One of the highlights of my monthly reading is the Traces magazine of the Communion & Liberation community. A couple of months ago the decision was taken to no...
Christmas
woman of faith
Twelve months ago after seeing Queen Elizabeth's 2012 Christmas Message, I uploaded the clip adding that this was the reflection of a woman of faith. This year, sixty...
dawn from on high
It is a glorious morning here in Cheviot. I prayed sitting in the garden, the only sounds coming from neighbour's children no doubt enjoying Christmas presents. The...
Christmas poster
Each year the Communion & Liberation community marks the feasts of Christmas and Easter with a poster that brings together beautiful art with inspiring text. You...
how unexpected
The Christian community often struggles to be an effective communicator of the heart of the life of Faith. Thanks to St. Paul's Anglican Church in Auckland who in this...
nativity difficulty
Earlier today I visited the home of parishioners who had just finished setting up a nativity scene in their living room. It was prepared with love, beautifully created,...
seven more sleeps
In the Prayer of the Church, prayed through the hours of each day by many Christians, and which priests and many Religious communities pray on behalf of all people, the...
Handel’s Messiah
One of the disadvantages of living in Cheviot (population 400) is that the inspiring and perennial Handel oratorio Messiah is not performed locally. As a result I find...
Latest Posts
Jack in action
And so we find almost all of Jack’s priestly ministry in the small places
Jack
The oldest priest in NZ is now the youngest priest in Heaven
the journey
the luck of the draw. I’m more likely to call it providence or God-incidence
the swan
with regal composure allows himself to glide
to be wise
O God, You were with me, but alas, I was not with you