In our first Advent reflections I offered an encouragement to take time during these Advent days to be still and silent perhaps a couple of times each day and to know...
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crooked lines
In his video reflection on Sunday Christchurch Bishop-elect Paul Martin encouraged us to use the daily scriptures to guide us through Advent. These daily readings are...
change
This weekend I informed parishioners that after six years as the Parish Priest of the people of the Hurunui I will early next year take up new appointments based in...
a daily guide
On this Second Sunday of Advent Food For Faith gives the floor to Christchurch Bishop-elect Paul Martin on this first Sunday after the announcement of his appointment....
touching eternity
Many of you will read this on Friday morning 8 December, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. I am sitting down to write late in the evening of the 7th, the feast of...
waiting for…
Today's reflection gives new Christchurch bishop-elect Paul Martin a good mention, but the post is not about him. There's also a mention of children counting the sleeps...
bishop for ChCh
It is with great joy that we learn this morning that Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Paul Martin SM as the tenth bishop of Christchurch. Bishop-elect Paul comments on...
St. Nick & Santa
Make sure there are no children reading over your shoulder before I tell you that a couple of years ago I visited the grave of Santa Claus. I was in Bari in southern...
playfulness
Have you ever thought of prayer as child-like playfulness. There are some similarities and today's gospel in which Jesus encourages us to be childlike gives us an...
stay awake!
Happy Advent! For those of us who follow the life of the church we can also say Happy New Year since today, the first Sunday of Advent, is the first day of the new...
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Even if the priest just repeated the word “rhubarb” the person with open mind and heart would hear God
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Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but an encounter
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I remember a wise theology teacher asking: “do we live on the earth or in the earth?”
into the deep
daydreaming fills your mind and your worries morph into authentic prayer from the heart.
going for joy
an honest person’s pillow is their peace of mind