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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer -
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer -
Reflection on the Readings for 09 Feb 2025 Isaiah 6:1-2,3-8; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11 In Exodus 30, God gives instructions to Moses on how to burn offerings. These instructions…
Reflection on the Readings for 02 Feb 2025: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 23(24):7-10; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 Be prepared! The Lord might enter the temple when you don’t expect it.Similar to…
Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty. (St Thomas Aquinus)
Reflection on the Readings for 26 Jan 2025: Nehemiah 8:2-6,8-10; Psalm 18(19):8-10,15; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4,4:14-21 On the third Sunday of Ordinary Time, which means three weeks after the…
Reflection on the Readings for 19 Jan 2025: Isaiah 62:1-5; Psalm 95(96):1-3,7-10; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 We have entered into the Jubilee Year which Pope Francis dedicated to the…
Reflection on the Readings for 12 Jan 2025: Isaiah 40:1-5,9-11; Titus 2:11-14,3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16,21-22 Prepare in the wilderness a way for the Lord Last week, we read about Jerusalem as…
Reflection on the Readings for 05 Jan 2025: Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Feast of the Magi is not celebrated as a separate feast…
Reflection on the Readings for 29 Dec 2024: 1 Samuel 1:20-22,24-28; 1 John 3:1-2,21-24; Luke 2:41-52 On this feast of the Holy Family, we are reminded that we are all…
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in…