Isaiah 8:23-9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13,17; Matthew 4:12-23 King Ahaz had tried to conquer Jerusalem but was unsuccessful. He was now vulnerable and worried about an attack from his enemies, but…
Since the 2020 amendments to the New Zealand’s abortion legislation, abortions have become easier. The decriminalisation of an abortion has been extended to the medical practitioner who carries it out.…
Isaiah 49:3,5-6; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:14. 12; John 1:29-34 When the Society of Mary was founded in 1836, Pope Gregory XVI asked the members of this new Society to spread…
Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17 John the Baptist has been living in the wilderness, wearing a garment of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist as the…
Kauri trees of different sizes, tūī birds, kererū (NZ woodpigeons), – and the feeling of nature in the middle of New Zealand’s biggest city. It is amazing what the reserves…
Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 71(72):1-2,7-8,10-13; Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 The birth of Jesus has brought light into the world – and with Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere being celebrated from the…
For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower a bee is a messenger of love, and to both, bee and flower, the giving…
Ecclesiasticus 3:2-6,12-14; Colossians 3:12-21; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 The Feast of the Holy Family has only been celebrated officially in the Church for 100 years. Having just celebrated the Birth of Jesus,…