180 years ago, 13 January 1838, the first Catholic Mass was celebrated on Aotearoa New Zealand soil. Bishop Pompallier had arrived in the country a couple of days...
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come & go
I like that. The world as the theatre of human history, that is, the world as the place where God and people meet and live together.

no & yes
When the angel left Mary, the challenges and problems of this new era of her life had just begun.

highway for God
Unbridled ambition is problematic and resentment is exhausting. Love, generosity and forgiveness really is foundational,

by rote
Rote learning was a norm in my primary school days, repetition of the times tables, two times two equals four, three times two

so simple
So simple that children who naturally and naively live with open eyes and ears get it, when we adults too often miss the point.