God constantly breaks into our personal histories, challenging our “conventions”, those fixed ways of thinking and acting that end up paralyzing us.
john oconnor
just follow
It is significant that the disciples had already worked hard all night. They would have been tired and hungry and ready for a sleep. But it was precisely when all their human efforts had brought no results that they were open to divine power.
Bishop Peter Carrell
The Christian community of Christchurch rejoices today with the Episcopal Ordination and Installation of The Reverend Doctor Peter Carrell as the ninth bishop of the...
love is…
I was speaking with a married couple a few years ago who argued that marriage was a secular ceremony and there was no need for any religion in the service.
passion & gift
“Fr. Paul has had a long and varied career with the Catholic Church, which is often the case when you follow a vocation into the priesthood.”
redefining family
Our definitions of family are often too narrow, certainly more restrictive than the beautifully diverse reality that is family life in 2019. Listen to my 3 minute homily at this link
a distant God? NOT!
Often we too behave like the neighbours in Nazareth: we prefer a distant God: nice, good, generous, well depicted, yet far-off, and above all a God who does not inconvenience us…
sixty years today
The decision to hold an ecumenical council came to us in the first instance in a sudden flash of inspiration. We communicated this decision, without elaboration, to the Sacred College of Cardinals on that memorable January 25, 1959, the feast of St. Paul’s Conversion.
tuned in to God
We find happiness in life when we are tuned to the voice of God. How can we do this in the midst of the many noises that surround and bombard us?
not too tight…
New Zealander’s were ingenious in making good use of old 44 gallon steel drums turning them into everything from outdoor ovens to boundary fences and chairs…you name it. I often think of these drums when I remember
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adult faith
mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ. It is this friendship that opens us up
a new era
If we remain enclosed in our convictions and experiences it will be difficult to be open to that experience of the Spirit
to freedom
The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness
to dream
“when you lose the capacity to dream you lose the capacity to love and the energy to love is lost.”
What do you want ?
We might dream of a magic moment when a magician appears offering us three wishes, but that’s the stuff of fairy tales.