I have set before you life and death. Choose life, then
Ash Wednesday
“it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak.
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
One month ago today I was beginning 2024 with 150 young Catholics aged between 18 & 35.Â
family
People of faith will be able to live with the ambiguity of imperfection in our families
eye witness
Even more profoundly we can have a heart-felt sense of someone or something.
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
Perhaps this is the mystery kept secret for endless ages. God prefers the peripheries
silent classroom
Those who are truly wise know that silence can provide a higher school of learning, a classroom of growth
magnificat
a time will come when the earth on which we are so focussed will pass away.
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an answer…
The clear evidence is that the Holy Spirit has spoken and has been heard
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
From Rome today Cardinal John Dew has asked us to pray using the Litany of the Saints
Christ present
I didn’t expect to see this at the funeral of Pope Francis
Keithy
the three NZ Marist seminarians studying in Rome Hemi, Joseph & Lachie were also retreating










