Christmas Greetings to you all. There are many things that I could share in this Christmas day clip, but the image that keeps coming to mind is the Christmas dinner...
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the refiner’s fire
The first reading from today's liturgy is perhaps best known because it features in Handel's Messiah: Let's take a moment to examine the message which seems to be a bit...
Handel’s Messiah
I was a student in the seminary when I was first introduced to Handel's great oratorio, Messiah. This work is widely considered to be a master-work both of composition...
a discerning life
If you are following the daily liturgy gospel readings this week you'll notice a couple of repeats. Yesterday's gospel from Luke is the account of the encounter between...
humble hearts
This year the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has celebrated 150 years of caring for the poor, the sick and the vulnerable in New Zealand. Throughout the country and in...
just do it !
It is Monday evening as I write and I am just home from from the pre-Christmas gathering of priests of the Catholic diocese of Christchurch. It is always a remarkable...
not me but God
Many of the illnesses we have are diagnosed as sicknesses of the body, the spirit or the mind. But the the life of the soul, our relationship with Christ, is at the...
joy for life
As we make our way through Advent we are not alone. Not only are several hundred of us making this daily Food For Faith pilgrimage, but we are preparing for Christmas...
choosing life
This week the End of Life Choice bill has been debated in the New Zealand parliament resulting in the decision to send the bill to Select Committee and consult citizens...
freedom
Humans are made for freedom which is why we react so strongly against anything that appears to limit our liberty. However our understanding of freedom is often very...
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even at night
And best of all, this happens for the disciple not only throughout every day, but “even at night”
yes YOU !
Paul is not too interested in who they think they themselves are. Instead he wants them to know who they are from God’s point of view.
the way together
So the work of the preparation of the homily, and the work of listening, and the work of communicating, belongs to all the people
it’s not boot camp
Let’s turn away the fundamentalists who propose a life of artificial asceticism, far removed from Christ
mystery revealed
Too often I catch myself in action wrongly thinking and living as if the life that I seek is hidden from me.