The ONE who brings us together is Jesus Christ, risen, present and active among us.
Vatican II
prophetic hope
We feel bound to disagree with these prophets of misfortune who are forever forecasting calamity
a new era
Perhaps we are closer today in our smaller church to the heart of the mission of Jesus, no longer filling large institutions but like the first disciples living relationship with Jesus Christ with two or three faithful companions?
sixty years today
The decision to hold an ecumenical council came to us in the first instance in a sudden flash of inspiration. We communicated this decision, without elaboration, to the Sacred College of Cardinals on that memorable January 25, 1959, the feast of St. Paul’s Conversion.
Happy Birthday S.C.
A friend has just posted a "Happy Birthday Sacrosanctum Concilium" message on Facebook. Fifty years ago this week the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the...
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bridges not walls
He not only discovered the bridges but then instead of waiting he traversed them
control
God cannot be controlled by human systems and structures
seek Him
Then the social gathering, a traditional, simple and robust army breakfast
let’s get physical
The stumbling point for many is that in Jesus God walked and talked and ate and drank
on the road
As they plodded they had their backs to the place considered to be the preferred place of divine activity