Many readers will remember Pope John Paul’s visit to New Zealand in November 1986. I had been ordained as a priest just twelve months earlier, and because our...
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friendship in faith
Some readers are curious to know more of Luigi Giussani, and his charism reflected in the movement Communion & Liberation. Every month around the world there are...
Luigi Giussani
Over the next couple of days, many thousands of communities around the world will celebrate Masses to mark the ninth anniversary of the death of Fr. Luigi Giussani. In...
salt & light tv
Around the world in the past decade or two, some very good Catholic Television networks have become significant communicators of the Gospel. Unless you have a special...
life-giving law
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. The people I spend time with during the average week are...
homily studio 16/2
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Readings at this link Fr. Robert Barron's 15 minute audio reflection at this link Reflection on each of the readings at this...
the face
In my preparation for this Sunday's homily I came across this story about the faces in Da Vinci's Last Supper. The story is told that when the painter Leonardo Da Vinci...
another path
Last week I linked to David Moxon's Lord of the Rings reflection published in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. The link I added took the reader to the online...
ChCh Faithfest
Today I received a brief, four minute video clip of the Christchurch Diocese Faithfest Mass celebrated on the feast of Christ the King, to conclude the Year of Faith....
homily studio 9/2
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings this week at this link Fr. Robert Barron podcast reflection for this Sunday at this link. Heaps of commentaries and reflections...
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