After hearing the teaching of Jesus some of his followers commented: "This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?" At that point many of them "stopped...
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to be a man
In recent days New Zealanders have been shaken by the sudden death of 48 year old TV presenter Greg Boyed. His family reported that he had been suffering depression....
just living
In recent years I have had the privilege of being a part of an annual week-long vacation of friends in the north of Italy. This year 250 people of all ages took part...
eat & live
Different foods have different effects on the body, mind and spirit. There are foods believed to be good for the brain or for the bones. Other foods aid digestion and...
Saint Suzanne
My first encounter with the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion was in Timaru where the sisters of the community founded by Mother Mary Joseph Aubert nursed the poor...
real food
There are many different kinds of food and I don't just mean the stuff we put into our mouths. A few years ago a number of chicken soup books were published offering...
jubilee homily
Bishop Paul Martin is happy to share his homily given last night at the priests' jubilee celebration in the diocese of Christchurch. There is something very fitting...
ad multos annos
A great day of meeting and celebration today (and tomorrow) for priests of the Christchurch diocese with our first clergy AGM with Bishop Paul Martin. Our priests'...
embrace life
All roads in Christchurch last night seemed to lead to the Super Rugby Final. I was driving through Addington on my way home to watch the game as thousands were...
ten pin bowling
Given that he is still relatively new in the job, and will be our boss for the next 24 years, it seemed wise to let the bishop win tonight's ten pin bowling gathering...
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comforting
It was the Jesuit priests who taught me in seminary who gave me an appreciation of and love for Classical music.
incredible things
Many of the things I plan seem to bear little fruit and my most powerful encounters with the divine are often unexpected
metanoia
With our backs to the light, all we can see is our own shadows.
I’m being saved
The best response to the question “have you been saved” is not a past tense “yes I have been saved” but a present-tense, here and now response
with new vision
Deep within the healthy human is a longing for much more than physical abilities and material possessions.