“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...
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...
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...
THE ROSARY. Atmosphere in which to breathe Christ and His mysteries through the immaculate heart and eyes of Mary. Christ is most at home in Her Heart in its freedom from sin and in its total surrender to Him. He is free to be Himself and to give His love...
The Lord: either of the Three Persons or all of Them. Is my Shepherd: Good Shepherd, not like those Jesus reproves in the Gospel. The shepherd is a biblical image often used to describe the personal care of the Lord for each of his people, whom he loves, even if...
I loved how positive was the family eulogy for Bernadette. It portrays in her a strength of soul and character as well as a real generosity of spirit and of heart. All of this was clearly rooted in the strong family from which she came as well as in the...
The science fiction novel, and then film, “Journey to the centre of the earth”, is about the bid by science to understand our planet’s formation. That bid also seeks to source the immense renewable energy between the earth’s surface and its centre, which is nearly four thousand miles below. The...
In the eulogy, David said his mum and dad were “constant loving companions” throughout their lives. Those are two great words, constancy and love, and seem to describe wonderfully well Maureen’s character. From what the eulogy tells us, she was constant and loving in her marriage, her family, her friendships,...
So, we come to the dramatic and very moving conclusion of the public ministry of Jesus prior to His Passion. The drama’s cast, in order of appearance, introduces us to Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha; then to Jesus and his disciples with Thomas mentioned by name; then we...
