You might like to try reading through the Gospel of Luke and then pick up the Acts of the Apostles which continues where the Gospel of Luke leaves off…

The emotional and therefore spiritual life of a person requires more fully matured senses, not childish undeveloped senses like the psalmist’s idols who  “have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see…

We feel bound to disagree with these prophets of misfortune who are forever forecasting calamity…

And then there were most other times when I realised that I had got to the end of a decade or even through the five decades and realised that my mind had been all over the place the entire time…

In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back to him. Sixteen years later, they were ready…

a prayer encouragement for the feast of Francis…

Take a moment to imagine Jesus pointing you out in the crowd, speaking to you and using your name, and calling you by name to follow…

Late this afternoon Fr. Kevin Clark, priest of the Catholic Diocese of Christchurch, completed his earthly pilgrimage…

We are not our own centre. Only when we let God take central place in our lives can we live fully…

‘For where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them…

It’s Fathers’ Day today in New Zealand and Australia…

Jesus is a respecter of our freedom, usually preferring to wait for us to invite him before he makes himself known…

When I pass through the entrance gates of Monumentale I’m always a bit nervous wondering how this visit will change me, what priorities will shift for me…

Sometimes feelings of uncertainty fill us with anxiety, but the fact that we feel this is a sign that we are engaged with reality…

The growth that healthy humans seek is not simply a random expansion in every direction driven by disordered human appetites…