As a preparation for this November month of the Holy Souls you might appreciate this interview on life and death based on my own experience at the time of the deaths of my parents.
All Souls
cemetery visits
Here in the Hurunui in the first weekend of November each year, priest and parishioners meet in each of the eight cemeteries of the parish to pray for those who are...
God’s kind keeping
It is the evening of All Souls day. Always this day is, for me as for many others, a day filled with memories of those loved and loved by who have died. As we pray in...
still close
Today, November 2, the Church celebrates the Feast of All Souls. The month of November is marked as the month of Holy Souls. In this month we take pause to remember...
horizon shifting
Perhaps the most common daily ailment in citizens of the western world is stress. Most mornings many of us wake with the sense that the things we have to do today...
saints interview
An interview for the November feasts of All Saints and All Souls at this link.
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change of mind
When we turn towards the light our shadow is behind us and our path forward is illumined
GO
There’s a real power, an energy, a force in that GO. It’s really more of a now-get-out-of-here command.
just one thing
they could have rushed back home to see the faces of their family and watch The Chase before dinner.
open the gates
For you are the living temple of God. Open up that temple, make it spacious, give it height.
be the first
With Christ we are freed from the trap of following every fad, fashion, celebrity or opinion.