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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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In today's gospel Jesus really blurs any clear distinction between family and friends when he asks "who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" We often have unrealistic expectations of our biological families. Our parents age and die. Siblings marry and form their own...
In New Zealand this week the third of the four school terms begins. Prayers here for a healthy and happy term for all staff and students. Prayer is a regular part of the day in a Catholic school, beginning with staff prayer to start the day. I'm often asked by those...
If you took all the events recorded in the gospels and allocated hours to them (eg. wedding feast at Cana one day, Sermon on the Mount half a day, Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well an hour or two, and four days for the suffering, passion, death and...
While some people might compulsively look on the bright side of any situation, such power of positive thinking is not the same as Christian hope. Positive thinking can be hard work and often ignores reality. Christian hope faces fear and understands that no situation,...
Both of my grandfathers were farmers, beginning their careers in the days when farmers followed teams of Clydesdale horses yoked together pulling ploughs across South Canterbury and North Otago countryside. I have no doubt that when they heard from today's gospel that...