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Ministry of Presence

After 13 years of being assigned to the Philippines, I am now back in my own country doing missio

The Easter Exsultet

Diary cover While studying Hindi at the Columban Center House during my first year in Fiji, I was saying Mass at the Home of Compassion nearby.…

Palm Sunday 2022

This year the celebration of Palm Sunday here in Aotearoa-New Zealand will be more somber because of the COVID 19 restrictions. I will be the…

Prayer for April Fool’s Day

Heavenly Father, I set aside this time
on April Fool’s Day to pray for Your help

Winter’s Farwell

O God, I feel Your presence in the earth
coming to life as Spring begins to take away

Compassionate Heart

Lord, You are the face
of God’s compassion in the world.

Father of Love

Father of love, source of all blessings,
help me to pass from my old life of sin

Our Embracing Refuge

O Mary, Mother of God
as you are above all creatures
in Heaven and Earth,

The Poet and the Saint

These are the words inscribed on a plaque in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. They come from the pen of George Mackay Brown (1921-96), regarded by many as…

Jesus, Sweet Master

Jesus, my sweet Master, I love You so much,
help me to be like You want me to be.