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jubilee of mercy

jubilee of mercy

a Year of Jubilee Whether the papacy of Pope Francis be long or (as he predicts) short, after just two years it is already possible to name the great themes of his papacy. Within days of his election he was emphasising mercy as the central and essential place of...

come live fully

come live fully

Happy Easter to all of you who follow Food For Faith here on the website and on Facebook. Ria Bancroft's Cathedral of the Sacrament Tabernacle Doors are in safe keeping following the earthquake, but the realty they portray is in the open, not entombed, but alive and...

a lenten lesson

a lenten lesson

In the peace of this Holy Saturday morning I have been thinking back over the past six weeks through the Lenten pilgrimage to Palm Sunday and the Holy Week liturgies.  Six weeks ago I wrote about Lent as a springtime, a new beginning, a time of penance. I began with...

divine embrace

divine embrace

Tonight the Good Shepherd Parish, Hurunui, celebrated the Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper at the Community of the Beatitudes in Leithfield. There is a simplicity and beauty in this liturgy which concludes with the procession of the Blessed Sacrament to...

walking the walk

walking the walk

It is Holy Thursday morning. As I was at prayer this morning the sky became light and the sun rose above the horizon, a beautiful sunrise. Here was I contemplating entry to the Holy Week Triduum beginning with commemorating the Holy Thursday / Good Friday suffering...