The following reflections appear in the Largs and Millport Weekly News on the four Wednesdays of June. I. Self-knowledge Somone was recently talking to me about the importance of knowing and telling your own story. He meant it in the sense of telling it to yourself. You’ve maybe noticed in...
“It is not good for man to be alone” because loneliness spoils the image of God in us, and God is Family. Like God, we, too, are made for love and self-giving. Like God, we are called to give and to receive with an open heart. That’s how community is...
PASTORAL LETTER JUNE 2026
It’s hard to beat the taste, smell and texture of fresh bread. Disappointing that it gets stale. Blue mould. Dead. All the food we eat is dying or dead. It feeds our mortal life until we die, too. Jesus is not dead bread but living. Not grown from the earth...
Responses to Consultation on Diocesan Structures May 2026
Human mind can’t grasp God. The ocean doesn’t fit into a thimble. Yet, we are image and likeness – God’s own Word. If we read closely our humanity, we can discover the features of God. Most eloquent and expressive image of God in our humanity is marriage, crown of creation....
The Ascension of Jesus doesn’t mean he is the first astronaut. It’s more like a home coming. But His home is not some glorious palace above the skies. Together with his Father and the Holy Spirit, He has made His home in us. He is at home in all humanity...
One of the greatest saints of the twentieth century was Padre Pio. His devotion to the Eucharist both taken in itself and in its celebration, the Mass, gives us a greater insight into this great sacrifice. Padre Pio has taught us that when we attend Mass, it is not just...
