to meet with the participants in the …
The Stones Will Cry Out
In Luke’s Gospel, as Jesus enters into Jerusalem, the disciples proclaim: ‘Blessed is he who is coming as King in …
St Thomas of Hereford
This week I have felt down and buried under an increasingly dark cloud to the extent that by Wednesday, I …
From Sour-faced Saints & Silly Devotions, Lord Preseve Us!
The following article is reproduced from the National Catholic Reporter and explains the danger for the Church and all baptised …
Prophets of Gloom
“In the daily exercise of our pastoral office, we sometimes have to listen, much to our regret, to voices of …
Celebrate Catholic Conference
Just to let you know that brochures and booking forms for the Easter 2013 Conference are now available. If you …
Revision of the Mass
“The rite of the Mass is to be revised in such a way that the intrinsic nature and purpose of …
Imitation of Christ
The truth speaks within us, without noise of words… Oh, how sweet is thy Spirit, O Lord, who, to show …
Corpus Christi
At 10 o’clock this morning, I was one of 48 pilgrims celebrating the Mass of Corpus Christi in the Church …
The Sacred Heart
June is the month which the Catholic Church dedicates to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The blood which flowed from the …
Let the Children Come to Me
God commands the people of Israel to keep the lamps that stand in front of the Tabernacle burning continuously. This …
The Highway of Holiness
Our family has just returned from a faith-filled week at the family Celebrate Catholic Conference in Ilfracombe at which the 1200 …
Homily of Pope Benedict XVI on Holy Thursday 2012
“Dear Brothers and Sisters! Holy Thursday is not only the day of the institution of the Most Holy Eucharist, whose …
The Concluding Rite
This is the last post in a series about the New English Translation of the Roman Missal. In the Concluding …
The Eucharist
We now move to summit of the Mass where we receive the Body and Blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ …
Holy Eucharist
In our review of the New Translation of the Roman Missal, we come to the ‘source’ and summit’ of the …
Liturgy of the Word
The readings we use each Sunday and weekday remain unchanged at present and continue to follow the three year cycle. …
Contemplative Catholic 