I know a few people, including several Food For Faith followers, who are nearing death. Some of these are elderly and accepting that their life on earth is naturally coming to an end. Others, well before their time, are struggling with poor health and living with diagnoses of terminal illness.
light in the dark
A feeling of darkness often serves to highlight the limitations of our pre-packaged ideas
light in darkness
Faith is not a light which scatters all our darkness, but a lamp which guides our steps in the night and suffices for the journey.
lighting darkness
Returning to the way things were is the “recession” of which we should have the most fear.
moments of light
You might have clicked to the fact that Good Friday this year was marked on March 25 which would normally have been the feast of the Annunciation celebrating the...
the light gets in
These have been days of feasting with the feasts of Christmas, the Holy Family, Mary the Mother of God, and this weekend with the feast of the Epiphany. In secular...
Epiphany light
These have been days of festival as we have celebrated the feasts of Christmas, the Holy Family, Mary the Mother of God, now we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany....
homily studio 9/2
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings this week at this link Fr. Robert Barron podcast reflection for this Sunday at this link. Heaps of commentaries and reflections...
holy cunning
I am sure that there are some people who saw this snake image and quickly decided to surf to another page. Many people don't like snakes. It can't be simply that they...
what Francis said
In my Epiphany homily on Sunday I took a guess at what Pope Francis might preach in his Epiphany homily. A few hours ago Pope Francis celebrated the Mass for the Feast...
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building bridges
It’s hard not to accept this evidence of unity as an answer to prayer and a sign of divine intervention

consecrated
It really highlighted how rich the church is in its diversity but also it’s unity in our common faith

Leo on Augustine
You might appreciate this brief clip of Pope Leo (in English) introducing us to Augustine.

Leo XIV
In Aotearoa we feel a connection with our new pope since he grew up speaking and thinking in our language.

an answer…
The clear evidence is that the Holy Spirit has spoken and has been heard