Today's feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus has got me thinking again about church building. Let me explain the connection. A couple of years ago with a group of...
john oconnor
doors open wide
I invite you to join with me in prayer this week for the young men of St. Bede's College Christchurch as the school spends the week focussed on vocations. This...
food glorious food
One of our most basic human needs is for food. Within moments of birth the healthy new-born cries out for this nourishment, and her hunger is satisfied only by finding...
AMDG
Some of us remember beginning every new page of school work with the heading A.M.D.G. A good number of us also recall that the letters stood for Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam,...
help for prayer
I am not sure how I would pray if I did not have the regular rhythm of the prayers and scriptures of the Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours. I am pretty sure my prayer...
Mystery of God
Here at Food For Faith I often quote the rector of the Mundelein seminary Robert Barron, and every week a link from the Hurunui parish website takes readers to his...
grandparents
The Sunday just past overtook the usual 26 July feast of Anna and Joachim, the parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus, so I am quietly and gratefully celebrating the...
the IQ test
I "got burnt" with a bad experience of online game / surveys last week. My classmates at Mundelein thought it was a great joke...but before I share the details it needs...
which team?
If you were Pope Francis and had the opportunity to give a message to the young people of South America, what would you tell them? Before you read further, take a...
life-long adventure
As I come to the end of my summer semester of liturgical studies at the Liturgical Institute (Mundelein Seminary), I am grateful most of all for the robust vocational...
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mature faith
Thomas was not a doubter. Instead he was an adult seeking the verification that all adults need if we are to truly believe.
without fear
The experiences that feel like death are very often more like a birth offering different opportunities and invitations.
the pointer
instead of an aimless wandering from one attraction to the next, their new life had one single purpose.
freedom from fear
When Jesus acknowledges the reality of fear in our lives, he gives us a way forward
engaging fully
…your “little” has great value in the eyes of Jesus, provided that you don’t keep it to yourself, but put it in play. Put yourself in play!