Happy New Year! With the season of Advent a new church year begins. For a month now we will prepare for Christmas with scriptures of anticipation yearning for a deeper...
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Advent I
There is a story told of the holy French priest Jean Vianney (Ćure d’Ars d.1859). He noticed an elderly man who would spend hours in the church before the Blessed...
a new bishop
This morning Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Steve Lowe, priest of the diocese of Christchurch, as the next bishop of the diocese of Hamilton, New Zealand. This immense...
Christ the King
the king, with the crown...of thorns. It’s the last Sunday of the Church year today. In recent weeks the readings of the liturgy have been preparing us for the end...
Consecrated Life
Pope Francis has announced a Year of Consecrated Life beginning on the First Sunday of Advent (November 30). This afternoon Bishop Barry Jones opened this Year for our...
November “Traces”
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...
four years on…
In the early 1990′s I lived for four years in the small West Coast township of Ngahere. It was a privilege to serve as the priest for the people of the Grey Valley, on...
Xt. the Kg. prep.
If you are preparing to preach this coming Sunday for the feast of Christ the King you might find these thoughts helpful. In 1925 Pope Pius XI spoke strongly against...
Hearts & Christmas
Registrations for the Jan 2015 Hearts Aflame gathering close early December. This ten-day formation session for young (18-35 year-old) Catholics has become a...
the murder house
It wouldn't happen today. I was a five year old boy at St. Joseph's school in Oamaru and when the dental nurse got up to the "o's" I had to leave school (alone) to...
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to forgive
My lack of forgiveness rarely affects the one who has caused my pain, but it has a huge negative effect on me emotionally, physically, psychologically and therefore spiritually.
truth speakers
There are people who may have the interior discernment and wisdom of the prophet, but they lack the courage to speak the truth
hello brother
We know, in solidarity with our Muslim sisters and brothers, that our only hope is in God. Our only hope is in God.
good company
Happy the people who do not hang around toxic environments carelessly socialising with those who lead us to superficial attachments and confused priorities.
to Jerusalem
“More than ever I find myself in the hands of God. This is what I have wanted all my life from my youth