Masses… Remembering your dearly departed during the month on November in our daily Masses 17 Oct 201920 Oct 2019 Dear Friends and Supporters of St. Mary’s Hermitage, November will be here soon, and our minds turn toward Purgatory and the Holy Souls who dwell there for a period of…
About Catholicism… The 8 Keys to “Searching for the presence of God” 28 Jul 2019 Some suggestions on how to stay 'tuned' with Him - Our Lord and Saviour There are many ways to seek union with God. Without claiming to analyse every facet of…
About Catholicism… Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 28 Jun 2019 "St. Francis de Sales, during his life, made his abode in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in which his repose was never interrupted by the most distracting occupations. Although many…
About Catholicism… ASCETICISM IN THE LIGHT OF INDWELLING 25 Mar 2019 THE HOLY TRINITY - BLESSED ITALA MELA - ASCETICISM IN THE LIGHT OF INDWELLING Introduction: Blessed Itala Mela was born on 28 August 1904 in La Spezia to Pasquino Mela and…
Liturgy… Lectio Divina 12 Mar 2019 Lectio divina is an exercise in listening to the Word, which captures the mystery of the incarnate Word, therefore penetrating the very mystery of God. There can be no true…
Prayer PRAYER FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY 17 Oct 201817 Oct 2018 Dear Friends of St. Mary’s Hermitage, PRAYER FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY The month of November will shortly be upon us, and our thoughts turn toward Purgatory and the holy…
Prayer THE WAY OF PRAYER 23 Aug 201823 Aug 2018 In the living tradition of prayer, each Church proposes to its faithful, according to its historic, social, and cultural context, a language for prayer: words, melodies, gestures, iconography. The Magisterium…
