Around the world in the past decade or two, some very good Catholic Television networks have become significant communicators of the Gospel. Unless you have a special...
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life-giving law
“Do not think that I have come to abolish  the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. The people I spend time with during the average week are...
homily studio 16/2
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Readings at this link Fr. Robert Barron's 15 minute audio reflection at this link Reflection on each of the readings at this...
the face
In my preparation for this Sunday's homily I came across this story about the faces in Da Vinci's Last Supper. The story is told that when the painter Leonardo Da Vinci...
another path
Last week I linked to David Moxon's Lord of the Rings reflection published in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. The link I added took the reader to the online...
ChCh Faithfest
Today I received a brief, four minute video clip of the Christchurch Diocese Faithfest Mass celebrated on the feast of Christ the King, to conclude the Year of Faith....
homily studio 9/2
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings this week at this link Fr. Robert Barron podcast reflection for this Sunday at this link. Heaps of commentaries and reflections...
Tolkein & Moxon
Archbishop David Moxon was until early last year the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Waikato, and one of the three primates of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New...
rubbish day
Big news in Cheviot today - Rubbish collection has changed from Monday to Wednesday. Recycling day is now also Wednesday, so mid-week has become Cheviot's weekly...
papal apps
One of the Apps on my phone is a Pope Francis daily encouragement. You might guess that I'm a Francis fan, but before you get too excited, I became a papal fan and...
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And this is a problem we share. We are all runners – running from God’s love, escaping the relationship in which we are most loved
a new church
Now that you have this beautiful church, use it! Use it for precisely what it is for, not as one more secular town venue among many, but as a sacred place, a prime place of encounter with Jesus Christ.
faith & freedom
Last week’s sacking of Australian Rugby star Israel Folau probably might signal a change in our New Zealand position of diversity of freedom and lifestyle
abundance
I have noticed in recent years that regular First Communion preparation programmes do little to convey the beauty and vibrancy of Catholic faith.
more human
I have met a few saints in my time and I have no doubt that Jean Vanier is one of them. It is with sadness today that we learnt of his death.