The COLW Pilgrim Blog

Today's gospel is a revelation of a truth that some think about rarely but which should ideally be our hourly meditation: the longing of...

Today's gospel gives us a good picture of what happens when we lack docibilitas : our fruitfulness is limited. In a way the figtree is d...

 All week long the gospels have been relating to us Jesus' analysis of the Pharisees and the Scribes, and the picture He has drawn is no...

 Friday's gospel (of the Annunciation) cast a light on the first part of the summary of the COLW charism: O Mary, teach us always to say...

In today's gospel we hear Jesus point out one of the key paths towards holiness:  ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep...

 As we prepare for the new year of the Book of Life programme this week, the gospel of today draws our minds to one of the core principles o...

 Our apologies for a long silence on the blog. Between the busyness of Easter and Brian being off work ill, we have not been able to get her...

  St. Francis de Sales wrote the following words about the cross that we each carry on our journey to deeper inner freedom in the Christian ...

  "The man who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matt 5:19) The idea of the law can...

 'Ask, search, knock ... is there anyone who would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread?....  ... So always treat others as you ...