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On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, known as Laetare Sunday, the Church momentarily softens her penitential character. The rose-coloured vestments and the introit “Rejoice, O Jerusalem” remind us that even in our Lenten sorrow, the joy of Easter is in sight. The Gospel of the Man Born Blind serves as a powerful allegory for the…

On this Third Sunday of Lent, we encounter the beautiful dialogue between Our Lord and the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. This narrative is a profound masterclass in the conversion of a soul, moving from the satisfaction of physical thirst to the deep, spiritual longing for the “living water”. Jesus, weary from His journey, humbles…

On this Second Sunday of Lent, the Church leads us from the desolate combat of the desert to the radiant glory of Mount Tabor. The Transfiguration of Our Lord is a pivotal mystery, positioned early in our Lenten journey to strengthen our faith before the approaching shadows of the Passion. Before the eyes of Peter,…

On this First Sunday of Lent, the Church leads us with Our Lord into the barren silence of the Judean desert. After forty days of fasting, Jesus, the New Adam, faces the tempter to undo the ruin caused by the first Adam in the Garden. The temptations of the devil are a perennial map of…

On this Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Our Lord reveals the true depth of the Moral Law. He makes it clear that He has not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets, but to fulfil them. This fulfilment is not a loosening of the commandments, but a radical interiorisation of them, calling us to…