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mercy

mercy

In the Jubilee year 2000 Pope John Paul initiated this Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. In his homily on that day as he canonised a Polish nun Faustina Kowalska as a saint of the Church, he proclaimed: “It is important then that we accept the whole...

thinking ahead

thinking ahead

It may have been a coincidence that Fr. Richard J. Hauser SJ died at 10:10 on Tuesday morning of this week, but it wouldn't surprise me if the Holy Spirit was smiling on Dick and on us knowing that we would not miss the John 10:10 connection: "I have come that you...

Suzanne Aubert

Suzanne Aubert

Only God can make saints, but is a great help to us when one who walked our own land is named by the church as being with God in heaven. We are encouraged in our own life with God when a "local" with human limitations and personality traits is called a model for a...

rise up

rise up

Around the world in these Easter days hundreds of thousands of preachers have done their best to communicate the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus to hungry congregations. I suspect that few have hit the mark as well as Fr. Alex in this Easter homily. You can...

Easter

Easter

The bronze sculpture above will be recognised by many as the magnificent tabernacle doors from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. These doors made by the Christchurch Sculptor Ria Bancroft, and since the earthquake which destroyed the cathedral in 2011 the doors...