One of the first Food For Faith video clips was this one from Lent a couple of years ago. Hurunui readers will recognise the beautiful Cheviot Hills reserve. While the...
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unto dust…
The encouragement that usually accompanies the imposition of Ash Wednesday ashes is "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel." But when I was a child the...
Filipino evangelists
In the parish of the Good Shepherd, Hurunui, a significant number of our parishioners have arrived here in recent years from the Philippines. Their presence is a great...
treaty & culture
Today we mark 176 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,...
into the depths
You might have noticed that Food For Faith is once again producing regular 3-6 minute video clips. This reflection on Sunday's "into the deep" readings was sparked by a...
building a church
Five years on from the devastating Canterbury earthquakes, a number of parishes around the diocese are looking to build new churches to replace destroyed and damaged...
back to the books
Here in New Zealand thousands of school students are in the last week of their summer vacation. In a few weeks University students will return to their studies. No...
snow Mass
One of the many inspiring stories to come out of last week's snow storms on the US East coast is from a group of young people with priest chaplain returning home to...
God’s “I.D.”
"Mercy is God's identity card." A few hours ago in Rome Pope Francis new book was launched. It is entitled: "The Name of God is Mercy." Thanks be to God, and to the...
in God’s love
Today in a funeral homily I mentioned the death of David Bowie. Death always wakes us up to a greater reality. Earlier today Cardinal Gianfranco Ravisi, the Vatican's...
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remember…
I am powerless, and never more powerless than when I think I have finally got my life in order.
an original
Here’s a life-changing mantra: praying as an often-repeated prayer the reminder: “Nothing is impossible for God.”
strange things
So now, in the words of today’s gospel I’m expecting to “see strange things” today.
to begin
In what ways do you sense that Jesus might be inviting you to embrace a new beginning ?
empowerment
when I am brought to my knees – perhaps by unwelcome circumstances, I am ready to pray the heart-felt prayer of the powerless