For the last few months, our Gospel readings have more-often-than-not begun in much the same way, with Jesus saying “the Kingdom of...

War can shatter Faith - in the midst of great suffering we find ourselves crying out to God with the Crucified Christ "Why have you...

We often reduce today's Gospel to a warning against ostentatious ritual clothing, but in reality Jesus doesn't really care about the...

The meaning of life is happiness, and true happiness - "Beautitude" or εὐδαιμονία (Blessedness) - is found only in unity with the...

Jesus asks "whose image is on the coin" because what God and Caesar want from us is the same - their image. Caesar wants the image minted...

Everyone's had that nightmare at some point where they arrive naked to an important event: I know I have! In the Gospel today (Matthew...

Worrying about something is good: we worry because we care, and when we stop worrying it means we have stopped caring! What do we do...

Sometimes it feels like we are just trying to give the minimum: we avoid evil, we turn up for Mass (more or less on time) and we fulfil...

Our Lady stands between us and those enemies who would destroy us - earthly or spiritual. Pray the Rosary in any kind of need to seek her...

The Church is not immune to jargony-buzzwords, and the hottest buzzwords of the present moment are "synodality" and "accompaniment" which...

The three Holy Archangels named in the bible are named Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. While the devil seeks to master us with lies, above...

Sometimes we can feel like we aren't good enough for Jesus or his Church. Perhaps we feel we've left it too late, or perhaps we have some...

Jesus uses the staggering sum of ten thousand talents (some £29 billion in today's money) to make us understand how great God's mercy is...

In today's Gospel, Jesus entrusts his Apostle Simon with the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, with the name "Peter" (meaning rock)

The Feast of St Dominic offers an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the joyful proclamation of the truth, to a spirit of poverty...

Today we are bombarded with noise; out in public, on social media, even at Mass. We cannot hope to hear God's voice in all of this...

Today's Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrating her glorious Assumption into heaven, is the climax of her glorification…

In the Transfiguration we encounter Jesus as God, his divinity overshadowing His humanity. That Jesus is God was a great controversy in...

When we read Jesus' parables we can sometimes get hung-up on the wrong thing; when we think about today's parables it's easy to focus on...

Today's readings begin with God's mercy; the Book of Wisdom and the Psalm describing and praising his mercy. Jesus explains how God is...