Over a beer this afternoon I read the article below.Many of you have heard me speak about the beauty of Gregorian Chant. I much prefer jazz or classical music when I go...
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full days, or busy days?
A good friend of mine is well known for quoting his favourite scripture verse. John, chapter 10, verse 10: "I have come that you might have life, and have it in...
Rimini: friendship among peoples
The Rimini Meeting last week was a feast of faith. It is impossible to covey in words and images the vibrancy of life and energy in the gathering. In these post-meeting...
mountains again
Two days ago I left Rimini and travelled to the Italian Alps, the town of La Thuile, within a few kilometers of Mont Blanc.This is a week of "spiritual exercises" with...
Rimini & Christchurch
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Cathedral update: inner dome removal
From The Press Website this morning:
Rimini: message from Benedict XVI
Pope: Nothing to Fear About the FutureCardinal Bertone Sends Papal Message to Rimini MeetingVATICAN CITY, AUG. 23, 2011 (Zenit.org).- It is possible to look to the...
Catholicism: life in abundance
Do not conform yourselves to this agebut be transformed by the renewal of your mind,that you may discern what is the will of God,what is good and pleasing and...
Rimini Meeting
Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Rimini for the annual meeting.Today a full day at The Meeting.The video clip gives a taste of the experience.
attraction and resistance to God
I was asked to write this article this week for a magazine. Blog readers get to see it before publication. I hope you find it helpful.Jattraction and resistance in life...
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seasons & feelings
It was only a few short months ago that I posted some pictures taken at this spot (in the Cheviot Hills Reserve) on the Food For Faith Facebook page. The pictures were of daffodils among the trees here behind me. Well, it's a very different scene here today. There are...
tempted ?
At the risk of you turning off even before we begin, I want to offer a word of encouragement about temptation. We all experience temptations. Jesus was tempted. I enjoy the story about the abbot who asked the young novice whether or not he was entertaining...
love is…
One of the great privileges in the life of a priest is to celebrate weddings. I am very aware that the last thing that the couple or their family and friends gathered for the wedding want to hear is a homily from the priest. But I almost always take the opportunity to...
mothers & Fatima
A few years ago I rediscovered one of the most beautiful and intimate Catholic prayers: the Memorare. It was one of the prayers my father taught to me as a very small child when he put me to bed, but over the years it had slipped off my prayer radar. The intimacy in...
from the desk
It's Saturday morning here in Amberley and over coffee looking out from my office to the Autumn garden I am thinking back over a few of the moments of the week. Some years ago I realised that the things that happen during a week only have power to make or break my...