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...
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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...
church building
This weekend's feast of the Dedication of the Roman basilica of St. John Lateran might seem like a strange focus for a Sunday. It’s not very often we get to celebrate...
Pike River
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...
fireworks
There’s nothing like a good fireworks display to bring crowds together with ‘ooh’s’ and ‘aah’s’ in an atmosphere of celebration. I really enjoy a spectacular display...
still close
Today, November 2, the Church celebrates the Feast of All Souls. The month of November is marked as the month of Holy Souls. In this month we take pause to remember...
horizon shifting
Perhaps the most common daily ailment in citizens of the western world is stress. Most mornings many of us wake with the sense that the things we have to do today...
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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