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church building 101
don't forget that you can leave a comment on this post at the bottom of this page In his letter to the priests of his diocese this week, Bishop Barry Jones (Bishop of...
cannot live without
More for the feast of St. Ignatius today, this time a great page on his Consciousness Examen from Bosco Peters at www.liturgy.co.nz. Ignatius made it clear that there...
decisions decisions
For the feast of Ignatius of Loyola today the second reading (below in blue) from the Office of Readings is the perfect intro to Ignatius ‘discovery’ of the method for...
march to maturity
It is already mid-week, but there is a verse from last Sunday's second reading that moved me when I heard it at Mass, and it has stayed with me as a deeply encouraging...
encouragement
Traces is the monthly magazine of the lay movement Communion & Liberation. You can read this month's edition online as a pdf by tapping here, or on the image below....
grandparents
Today, 26 July, is the feast day of Anna and Joachim, the maternal grandparents of Jesus. This gives us a great opportunity to consider the importance of grandparents...
living and dying
a reflection for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time scripture readings There is a question that is sometimes asked to help people to focus on what is really important in...
rise in glory
It was with sadness today that I learned of the death of two young Christian leaders who have died suddenly and well before their time. Lynda Patterson served most...
seeds that grow
The sufferings of this time, are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed. Romans 8:18 One of my seminary theology teachers often tried to express his...
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two men
The scriptures given for today’s feast of the Holy Innocents presents us with two men, one a photocopy, the other an original
how sense-able
“The greatest joy in life is to feel Jesus Christ alive and beating in the flesh of your own thought and your own heart. All the rest is a swift illusion or dung.”
grace
A Grace before Dinner that you may find useful this Christmas
new appointment
Even when we don’t feel we are close to God the fact is that God remains present and active, even when life takes a new and unexpected turn as it is for me
NLO @ work
Something a bit different today. Earlier in the year I was appointed to work with the National Liturgy Office of Aotearoa New Zealand.