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This weekend's Sunday Gospel opens with a beggar coming to Jesus. The beggar (begging because he was a leper) kneels down and begs Jesus saying "If you wish, you can make me clean." Humans are created to be beggars and we are healthy and happy to the extent that we...
There is just over a week before submissions close on the End of Life Choice Bill currently before the New Zealand parliament. I know what it's like, we intend to make our view known, and suddenly the deadline has passed and we have not done anything. So this morning...
One of the many beautiful traditions in our Catholic funeral rites is the celebration of the Month's Mind Mass, about a month after the death of the one we love. We continue to struggle with the tragic death of Fr. Graeme Blackburn on 15 January. Next week we will...
Mihi Tēnēi te mihi ki te kaihanga i te timatanga, nāna te rangi e tū nei, nāna te papa e takato nei. Nāna ngā maunga pokapoka kapua, nāna ngā puna waiora, ngā awa, ngā manga me te moana nui. Nāna ngā ngāhere whāngai tangata, nāna te ao me te pō. Nāna ngā mea katoa. Ki...
Today we mark 178 years since the first signatures were put to the Treaty of Waitangi on Thursday 6 February 1840. Rightly this day is a public holiday in New Zealand, and the day is most commonly referred to as Waitangi Day. In the past few days I have been mulling...