Why are you a part of the Church? I’m part of the church not because of the priests and the people of the church…
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Oscars inspiration
There are some some notable exceptions including Matthew McConaughey’s 2015 acceptance speech when awarded the Best Actor Oscar for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.
the new and the old
Buildings are important. The best of them are not only at the service of the people but by their beauty they lift our minds and hearts above what is simply routine and mundane.
plainly speaking
I enjoy and appreciate robust and fearless debate among people who are seeking to get to grips with what it is to be human. Inevitably they (albeit unintentionally and often unwittingly) end up on common ground about the purpose of human existence.
surely not ?
As a priest, a leader in the church, I know that what Brian Holdsworth says about church leaders in this brief video clip is true because it’s true about me.
our hope
God constantly breaks into our personal histories, challenging our “conventions”, those fixed ways of thinking and acting that end up paralyzing us.
just follow
It is significant that the disciples had already worked hard all night. They would have been tired and hungry and ready for a sleep. But it was precisely when all their human efforts had brought no results that they were open to divine power.
Bishop Peter Carrell
The Christian community of Christchurch rejoices today with the Episcopal Ordination and Installation of The Reverend Doctor Peter Carrell as the ninth bishop of the...
love is…
I was speaking with a married couple a few years ago who argued that marriage was a secular ceremony and there was no need for any religion in the service.
passion & gift
“Fr. Paul has had a long and varied career with the Catholic Church, which is often the case when you follow a vocation into the priesthood.”
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scattered
I have no doubt that everyone reading this FFF post has been encountered by God.
at the threshold
I often think when I am celebrating a funeral as I was yesterday. that we are, for these hours, at the entrance to paradise.
a new deed
See, I am doing a new deed, even now it comes to light; can you not see it
the favourable time
Over the years I’ve prayed many prayers which have not been answered as I had hoped.
signs please
People looking for these destinations don’t stop at the sign. The check their direction and keep going to where the sign points.