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We are striving this Lent to stay close to Jesus. We want him at our side as we battle the enemies of the soul: the devil, the world, the flesh. Not content to be purely defensive, we also accept his invitation to climb the summit....
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We must be conscious that the liturgy is not first of all our activity but rather our response to God, who acts first, to Christ who makes himself present among us. ...
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Between 2022 and 2024 Bishop Greg Homeming OCD delivered three series of Lenten Talks, exploring the spirituality of three renowned Carmelites - St John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila and St Therese of Lisieux. ...
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Lent calls us to reflect on sin – my sin, your sin, the nation’s sin, the church’s sin, the world’s sin....
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As we accompany Jesus this holy season, we started in the depths of temptation and weakness, and followed him to the heights of the transfiguration and contemplatio. But we know that Lent leads us inexorably to Jerusalem, and to the events of Holy Week. At the Last Supper, the...
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To live generously is difficult when our unhealed hurts and coldness have become habitual. For that reason, Pope Francis urges us to pray for families trapped in resentment and bitterness, where 'sorry', 'thank you' and 'please' are words that gather dust on the shelf. There the cycle must be...
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A simple conversation at church can inspire intergenerational connection....
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Pope Francis, in his message to the assembly, emphasised the urgency of addressing the interconnected challenges threatening human civilisation and the planet....
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These may well be the twilight weeks or months of the Bergoglio papacy. Hopefully, he will rally from his current physical deterioration, but it is unlikely—and the end of a papal era may be on the horizon. So what is in store for us?...
We are striving this Lent to stay close to Jesus. We want him at our side as we battle the enemies of the soul: the devil, the world, the flesh. Not content to be purely defensive, we also accept his invitation to climb the summit....
We must be conscious that the liturgy is not first of all our activity but rather our response to God, who acts first, to Christ who makes himself present among us. ...
Between 2022 and 2024 Bishop Greg Homeming OCD delivered three series of Lenten Talks, exploring the spirituality of three renowned Carmelites - St John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila and St Therese of Lisieux. ...
Lent calls us to reflect on sin – my sin, your sin, the nation’s sin, the church’s sin, the world’s sin....
As we accompany Jesus this holy season, we started in the depths of temptation and weakness, and followed him to the heights of the transfiguration and contemplatio. But we know that Lent leads us inexorably to Jerusalem, and to the events of Holy Week. At the Last Supper, the...
To live generously is difficult when our unhealed hurts and coldness have become habitual. For that reason, Pope Francis urges us to pray for families trapped in resentment and bitterness, where 'sorry', 'thank you' and 'please' are words that gather dust on the shelf. There the cycle must be...
A simple conversation at church can inspire intergenerational connection....
Pope Francis, in his message to the assembly, emphasised the urgency of addressing the interconnected challenges threatening human civilisation and the planet....
These may well be the twilight weeks or months of the Bergoglio papacy. Hopefully, he will rally from his current physical deterioration, but it is unlikely—and the end of a papal era may be on the horizon. So what is in store for us?...