It’s not that the two characters in these short parables didn’t value what they already had. It’s that they invested that value in something even greater. They didn’t throw away what they owned: they sold it. They were able to turn what was of lesser value into what was of...
Romano was born in Coatbridge in 1936, to Maria and Johnny Sambucci. He attended St. Patricks before going on to boarding school at St Joseph’s College, in Dumfries, until he was 18. He achieved a high academic standard and excelled at rugby, athletics, cricket, and football. He achieved a Merit...
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....
