Reflections

  The Lord is Risen

Mar 30, 2016
Our Lenten journey is coming to an end. Our feet are being washed, we are sharing the bread, we are walking with our weary Lord the bloody steps to Calvary. Did we really shout 'Crucify him!'?
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  Why is that day called 'Good' Friday

Mar 07, 2016
I was often invited by head teachers of primary schools to explain to their students the meaning of 'Good' Friday and Easter Monday, since both were public holidays
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  Lent - A time of hope

Feb 23, 2016
Hope is not a product, you can’t buy it. Hope is a word we sometimes throw around a lot. We often say that we live in hope or that we hope for the best.
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  Equality in God's house

Feb 01, 2016
Pope Francis recently said that we Christians promote “a humanity for which every foreign country is a homeland and every homeland is a foreign country.”
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  Fr Noel Connolly - Light and hope begin in darkness

Dec 16, 2015
I lived in Ireland for almost sixteen years and the thing I miss about Advent and Christmas since returning to Australia is the lack of darkness. It made December a special time.
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  Rediscover the meaning of Christmas

Nov 25, 2015
It will be a tough and hungry Christmas in the Philippines for hundreds of thousands who are suffering deprivation like that of Jesus and his parents as they struggle to survive from lack of food, devastation from typhoons, human exploitation and trafficking of children.
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  Do you know my name?

Oct 28, 2015
Living as a homeless man, who had already lost his job, his home and his family, the threat of losing even his name must have felt like the loss of his very self. He was in grave danger of becoming a “nobody."
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