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not lay

not lay

I’ve been thinking ahead to my Sunday homily this weekend at St. Mary’s pro-Cathedral. The readings provide a timely remedy of the tensions and evils within the church. Battle imagery is often used to describe the struggle between God and the devil experienced in...

life advice

life advice

Earlier this month Jean Vanier celebrated his 90th birthday and shared his reflections in this fifteen minute video reflection offering "ten rules for life.” He has given his life to service of the intellectually disabled with his L'Arche communities found throughout...

belonging

belonging

What is family? Most people hope that their family will be a place of belonging and growth. The reality is that our biological families exist only for a time. I am the child of my parents for a couple of decades then they age and die and I might then become the parent...

+ve moaning

+ve moaning

It's Monday morning at the office and a few of the staff are arriving at work with groans and moans after relaxing and satisfying weekends. Even Pope Francis was talking about moaning when yesterday he spoke on his visit to Lithuania commenting that "before his...

the sin problem

the sin problem

A healthy awareness of personal sin is a great gift since this places us in right-relationship with the God who desires to meet us in our imperfect reality and so lead us into life. Yesterday on the feast of St. Matthew Pope Francis put this well: "If you want to...