It’s easy to get used to sin. Sometimes it’s because we like it; sometimes it’s because we seem unable to overcome it; sometimes it’s because we say that everyone else does it; sometimes it’s because we deny it is sin; and sometimes it’s because we justify it. But God can...
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THIS ARTICLE WS PUBLISHED IN THE LARGS AND MILLPORT WEEKLY NEWS, Edition of 29th November 2023
THE ARTICLE BELOW WAS PRINTED IN THE LARGS & MILLPORT WEEKLY NEWS, 22nd NOVEMBER 2023 edition. November-2023-4
Remembrance Sunday is back. We remember many things on that day: the sacrifice and heroism of so many, the untold suffering of so many others, the senseless cruelty “justified” by ideological dogma, the stories of compassion which emerged despite the hatred engulfing nations. Yet the fratricidal hatred is also back....
As we approach the end of the Church’s year, we are invited to contemplate the last things: death, judgment, purgatory, heaven and hell. For life passes quickly and we have not here a lasting city. We were born for higher things, for life with God. This life has been entrusted...
Of late, as you know, I have discovered a new and close friendship across the barrier of death with young Blessed Carlo Acutis. I don’t consider this to be either a passing fad or a coincidence. In my inquiries with the Lord about all of you and about the way...
