In the peace of this Holy Saturday morning I have been thinking back over the past six weeks through the Lenten pilgrimage to Palm Sunday and the Holy Week liturgies....
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divine embrace
Tonight the Good Shepherd Parish, Hurunui, celebrated the Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Community of the Beatitudes in Leithfield. There is a...
walking the walk
It is Holy Thursday morning. As I was at prayer this morning the sky became light and the sun rose above the horizon, a beautiful sunrise. Here was I contemplating...
forbidden?
I have just had an email from a friend informing me that any attempt to send a comment on Food For Faith is "blocked" or "forbidden." I didn't know this was happening,...
laugh more
Today is widely marked as April Fool's Day and already social media is flowing with some ingenious pranks. We have all been the "victim" of good-humoured jokes, and...
this Holy Week
With the celebration of Palm Sunday this weekend we enter the Holy Week journey through suffering and death to the resurrection of Easter morning. In this brief clip I...
in the pub
I was in a university pub last week with a good number of young adults for the monthly Theology on Tap session. My topic: Pope Francis, the Man and the Mission. You...
building a church ?
I know that a few parishes in the Christchurch Diocese are considering building (or restoring) parish churches to replace those destroyed or damaged by the Christchurch...
Annunciation
Take a moment to appreciate this Millet masterpiece. Even if you have never seen the image before, you will guess that these peasants are praying. When the one who...
a liminal life
The life of a Christian is lived most fully when it is experienced as a "liminal" existence, on the threshold of heaven. That's a great word "liminal", "occupying a...
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light in darkness
Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.
plainly speaking
I like the bold approach of the Jews, marching up to Jesus as he strolls between the columns: “If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
thirsty?
People who see God as useful for a bit of a hand every now and then will quickly tire of the psalms. The psalms are too full-on, too passionate, too heart-felt, too all-or-nothing.
abundance
Our confinement has given birth to new possibilities, new ways of living and of thriving that are even more satisfying than the way we existed before.
he tāngata
He aha te mea nui o te ao. He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata