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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…

On this Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, following the proclamation of the Beatitudes, Our Lord uses two striking metaphors to describe the mission of the faithful: salt and light. These are not merely pleasant adjectives but serious charges regarding our duty toward the world and the preservation of the Faith. To be the “salt of…