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choose life

choose life

I have set before you life and death. Choose life, then

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

“it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.

Parish Mission

Parish Mission

This weekend, and until Tuesday night, I am in the parish of St. Joseph in Upper Hutt for a parish mission.

the year’s beginning

the year’s beginning

One month ago today I was beginning 2024 with 150 young Catholics aged between 18 & 35. 

family

family

People of faith will be able to live with the ambiguity of imperfection in our families

eye witness

eye witness

Even more profoundly we can have a heart-felt sense of someone or something.

living nativity

living nativity

A living nativity is an engagement with the total reality of life in every aspect of human life on earth.

it’s not a secret

it’s not a secret

Perhaps this is the mystery kept secret for endless ages. God prefers the peripheries

silent classroom

silent classroom

Those who are truly wise know that silence can provide a higher school of learning, a classroom of growth

magnificat

magnificat

a time will come when the earth on which we are so focussed will pass away.

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an answer…

an answer…

The clear evidence is that the Holy Spirit has spoken and has been heard

together in prayer

together in prayer

in these hours and days we pray that the divine desire for the Church and the world may be revealed

calling the saints

calling the saints

From Rome today Cardinal John Dew has asked us to pray using the Litany of the Saints

Christ present

Christ present

I didn’t expect to see this at the funeral of Pope Francis

Keithy

Keithy

the three NZ Marist seminarians studying in Rome Hemi, Joseph & Lachie were also retreating