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6 July The Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Published on July 5, 2025
The Battle of Marathon, fought in 490 BC, was a pivotal clash in the Greco-Persian Wars where a Greek force, primarily Athenian, defeated a larger Persian army. This victory, achieved on the […]

29th. June Feast of St. Peter & St. Paul

Published on June 28, 2025
We have the special; privilege this year of celebrating the fest of St Peter and St. Paul on a Sunday. These were two pivotal figures in the Early Church, two […]

The Most Holy Trinity 2025

Published on June 14, 2025
Saint Augustine, one of the greatest intellectual saints spent many years trying to understand the mystery of God. One day he was walking along the beach he saw a little […]

8 June 2025 . Pentecost

Published on June 7, 2025
Many years ago, when I was studying in Rome, I assited at a celebration in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, with Pope St. John Paul II. It was a celebration […]

The Ascension of Our Lord

Published on May 31, 2025
When Beethoven finished writing his 23rd. piano sonata,  he wrote the word appassionata on the cover.  Ever since then it has that name.  When we listen to it, we can […]

Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C

Published on May 17, 2025
Don Carlos Knocci, was an Italian priest and educator. During the second world war, he was miliatary chaplain of the Alpini, the elite mountain warfare soldiers of the itlalian army.  […]

Fourth Sunday of Easter 2025

Published on May 10, 2025
Today we celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter or Good Shepherd Sunday. This image of the Good Shepherd is one of the most beautiful images we have in our Christian […]

20 April 2025 Easter Sunday

Published on April 19, 2025
When Michelangelo was painting the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican, Pope Julius would come every now and then to see how the work was proceeding.  When Michelangelo […]

Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year C

Published on April 5, 2025
Once upon a time there was a man who was caught stealing and was brought before the King, who immediately gave orders that he should be hanged. As he was […]

Fourth Sunday of Lent – C

Published on March 29, 2025
Today we have the privilege of hearing the greatest story ever told, the greatest of Jesus’s parables, the Parable of the prodigal Son. Gandhi tells how when he was fifteen, […]