November 2024
Blessed Salvio HuixOctober 2024
Holiness is not boringJudgement
The Danger of Assisted Suicide
A simple exchange of heart speaking to heart
“That loving tender providence that never deserts those who trust in him”
September 2024
The Conversion of EnglandMaxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (10)
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (9)
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (8)
August 2024
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (7)Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (6)
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (5)
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (4)
July 2024
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (3)Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (2)
Maxim-ising Our Spiritual Life (1)
And on the seventh day…
Thy Kingdom Come
June 2024
A Meditation on Mark 10:17–22Walking by faith and not by sight
Extraordinary Time
“You can only see properly with your heart.”
May 2024
St Philip & Corpus ChristiSpiritual Fruits
Our Lady at Pentecost
Life Begins At Forty
Easter goes on
April 2024
The Patronage of Saint Philip NeriFavourite resurrection stories
“Always go forward; never look back.”
Go back to Jerusalem
March 2024
O Friend, on what errand hast thou come?Our Restoration
A Week of Prayer
How’s your Lent going so far?
February 2024
The Lenten FastJerusalem
An Island in the Rain
The Growth of the Church
January 2024
Respice finemThe Gentleman Saint
The Indies shall be your Indies
Troubled or rejoicing?
2023
December 2023
And is it true?O Come Let Us Adore Him
Ad litteram
He stoops down from on high
November 2023
Thy Kingdom ComeEnvy
The Communion of Saints
Blessed Salvio Huix
Friends in heaven
October 2023
“Of ghouls and ghosts and long-leggedy beasties”The law of praying (12): The law of living
The law of praying (11): Asking for pardon
St John Henry Newman: Theologian, Oratorian
St Luigi Scrosoppi
The law of praying (10): Remembering the dead
September 2023
The law of praying (9): Sharing in the heavenly altarThe law of praying (8): Looking up to heaven and back in time
The law of praying (7): Making God present
The law of praying (6): Negotiating with God
August 2023
The law of praying (5): Communicating with the SaintsThe law of praying (4): Remembering the Living
The law of praying (3): Praying for the Church
The law of praying (2): Addressing the Father
The law of praying
July 2023
Saying Something to SomeoneSchool’s out
Is God my God?
Let us not lose sight of Jesus
June 2023
Two different men, one same FaithFlos paradisi
The Sacred Heart
Worship
May 2023
CourtesyVessel of the Holy Spirit
Look up to heaven
Crowns come in different sizes
Praying with words
April 2023
Found by GodNow we see as in a mirror, dimly
A new season
And suddenly it is Holy Week…
March 2023
CharityHope
Faith
Temperance
Fortitude
February 2023
JusticePrudence
Virtue
January 2023
Blessed Sebastian ValfrèSaint Francis de Sales, Cong. Orat.
‘Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Good News’
2022
Benedict XVI
December 2022
Childlike innocenceAn interruption to the routine
‘How good a thing it is to be a Son of St Philip’
‘Make straight the way of the Lord’
November 2022
Advent signs of the KingdomOur November Friends
‘Frosts and cold, O bless the Lord’
The Lateran Basilica
Blessed Salvio Huix
Mediocrity will not do
October 2022
Keep the light burning brightlyMarlene Dietrich and Saint Frideswide
The hem of his garment
A life explained only by faith in God
September 2022
It takes all sorts to make the ChurchHM The Queen
How to pray (10)
August 2022
How to pray (9)How to pray (8)
How to pray (7)
How to pray (6)
How to pray (5)
July 2022
How to pray (4)How to pray (3)
How to pray (2)
How to pray (1)
June 2022
RomanitàThe Feast of God
Getting out of the way
The Silence of the Spirit
Our own Personal Pentecost
May 2022
BeautyThe Peace of God
Paschal Joy
Our Lady in Eastertide
April 2022
A simple act of kindness‘Then comes the end.’ (1 Cor. 15:24)
‘Go, and sin no more’
March 2022
The PassionScrupulosity
When to speak
Perfect Saints
Peace
February 2022
Particular times and particular placesIn love with God
I confess to almighty God…
Candlemas and Hope
January 2022
ResolutionsGrowth in holiness
2021
December 2021
Timing it rightThe Coming of Our Lord
Planning ahead
Decking the halls
November 2021
Making the effort‘Forgive and you will be forgiven’
Reflecting on Death
All Soul’s Night
October 2021
RelicsWisdom
Push through and run
Amazement
September 2021
Angels’ ProtectionSome more about prayer
The Sign of the Cross
July 2021
RestO worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
God made it, God loves it, God preserves it
Give thanks in and for everything
June 2021
Ordinary TimeAll or nothing?
Making use of distractions
Distractions in prayer
The human face of God’s love
May 2021
St Philip and the Holy SpiritPraying with the same passion
Shouts of joy…trumpet blast?
Mary’s month of May
April 2021
St Philip’s PatronageThe Early Church
Resurrection
March 2021
The Ceremonies of Holy WeekAnnunciation
Nearly there
Forgiveness
Monuments
February 2021
StationsDust and ashes
Distractions
‘As the days grow longer, the cold grows stronger’
January 2021
Snow‘I’m only human’
2020
December 2020
The DawnPointing to Christ
Cycles and Opportunities
November 2020
Who are you?Bringing to God what is
Friends with death
Memory
October 2020
‘You will not leave my soul among the dead’Trying to pray
‘He knows what he is about’
The Rosary
September 2020
Spiritual battlesFor thy sake
The Cross
Beginnings
Time