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It's 450 years today since the closing of the Council of Trent. Most people who have heard of Trent, consider the name synonymous with a defensive Church fighting the attacks of the Reformation. A few blogs and websites are today offering some useful reflections to...
One of my favourite formal prayers is the Angelus. This prayer focusses the pray-er on the moment when God took on human flesh in Jesus, the moment of the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary. Take a moment now to appreciate this Millet masterpiece below. Even if...
Last Saturday I led a reflection day for our parish of the Good Shepherd, Hurunui . There are few things that are as helpful for a community as the opportunity to retreat together. Of course not all parishioners take part, only a relatively small number, but numbers...
There is a story told of the holy French priest Jean Vianney (Ćure d’Ars d.1859). He noticed an elderly man who would spend hours in the church before the Blessed Sacrament. The ćure was curious about what happened in this man’s prayer. ‘What do you do when you are...
Media broadcasts in recent days have carried news of the publication of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel". It is significant and unusual for a papal document to make secular news headlines, and is undoubted evidence that eight months after...