A life lived abundantly will touch the reality of suffering and death daily.
funeral
hope emerging
Yesterday I had the privilege of taking part in the Funeral Mass and burial rites of a much-loved Christchurch woman. Wendy died early last week decades too young at...
facing reality
Today I'm at one of the many very beautiful cemeteries of the Hurunui. We the family and friends of one who has died, have gathered here in Waikari to bury him. When we...
funeral homily
I had hoped to put the funeral homilies from the Vigil and Funeral Masses for Bishop Barry Jones online here at Food For Faith, but unfortunately due to slip-ups with...
celebrating life?
Today a friend posted this blog posting on funerals on his Facebook page. Thanks Pete for sharing this - a very helpful reflection....
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the morning after
Thanks to Suzi de Gouveia from Christchurch for sharing her Easter image above.
encountering Jesus
Set five minutes twice a day for the next eight days. Anticipate these encounters with Jesus
something strange
Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness.
the comedy
Dramatic tragedy is drama which ends in despair, desolation, death, or (even better), all three.
at the table
Some of our best family laughs happened at the table and some of our biggest fights too