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...
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have your say
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...
Month’s Mind
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...
i tenei whenua
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...
culture
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,...
just chatting
I was on the road very early this morning, soon after 6. As I flicked through radio channels I happened to hear the word "Mass" as one of the morning hosts on a popular...
miss a chance?
There's something in this week's readings for every person in every situation: For those who are having a rough time: Job said, "is not life on earth a drudgery" For...
hope for a church
As I prepare to leave the Hurunui after six years I am aware of the great needs of Christian communities in rural New Zealand. If one of our large Christchurch churches...
chapel update
A follow-up on the new St. Margaret's College chapel, formerly St. Mark's Anglican Church in Rotherham here in the Hurunui. It's the church that I saw go past last week...
doorstep surprise
I arrived back home yesterday afternoon after Masses at Cheviot and Culverden to find a box on my doorstep. I could never have guessed what was inside. Someone (I have...
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studio & homily
A half-hour podcast considering the scriptures for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
God remembers
Take courage and comfort remembering that God is remembering you and protecting you.
what do YOU say ?
Take a moment to savour the image above. It’s Peter on his way to the tomb of Jesus on the morning of the resurrection.
from the past
If you want to know the extent to which you are dependant on God, just take a moment to find your pulse.
the wounded healer
I’m writing this reflection the evening before you will read it, twenty-five years to the day since Henri Nouwen’s sudden death.