life

bones alive

Aug 21, 2020

I am now going to open your graves; I mean to raise you from your graves, my people … and you will live.

choosing life

Feb 27, 2020

Our greatest human desire is not to be free of suffering and pain, but to live whatever reality is present in the great company…

death & life

Sep 30, 2019

I have often quoted the High School principal who when asked to name the specific reason for the existence of her school responded: “We exist to prepare our students for death.”

art & beauty & life

Dec 28, 2018

One news report says that she lives in “isolation” but she would never say that of herself. As these brief clips below show the heart of her life was relationship with God and therefore she was never alone

being real

Nov 3, 2018

Somewhere we picked up the false idea that highs mean happy and lows mean sad.

real food

Aug 12, 2018

There are many different kinds of food and I don't just mean the stuff we put into our mouths. A few years ago a number of chicken soup books were published offering...

choose life

Feb 15, 2018

I remember turning up the driveway of Holy Cross College Mosgiel on the day I entered the seminary and seeing a marble statue of Jesus carrying his cross heading out...

choosing life

Dec 15, 2017

This week the End of Life Choice bill has been debated in the New Zealand parliament resulting in the decision to send the bill to Select Committee and consult citizens...

thinking next year

Jun 16, 2015

A few months ago I was speaking to a young person who said he hoped to know his plans for next year by the middle of this year. Since then a number of other people have...

feasting the cross

Sep 13, 2014

In the early 1980‘s I lived for six years preparing for priesthood at Holy Cross seminary in Mosgiel. In the late 1990’s when the number of seminarians was relatively...