If I had to wait for the feeling I wouldn’t get around actually loving
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culture & faith
Today we mark 184 years since the first signatures were put to the Treaty of Waitangi
baptism
At conception, our human life begins. At baptism, our eternal life begins
the seekers
If the Magi had settled for seeking creature comforts, they would never have encountered the Lord.
Christ the King
Love casts out fear. But so do several other things — ignorance, alcohol, passion, presumption, and stupidity.
All Saints
As I drove across Arthurs Pass this afternoon I was remembering fondly and with gratitude
Assumption
We often make the fatal mistake of separating body and soul, yet our deep desire is for unity of body and soul.
Mary MacKillop
Too often we settle for an existence of lurching from one satisfaction to the next.
Ignatius of Loyola
Feelings that are uppermost in human consciousness are simply a starting point for discernment.
growing up
Thomas was not doubting as much as seeking; he was expressing the desire of one who truly yearns for adult faith.
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to dream
no right way and wrong way, it’s the ultimate in mind and heart relaxation.
nurries
Yes the whistlers had worries and anxieties and yet they whistled
with tender love
“go to Joseph” as a teacher of and witness to mature faith.
let’s talk
He is inviting you today: “Come now, let us talk this over.”
the measure
there was a great mid-Lent relief, a lightening-up, when it came to St. Patrick’s day.