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at table

Apr 18, 2019

In comparison with moralism, Christianity is something more and something different. Our activity, our moral capacity is not placed at the beginning.

a kneeling church

Apr 16, 2019

And so the church that once stood strong and militant marching in step has been brought to its knees. And in this humility we find ourselves where Christ needs us not standing proud, but humbly kneeling.

together

Apr 15, 2019

It is my experience that when I set out to find friends I fail finding the attempt frustrating and exhausting. However when I seek to live fully in relationship with Jesus Christ, friends arrive, and I have no doubt are given to me by God.

full immersion

Apr 14, 2019

Our adult life of faith, actively seeking maturity in following Christ, demands as a first step the reawakening of a desire to be fully and authentically human.

leisure at last

Apr 13, 2019

Do you ever find that you long for a break from the busyness of life, the weekend comes and goes, and on Monday you wake with the feeling that you need another weekend?

the divine whisper

Apr 12, 2019

“take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace”.

humble in prayer

Apr 11, 2019

It is a beautiful thing to stand and sit and kneel with others in liturgy. While our voices pray in unison the prayers and responses of the Mass, so too our bodies stand together, and sit together and kneel together.

come in!

Apr 8, 2019

Tragically we fail to realise how much happier and healthier we would be if we recognised the sound of Jesus at the door of our lives and responded by inviting him in.

a new deed

Apr 7, 2019

…self-esteem is not a human achievement. Healthy self-esteem is the fruit of knowing that we are loved even as imperfect, weak and vulnerable sinners.