Spirituality

Fr Thomas Crean: Mary, destroyer of all heresies

The mention of Mary as destroyer of heresies has been present through the whole Roman rite for more than a thousand years, and is ample reason for us to…

Oct 8 • Fr Thomas Crean

Cardinal Burke: Mary ‘is rightly called Co-Redemptrix’

The American cardinal delivered the keynote speech at a high-profile Mariology conference in Rome

Oct 7 • Michael Haynes

Fr Faber: How Mary could rejoice in her dolours

Devotion to Mary’s sorrows has received the highest sanction of the Church, for it enters both into the Missal and the Breviary.

Sep 15 • Michael Haynes

Full text: Cardinal Burke defends Mary as ‘Co-Redemptrix’

The prominent cardinal and Marian expert has weighed in on the debate surrounding an ancient Marian title.

Sep 7 • Michael Haynes

Leo writes to priests: Imitate the love of the Sacred Heart where holiness is found

‘The world greatly needs pastors who offer more than simply words or programs; it needs the living witness of a reconciled heart that exudes the sweet…

Jun 12 • Michael Haynes

Keeping Christ company on Maundy Thursday

Let us adore and love this Jesus, whose love for us was not satisfied unless he drank, to the very dregs, the Chalice he had accepted from his Father.

Apr 2 • Michael Haynes

Annunciation: a commentary on St Luke's Gospel

Father Thomas Crean's insight into the Annunciation account in the Scriptures highlights the dignity of Mary as befits her status as Mother of God.

Mar 25 • Fr Thomas Crean

St. Alphonsus sermon: On the delusions of sinners

"The Devil brings sinners to hell by closing their eyes to the dangers of perdition."

Feb 18 • Michael Haynes

We Come to Adore

Homily for the Epiphany

Published on Dom Pius Mary Noonan • Jan 6

Mary's love for her Son on Christmas night

“She adores, takes him into her arms, presses him to her heart, swathes his infant limbs and lays him down in the manger.”

Dec 24, 2025 • Michael Haynes

Advent begins and Christmas awaits

Advent marks the time when one can be formed in a spiritual knighthood, in the manner of the medieval squires.

Nov 30, 2025 • Michael Haynes

Mary's sorrows in the month of September

We can therefore say that Mary, on account of the love she bore Him, was in heart, during the Passion of her Son, struck, scourged, crowned with thorns…

Sep 4, 2025 • Michael Haynes

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