As I walked through the empty rooms I was flooded with memories. I knew every nook and cranny.
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hope-filled
This time last week I was having breakfast with the priests of a parish where I was leading a retreat
Jesus dies
I spent a couple of hours during the week with the teachers in one of our Catholic primary schools.
take up the cross
The cross-bearer is a Christ-bearer, and is able to walk erect with Christ in confident and fearless hope.
win the crown
We get to choose the crown we wear. We can spend our earthly life striving for the earthly crown
scourging
Most of our personal physical suffering happens because people who are themselves desperately seeking survival speak and act without awareness
in a garden
Let’s enter the Gethsemane scene engaging each of your physical senses: what can you see, touch, taste, hear and smell.
sorrowful
Sometimes in the middle of the night, even without waking, I feel the cross with the figure, the dead Christ, and remember
cafe protagonist
Last year I suggested that people might like to take the initiative to organise gatherings at cafes and bar
Last Supper
“If the Eucharist is just a symbol, then to hell with it.”
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Maurice & I
an enthralling exploration of partnership, loss and the enduring importance of architecture
just follow
Take a moment to notice Jesus pointing you out in the crowd, calling you by name, and inviting you to follow.
home again
they discovered that braided rivers have a reservoir of water underneath, kind of like a storage tank.
the meeting
If we are not after the essence, then what are we after?
in quiescence
I’m grateful to Anglican Bishop of Christchurch Peter Carrell for his inspiration a few hours ago