love

being real

Nov 3, 2018

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

love

Sep 19, 2018

Today's first reading is the magnificent hymn of love from St. Paul's first letter to the people of Corinth. I recall once meeting with a couple to prepare their...

Pentecost fire

May 20, 2018

Bishop Michael Curry's sermon at the royal wedding was inspiring and makes an ideal reflection for today's great feast of Pentecost. I especially enjoyed when the...

Monday morn

May 6, 2018

The gospel readings of each Sunday are a central part of the nourishment given in the liturgy which sets us up for the week ahead. Too often the gospel is not heard or...

where is love ?

Dec 25, 2017

Christmas Greetings to you all. There are many things that I could share in this Christmas day clip, but the image that keeps coming to mind is the Christmas dinner...

a touchstone

Oct 29, 2017

A good homily story I heard a number of years ago had as its punch-line "remember that the most important thing, is to always keep the most important thing, as the most...

hope emerging

Jun 27, 2017

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...

love is…

May 20, 2017

One of the great privileges in the life of a priest is to celebrate weddings. I am very aware that the last thing that the couple or their family and friends gathered...

safely restored

Apr 2, 2014

I have no doubt that over the centuries today's gospel reading has fired up many a preacher of the fire and brimstone sermon style. Here is the end of today's gospel:...

fall in love, again

Jan 8, 2014

It is a glorious summer's morning here in Cheviot. I'm thinking of the many people around the world who are suffering the weather at present with, extreme cold in the...