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Right throughout the Easter season, we use these words of the psalmist to give thanks and praise God for the supreme gift of his Son's resurrection. Easter means God has triumphed over the forces of darkness and evil....
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The resurrection of Jesus from the dead has ushered in the dawn of a new era. The paschal rhythm shows us that suffering through love is the path towards the fullness of life. Facing fear, darkness and death itself is not the end but the beginning of the fullness...
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Maundy refers to the Latin word Mandatum which in turn originates from the words of our Lord: “A new commandment I give you. Love one another as I have loved you”....
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This is the third and final of the 2026 Lenten meditations by Bishop Greg Homeming OCD. Bishop Greg explains that through prayer, detachment and a personal experience of God’s presence, we gradually learn who we truly are and how to live in his love....
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With very heavy-duty things happening in the world, it can be tempting to say ‘I don’t follow the news anymore’. Certainly, for those with young children, a constant challenge of parenting is to decide what to expose them to or keep them from. You want your children growing appropriately...
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Some of us might be familiar with a TV series called the Irish Peaky Blinders. It is about a fictional crime family operating in Birmingham just after World War 1. Peaky blinders refer to the sartorial elegance of the criminals but also their unusual method. They were known to...
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While many would already consider this a picturesque setting to spend a weekend, parishioners of St Thomas Aquinas parish in Springwood have taken a further step – a reading group of the works of St Thomas Aquinas....
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Let us together, in our diverse ways, work to build a better, freer, more peaceful, and more hopeful world....
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It is a very distressful and devastating time for many people on account of the escalating war in the Middle East. The other day, I came across a lady sitting by the statue of Our Lady in the Cathedral. She was sobbing uncontrollably. Upon inquiry, she told me that...