Just over ten years ago I attended a lecture given by a Puerto Rico born American priest who was to speak over two days on John Paul II's Theology of the Body. I well...
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NZ speaks in Rome
I picked up a copy of the Vatican Newspaper yesterday and was not surprised to see an interview with Cardinal John Dew. Pope Francis is attracted to peripheries and New...
FFF in Rome
This week Food For Faith is made in Rome during an unexpected and grace-given visit. While I will continue to upload to this Food For Faith website, the more regular...
podcasts
In the near future the LISTEN tab on the Food For Faith page will link to regular podcasts where I will offer brief reflections. As I drive around the Hurunui podcasts...
life in the gap
The "mind the gap" signs are often found at railway stations where the authorities don't like to lose customers between the platform and the train. The gap is a helpful...
FFF on F book
The www.foodforfaith.org.nz now has a companion Food For Faith Facebook page. While the website has a few formal updates each week, the Food For Faith Facebook page has...
a Saturday…
The Catholic communities of the Hurunui district are small and spread around a large rural hinterland. Since my arrival in the parish just over three years ago the...
It is good for us …
It was on this Second Sunday of Lent two years ago (24 February 2013) that Pope Benedict gave his last Sunday Audience in St. Peter's Square. On that Sunday, the gospel...
send our roots rain
I spent much of the day driving around the lower Hurunui. Last week I saw it from the air. The land is dry. Very dry. We have not had rain for months and the land is...
Lent & springtime
offering a bit of encouragement as we enter the first full week of Lent
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walking on water
“Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene; one step enough for me”.
all day long
The most effective witness of faith is rarely the one who preaches on the street corner or even the church preacher, but the one who lives
ring the bells
“To the person of faith, it’s a moment of grace; to the person without faith, it’s a moment of peace. What’s not to like?”
only in God
I was out for a walk last night soon after sunset, clear sky, Southern Cross above, and the International Space Station passing – a human presence in the skies.
dear friends
…not the restoration of a familiar world order, but a new world where human achievements, personal successes and health are signs that point us beyond