Fr Bob Eccles reflects on hungering and thirsting for Christ at such a different feast of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). A picture can sometimes tell what words cannot. The Belgian artist Armand Demeulemeester (1926-2002) painted...

A meditation from a Catholic prisoner who joins us for Mass every day by Radio Maria. A few years ago he received the grace of deciding to deepen his prayer, and started praying regularly with three other prisoners. Now...

“Have you ever felt the passion of hatred rising up within you? What is that about? And what do you do with it?” Confinement, pressure and uncertainty, as we are experiencing at the moment, are serious stressors, and when...

Fr Dominic considers what the Feast of Pentecost offers for the healing of our bodies, minds and spirits at this time. This meditation is based on part of Fr Dominic’s new book, How Do I Look? Theology in the...

During this time of pandemic, many people, not just religious, have been talking a lot more about “saving”: saving lives, saving jobs… Being saved, or “Salvation” is a key Christian doctrine, but often we struggle to understand something so...

We are moved by how many lay Catholics are engaging with lockdown as a retreat. A big thank you to our friend Marianna Nodale, a member of the Blackfriars congregation, for allowing us to publish her testimony from lockdown....