Good Friday

Apr 10, 2020

Anyone who really wanted to get rid of suffering would have to get rid of love before anything else, because there can be no love without suffering,

facing fear

Apr 19, 2019

We spend most of our lives running from death and the daily moments that feel deathly. We do our best to avoid such uncomfortable realities and expend time, energy and resources trying to avoid anything that hints at death.

Good Friday

Mar 30, 2018

There is one moment in the year when Christians around the world gather at the same hour, 3.00pm on Good Friday for the celebration of the Lord's Passion. This is one...

the Triduum

Mar 29, 2018

These three days, from Holy Thursday evening until the Saturday evening Vigil of Easter, are at the heart of our life as Christians and therefore the core of our human...

Ave Verum

Apr 14, 2017

The depths of human pain, suffering and grief can produce some of the most exquisite beauty in art. The suffering and death of Jesus is an example, and one of the most...

the CROSS road

Apr 14, 2017

This evening I plan to be at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament choir and orchestra performance of Bach's St. John's Passion. Details below. But before then, at...

these three days

Apr 13, 2017

This Holy Triduum beginning with this evening's Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper is at the heart of our Christian faith, and therefore at the centre of our human...

Christians together

Mar 25, 2016

This Good Friday morning, in the Good Shepherd Hurunui parish, and around NZ as in other parts of the world, Christians of all denominations gather to carry the cross...

facing fear

Mar 24, 2016

The liturgy of Good Friday gives us an opportunity to face our greatest fear, the fear of death.

Good Friday

Apr 3, 2015

Some of the most beautiful music ever written is inspired by the suffering and death of Jesus. Perhaps the most beautiful is Mozart's Ave Verum. You might appreciate a...