Morena – good morning, St. Patrick used the shamrock (or three-leafed clover) in Ireland to teach about God as the Holy Trinity. The Trinity: God is one substance with three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Here is the Christian meaning of the shamrock symbol: Three Leaves = God is Three Persons of […]

    Morena – good morning,, This weekend, we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost ,the fiftieth day after the Passover; a Feast that was known as the  Feast of Weeks . At this time ,it was a good time to travel thus explaining the number of countries mentioned in the reading from Acts. The Feats […]

    Morena – good morning, There is good reason for celebrating the Feast of the Ascension as it is an important lead up to Pentecost. In the Ascension readings there is so much challenge, wisdom and depth, on how to follow Jesus and in truth it is not for the faint hearted! Paul’s exhortation […]

  Good afternoon, Yesterday, i.e. Wednesday  I spent some time in the Lower Hutt library while waiting for my wife’s car to be serviced. I picked up a book on the Chronicles of the Popes and I spent an hour tracing through centuries of Popes and the church of their time with all the muddle […]

    Good afternoon, It is a powerful image that is drawn from John’s gospel – Jesus as ‘the Good Shepherd’. I have had the experience of rounding up sheep on my Uncle’s farm – riding on a motor bike for hours crisscrossing the paddocks and steering in the end thousands of them to the […]

    Morena/Good morning, Good afternoon, The readings this Sunday have us continuing on our journey to Pentecost.  We journey as a community who is trying to understand the call of Jesus and the demands that he places on us to bring others to his ways. It is encouraging to see Jesus calling the disciples […]

    Morena/Good morning, As advised previously, the New Zealand Bishops invited Passionist Family Group Movement to respond to the tasks set for the Synod feedback by asking this main question:  How can we be a synodal Church in mission?  Synodal is simply walking together and all that conjures up. It is about openness to […]

    Good afternoon, I came across a Homily written by Fr Brian Gleeson an Australian Passionist who died last year. This reading  is earthy and deals with what Good Friday is all about. The scripture readings are for Easter Sunday. So, I thought I would cover a few bases. To me there is no […]

    Morena/Good morning, This week we are venturing into an area that challenges us to strip back some of the things that hinder us from being a man or woman for others. We groan under the weight of busy lives and increasing demands from family which leaves us with little in the tank for […]

    Morena/Good morning, I like the readings this Sunday and I can relate to them. The following has been shared with the Passionist Family Groups people who I write to fortnightly. I thought, I could share this with both this week.  Can you imagine that if we got a block of stone and etched […]