One year ago today I was on the Chatham Islands for Anzac Day on the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign. The painting above is by one of the young Chatham Islanders....
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in flanders fields
The poppy from Flanders Field in Belgium has become the most visible symbol of Anzac remembrance. When I was a very young child my father taught me the John McCrae...
here’s a challenge
Every Sunday of the year is Vocations Sunday when the scriptures and a good homily help baptised people to appreciate the beauty of their calling to live vocationally,...
the joy of love
Late last night NZ time Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia - The Joy of Love" was promulgated. While it is directly the follow-up document after the...
moments of light
You might have clicked to the fact that Good Friday this year was marked on March 25 which would normally have been the feast of the Annunciation celebrating the...
divine mercy
In the Jubilee year 2000, Pope John Paul initiated this Sunday, the Second Sunday of Easter, as Divine Mercy Sunday. In his homily on that first Divine Mercy Sunday, as...
Easter Morning
It is before dawn on the first day of the week, still dark, and I am just prayed Morning Prayer here at Hawarden with a team from the Liturgical Institute as they lead...
Easter meaning
This entire weekend from Thursday to Monday is known throughout the world as the Easter break, but we Christians mark these Triduum days at a deeper level, knowing...
Christians together
This Good Friday morning, in the Good Shepherd Hurunui parish, and around NZ as in other parts of the world, Christians of all denominations gather to carry the cross...
facing fear
The liturgy of Good Friday gives us an opportunity to face our greatest fear, the fear of death.
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Angelus
Before you watch, take a moment to call to mind the intention for which you want to pray.
timing
It is never too late for God
a big family
In this new era biological connection is not the central definition of family
keep breathing
But what if faith is more like breathing? And what if keeping faith is more like keeping breathing?
GPS & God
With God, we are never lost. In every moment God knows where we are.