Last night our Christchurch seminarians gathered for dinner with a group of seminarians from the United States who are visiting New Zealand accompanying one of their...
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God at work
I have been to dozens of confirmation ceremonies over the years and expected this morning's celebration of the sacrament at St. Bede's College in Christchurch to be...
on mission
It was a pleasure and a privilege to spend the past week in the Taranaki in the shadow of the mountain from which the region takes its name. A few months ago I was...
gift for children
A few weeks ago I was in a Catholic gift shop when a number of customers were searching for gifts for children preparing to receive communion for the first time. A...
a new thing
When I am leading a session I often discourage those in the group from taking notes. Schools probably still teach that it is helpful to write while listening, but I'm...
come with me
Hidden in the heart of today's Office of Readings is the episcopal motto of the first bishop of Christchurch John Joseph Grimes. Bishop Grimes was born in East London...
power-full prayer
Mount Carmel was a significant place for the prophets of Israel, especially Elijah 900 years before Christ. (you can read more about this in the first and second book...
hope in suffering
Perhaps it was being in the presence of so many Jesuits over the past weekend that stirred a deep gratitude in me for the Jesuits who have had a hand in my own...
ordination pics
Thanks to Peter Fleming for sharing his photos of the weekend's ordination, first Mass and social gatherings for the ordination to the priesthood of Rob Morris SJ. You...
grace abounds
Last night almost 400 people gathered at Hoyts Riccarton in Christchurch to watch the biblical drama Paul, Apostle of Christ. Since the movie is not being screened...
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comforting
It was the Jesuit priests who taught me in seminary who gave me an appreciation of and love for Classical music.
incredible things
Many of the things I plan seem to bear little fruit and my most powerful encounters with the divine are often unexpected
metanoia
With our backs to the light, all we can see is our own shadows.
I’m being saved
The best response to the question “have you been saved” is not a past tense “yes I have been saved” but a present-tense, here and now response
with new vision
Deep within the healthy human is a longing for much more than physical abilities and material possessions.