Category Archives: Prayer

Novena to the Holy Ghost (6/9, 7/9)

At the recommendation of the Bishop, I shall be posting the following novena to the Holy Spirit daily until the great feast of Pentecost in just over a week’s time. It was written specifically for PrayMoreNovenas.com and it is based on the Fruits of the Holy Spirit and a desire for sainthood. Day VI: Faithfulness Day VII:Continue reading “Novena to the Holy Ghost (6/9, 7/9)”

The Lord rules me (Sunday IV of Easter)

I began talking about the Rosary last weekend, and I described the literal string of prayers that we say as flowers in a crown that we present to our Blessed Lady. There is a type of satisfaction we gain from simply getting through these prayers as a gift to our Lady (because of our affectionContinue reading “The Lord rules me (Sunday IV of Easter)”

A morning offering

I had said that I would start a series of posts on prayer, after finishing up the short commentaries. Here’s a nice, old morning offering, to begin the day with: O Lord God Almighty, behold me prostrate before Thee in order to appease Thee, and to honour Thy Divine Majesty, in the name of allContinue reading “A morning offering”

Funeral Mass for Dom Adrian Convery OSB

Father Adrian, whom many of us know so well, was buried this afternoon. These were the arrangements, and fortunately for those of us who couldn’t find our way up to Ampleforth Abbey, the Mass was live-streamed and is available on Youtube…

Being prepared

I thought I’d play around with an AI image function, which produced this ‘watercolour’ of the basilica of S. Peter, at Rome. The little verse I’ve added to the image is from the second letter of S. Peter, which urges us to be well-behaved and religiously observant in preparation for the second coming of Christ,Continue reading “Being prepared”

In Remembrance

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn;At the going down of the sun, and in the morning;We will remember them.” “They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;They sit no more at familiar tables of home;They have no lot in our labourContinue reading “In Remembrance”

Tobias and the angel

Yesterday was All Souls day, and as I was walking through the cemeteries, I thought often about why our race buries their dead, and why particularly those of Jewish and Catholic communities use such elaborate ceremonial for funeral and burial/cremation. And I remembered Tobias (Hebrew, Tobi-yah), a short story in our Old Testaments that isContinue reading “Tobias and the angel”

We’ve lost two clerics last weekend…

And they are both men I knew and worked with. I knew Father Gradwell when he joined my seminary during my last months there as a permanent deacon preparing for the priesthood, following the death of his wife Susan. As for the Reverend Stephen Doona, he was our active deacon at the Cathedral when IContinue reading “We’ve lost two clerics last weekend…”