From the pen of Fr. Bernard
Christmas is more than Xmas!
Sorry kids, mommas and poppas! Christmas is not just about a Jolly fat man dressed in coca cola red
Hope unites angels and humans in a Chivalry of Grace; but many choose the disorder of gracelessness!
Advent draws our focus to a consideration of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It’s Gaudete Sunday yet Malvolio walks amongst us; bringing a War against Joy!
The Joy of Advent today began over 2000 years ago when the Jews felt a profound hopefilled-joy well up in their hearts on hearing the Baptist proclaim the imminent coming of the Messiah.
Political and religious forms of corrupt power? Who you gonna call? A wild man!
St Luke the Evangelist presents to us the figure of St John the Baptist who steps out of the wilderness and on to the stage of history.
Advent is here, but it Begins with the End!
The First Sunday of Advent begins the Church’s Liturgical Year.
Christ is King! Is he?
Christ the King is not just about Jesus being King at the end of time but that he is also King here and now!
Who is like God? Michael is!
St Michael as the Commander of all the Angels comes into view many times in the Story of Salvation.
Eucharist and Last Rites II
There are three levels of preparation: Remote, Proximate, and Immediate Preparation.
Eucharist and Last Rites I
The Eucharist is the Last Sacrament when taken as Viaticum (a word that means: ‘provision for the journey’)
The Eucharist & John 6
Our Lord makes clear that the Eucharist is essential to anyone who wishes to have eternal life, who wishes to be saved
The Mystery & Necessity of the Eucharist
The Eucharist is a mystery because it is inexhaustible in both its intelligibility and reality. Why so?