Are you coping, surviving, existing or enduring? Or are you really living? You will find this reflection especially interesting if you are familiar with Rublev's...
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Francis & Barron
TIME magazine's decision to name Pope Francis as the 2013 person of the year has met with widespread positive response. In this clip Fr Robert Barron offers a helpful...
person of the year
This morning TIME magazine named Pope Francis as Person of the Year for 2013. There is no great surprise in this since several pope's have been so named (Pope John Paul...
celebrating life?
Today a friend posted this blog posting on funerals on his Facebook page. Thanks Pete for sharing this - a very helpful reflection....
Thomas Merton
born: 31 January 1915      died: 10 December 1968 One of the great spiritual classics of the twentieth century is Thomas Merton's Seven Story Mountain. Within...
Handel’s Messiah
One of the disadvantages of living in Cheviot (population 400) is that the inspiring and perennial Handel oratorio Messiah is not performed locally. As a result I find...
7 December 1985
I'm not going to miss the opportunity to remind blog readers to pray for me. Twenty-Eight years ago today I was ordained a priest, by Bishop Denis Hanrahan, in the...
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
May he, and all who sleep in Christ find in his presence light, happiness, and peace. Eucharistic Prayer I, Funeral Mass At the world mourns the death of Nelson...
Advent encouragement
This is Pope Francis' first Advent so we have not yet heard much from him about the mission of these pre-Christmas days. This gives us the opportunity to savour some of...
Happy Birthday S.C.
A friend has just posted a "Happy Birthday Sacrosanctum Concilium" message on Facebook. Fifty years ago this week the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the...
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We are indeed brothers and sisters, Muslim and Christians calling Abraham our father in faith, united in our belief in One God.