This morning, sadly, I left my monastery retreat of the past few days. As I get the chance, I will blog about the experience. It was a grace-filled time.Yesterday I...
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monastery retreat
From tomorrow (Saturday) until next Thursday (10th) I will spend time in a Benedictine monastery in France. Please keep me in prayer especially during these days of...
Transfiguration
The Mount of the Transfiguration of Jesus is not too far from the Sea of Galilee. From every direction it rises distinctively from the plain landscape as a solitary...
Gaudi – God’s architect
The architect Antoni Gaudi was a holy man. Barcelona is rich with his work. This morning's tour took us through neighboods of his apartments, to the unique and gardens,...
sabbatical part II
I left Christchurch this afternoon to begin the second part of my six month sabbatical (begun last year).In my time away (until early October), I will update this blog...
new month new inspiration
I hope you find this as inspiring as I do. Julian Carron is the President of the Fraternity of Communion & Liberation.Alfa and OmegaMeeting something that corresponds...
First Communion Parents
Every Second Sunday evening over the past three months, I have been meeting with the parents of the children who are preparing for First Communion later in the year.In...
wants or needs? 18th Sunday
"The hand of the Lord feeds us;he answers all our needs"Psalm 145The psalm that follows the first reading at every Mass is often overlooked. We might make an effort to...
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Happy Easter on this second day of the Octave of Easter. At one of our Lenten evening sessions I asked the question, "how many Easter Sundays are there in ten years"? Naturally most people responded "ten". But there are really eighty! This is because every day of the...
Easter morning
Happy Easter. It is late Saturday evening as I write. I am just back from the Easter Vigil at Hanmer Springs, a wonderful celebration of faith and new hope. Happy Easter especially to the great community of friends who have followed this daily Food For Faith Lenten...
where do you live?
Most of us if asked "where do you live" would probably respond with a street address. But imagine that someone asks you this as a significant meaning-of-life question, what would you answer then? The question is in significant part about where your mind and heart,...
Ave Verum
The depths of human pain, Â suffering and grief can produce some of the most exquisite beauty in art. The suffering and death of Jesus is an example, and one of the most beautiful works ever composed is Mozart's Ave Verum. Hail, true body born of the Virgin Mary, Who...
the CROSS road
This evening I plan to be at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament choir and orchestra performance of Bach's St. John's Passion. Details below. But before then, at 3.00pm in Hawarden, I will unite with Christians around the world for the solemn Celebration of the...