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Lectio Divina - daily prayer with the scriptures
Homily Studio - weekly discussions on the sunday scriptures
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Here in New Zealand, today marks the end of the tax year. While a number of businesses start and finish their year at other times, 31 March looms large as an annual moment of accountability when financial successes and failures are measured. I am re-reading...
Can you live without the sacraments? It seems obvious to answer this question with a ‘yes’. We all know many people who have never celebrated a sacrament, and they are still breathing. They are alive. Therefore a person can live without the sacraments. Or can they?...
A few weeks ago I had a couple of hours' session with a dozen teachers in one of our Catholic High Schools. My brief was to present something of the beauty of the teachings of Christ and of the Church on human sexuality. I was inspired by the openness and enthusiasm...
On Thursday evening I was fortunate to be at the National Seminary, Holy Cross, for the institution of the Acolytes. The group of six included four (above) from my own diocese of Christchurch: Alister, Mark, Graeme & Huynh. It was an inspiring, simple and...
A few years ago I was inspired by a little book by Fr. Anthony Gittins, The Presence that Disturbs. The title refers to the great 1798 Wordsworth  poem on Tintern Abbey: ...And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime...