This Week
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
25/10/2026
Dear Friends,
I am penning these words from my hotel room in Lisieux. The pilgrims and I arrived here from Paris just this afternoon. We have visited the wonderfully restored cathedral of Notre Dame, and also the Miraculous Medal Chapel on the Rue du Bac and the Chapel of Saint Vincent De Paul on the Rue de Sevres. In Paris we reflected on the magnificence of the restored cathedral a phoenix risen out of the ashes and the great witness of St Vincent and his companions. They loved Christ and served Him in the poor and outcast. We were truly challenged to love our neighbour as ourselves. We also prayed for peace and reconciliation in Paris, and throughout France, in these troubled times.
Now here in Lisieux, the pace has changed a little. It is calmer and simpler. We are fixing our eyes and hearts on the Little Flower, an icon of simplicity and humility. She famously wrote that love is ’ the vocation which included all others; it’s a universe all of its own, comprising all time and space—it’s eternal’.
We promise to pray for you all in this holy and beautiful place. Meanwhile, this Sunday’s gospel chimes well with the insights of St Therese. How can we be more loving towards God and our neighbour? It is a lifelong vocation for us all, called to be saints. We ask the Lord of love to lift us out of the dol-drums of self-love into the furnace of His own victorious and self-emptying love.
St Therese of Lisieux—Pray for us!
Father Daniel
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