Don't forget in the zeal of your Lenten fasting and abstinence that even in the more rigorous old rules of 1959 "There is no fasting or abstinence on Sundays" in Lent....
john oconnor
created and free
If I invited you to listen closely to today’s scripture readings, then asked you to sum them up in a couple of words, you might answer that these readings are all about...
the drama begins
While the daily heart of the liturgy of the Church is the Mass, the Liturgy of the Hours helps the grace of the Mass to flow through the hours of the day. Along with...
email inspiration
If you are like me and need all the Lenten encouragement you can get, you might like to do what I have done and sign up for a forty day Lenten dose of inbox tonic from...
pancake feasting
Happy Mardi Gras! No, I'm not encouraging you to dress in pink (or less) and parade in public. Mardi Gras has a more original significance, literally "Fat Tuesday"...
Kolbe @ OLV
The restoration of Our Lady of Victories Church at the time of the 40th anniversary of its 1968 opening was an inspiring project to be a part of. Charles Thomas, the...
funerals, and hope
Last month I celebrated Mass on the anniversary of the death of my mother (9 February 2009) and father (10 February 2010). My father would often comment that we could...
Dr. Suess at 110
One hundred and ten years ago today, Dr. Suess was born. It was Dr. Suess who provided the text and my father who gave the time to teach me to read. These two...
lenten realignment
This week with Ash Wednesday we begin the Season of Lent. In these forty days we allow ourselves to become aware of our deepest desire, that is, our attraction to...
church building
I was speaking to a Christchurch diocese parishioner a few weeks ago who is a part of her parish committee preparing to rebuild their parish church. I was surprised to...
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under construction
St Bede’s College in Christchurch is building a new chapel and this morning at the College Mass Bishop Paul Martin SM used the image of a chapel under construction in this homily
opportunity
Food For Faith made it to the Press this morning offering a comment on the unprecedented opportunity Bishop Martin is giving Christchurch Catholics to be a part of springtime of faith in the diocese.
feebleness
It is the staff opinion that most of your nominees are lacking in background, education and vocational aptitude for the type of enterprise you are undertaking.
Be Praised!
It is four years this week since Pope Francis published his encyclical on the environment Be Praised addressed to “every person living on this planet.”
following desire
In every moment, any human is motivated by attraction, or by resistance. Those who are beginners in life’s journey simply go with attraction and act against whatever they consider to be distasteful.