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2015

2015

A few seconds ago the calendar in New Zealand turned to a new year. Some of us greeted this new beginning with friends and fireworks. Crowds in city centres counted out the old and joined hands in song to begin 2015. Some of us will sleep our way through the...

resolutions

resolutions

It's the last day of the year that was itself a year ago new, and tomorrow begins another. These hours are traditionally a time of making resolutions, and most often our resolutions are (unhelpfully) about not doing something. More often than not, New Year's...

NZ and land

NZ and land

While driving even greater distances than usual these Advent / Christmas days to celebrate the sacraments around the Hurunui I have had plenty of time to listen to podcasts. One of the most informative was Dame Anne Salmond on Radio NZ's Rutherford Lectures. The...

family life

family life

It was Fr. Robert Barron who set my homily thinking off this week in preparation for this Sunday's feast of the Holy Family. In his Word on Fire homily for the feast (you can hear it at this link) he begins by asking what is it that make a family "holy"? There are...

homily inspiration

homily inspiration

I hope you have managed to hear a great Christmas homily in recent days and that your priest or minister did not disappoint. I have heard (via Youtube) a superb homily from my friend Fr. Alex. You too can share his inspiring reflection at this link: