Friday, April 29, 2022

God works through our wounds

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Don’t forget the paradox that in our woundedness, our weakness and worry - that is when Jesus is closest to us in our suffering. Offering us...

St Catherine of Siena - Mystic of Fire

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Today is the feast day of that wonderful passionate saint, mystic and Doctor of the Church - St Catherine of Siena.  She is often depicted i...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Conversion - the meaning of Lent

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As we prepare for the beginning of Lent tomorrow and Ash Wednesday. Let us remember that conversion - metanoia is a lifelong process, it is ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Open a way in the desert

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For the first time ever the Vatican has officially published some  guidelines  regarding the vocation of Diocesan Hermits according to Canon...
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

A soul in love with the Beloved

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St John of the Cross is such a wonderful teacher in the spiritual life. You can see that when you fall in love with God, nothing else will e...
Saturday, February 12, 2022

Adoring the Bridegroom of your soul

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When you love someone you want to spend time with them. How then can I not sit with my Beloved who is mine and I am his (Song of Songs 2:16)...
Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Friendship with God

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Friendship with God is something that is often overlooked in our spiritual life. Yes we believe in God and we follow the teachings of Jesus ...
Saturday, February 5, 2022

Catholic spirituality must be based in the sacraments

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I cannot stress this enough. Any other form of mysticism that teaches “union with the divine” or your “divine inner self” is not Catholic. A...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Prayer as resting at the feet of Jesus

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Prayer can be a struggle, often we over complicate things more than they need to be. We can be scared to pray or not have the time to pray. ...
Monday, January 31, 2022

Spiritual Retreat - a time to Rest in the mercy of God

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Today is the end of my spiritual retreat, it has been an interesting 5 days where nothing went as planned but in Providence it’s all been wh...
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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Rejoice in your salvation

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Today you may have noticed your priest wore a pink or a “rose” vestment and if your Church has an advent wreath - the third candle would hav...
Friday, December 3, 2021

Share the testimony of the Gospel in your life

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In honour of St Francis Xavier today, this is something I have learnt in the past few years…  Do not be afraid to share your testimony with ...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Messianic Prophecy of the Hypostatic Union

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During Bible study last night in my parish I had a very interesting insight regarding this passage…  We were studying the symbolism and pers...
Sunday, November 28, 2021

Advent - awaiting the double Coming of Christ

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Today is the 1st Sunday of Advent - the liturgical time that the Church gives us to prepare to celebrate Christmas, whilst also focusing on ...