In our southern part of the world this week sees return to school for primary and high school students. Some young people will be excited at the prospect and others...
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family
For most of the history of human civilization the term family has been used to speak of a community of love, parents and children, and a complex and diverse range of...
Australia Day
Warm Greetings and Happy Australia Day to all Food For Faith readers in Australia! It has been a privilege and a pleasure to spend this year's Australia Day in...
rain
Here in the Hurunui district of Canterbury, the Good Shepherd parish is suffering a lack of rain. By the end of every February into March, the end of the New Zealand...
Filipino farewell
Yesterday the Philippines farewelled Pope Francis after three remarkable days of friendship. It is worth searching the visit online for some of the video clips and...
point to Jesus
Many artistic representations of John the Baptist show him as a ‘pointer’. He is pointing away from himself and towards Jesus. This popular image (as in this section...
dreaming & life
If we don't dream, we are not living! Take five minutes to savour this delightful and inspiring video clip of Pope Francis speaking earlier today about the importance...
Traces Jan 2015
One of the highlights of my monthly reading is the Traces magazine of the Communion & Liberation community. A couple of months ago the decision was taken to no...
loss & hope
When I passed St. Joseph's Papanui yesterday morning there was very little remaining of the church building, just the doors through which so many have passed seeking...
Filipino faith
Pope Francis is in the Philippines today and over the past couple of hours he has been celebrating the first Mass of his three-day visit in the Cathedral Basilica of...
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stay safe
“All will be well”, clinging to the beauty of our humanity and allowing words of encouragement to rise up from our hearts.
without fear
This path involves accepting the fact that I am not locked down, I have instead allowed my fears and anxieties to lock me up.
Good Friday
Anyone who really wanted to get rid of suffering would have to get rid of love before anything else, because there can be no love without suffering,
Holy Thursday
In our roles with the National Liturgy Office Catherine Gibbs and I are co-ordinating a Good Friday online liturgy with people throughout New Zealand leading us in prayer.
to listen
Listen for the silence. Then stand within that space. For often, it is only within that silence that we can truly hear.