Before dawn this morning here on the Chatham Islands, the Islanders gathered to remember that one morning before dawn 100 years ago this morning, New Zealand and...
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flat tyres
If you are ever going to get a flat tyre, the Chatham Islands is without doubt the best place. Perhaps it was the fact that the locals saw their priest kneeling beside...
colour of lemons
I have been feeling a bit (as they say) "off colour" for the past week or two. The relaxation of the retreat days during the Easter Octave probably enabled all the bugs...
jubilee of mercy
a Year of Jubilee Whether the papacy of Pope Francis be long or (as he predicts) short, after just two years it is already possible to name the great themes of his...
come live fully
Happy Easter to all of you who follow Food For Faith here on the website and on Facebook. Ria Bancroft's Cathedral of the Sacrament Tabernacle Doors are in safe keeping...
a lenten lesson
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....
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...
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no trouble
Jesus wishes to say something precise to us. He knows that in life the worst anxiety, agitation, is born from a feeling of not making it, of feeling alone
in human form
All people know loneliness. All people know isolation, despair, All people are afflicted in their hearts or bodies by sores and wounds
touchstone
For many years I have found it helpful to carry a “touchstone” with me, a constant and tangible reminder of the most important thing.
pray big
The emails that have accompanied most of the prayer requests I have received this week have been moving and inspiring.
many rooms
It’s all very well for Jesus to tell us not to be troubled, but when we are feeling troubled it’s not easy to shift the feeling.