Take up your cross and follow Me

Peter sits writing, fine brush in his hand. He finishes writing and he sits back and surveys the words on the page. How well he remembers the incident that he’s writing about. Oh, if he had only known then what he knew now he began to re-read the words he had just penned. From that…

Quinquagesima Sunday Reflection

welcome to you my fellow travellers as we journey  on the narrow road to heaven.  A special welcome to our listeners in Christchurch New Zeland on this Lenten season. In this episode we will begin with a meditation on the gospel for Quinquagesima Sunday. After that I’ll tell you a story about a Rock in…

Advent For Devout Catholics

  Our Catholic faith does not leap out of history on Christmas Day nor on Calvary. Our Catholic Religion  began the day our first parents were expelled from the Garden of Eden.  It began with God’s promise of a Redeemer.  God spoke to the serpent: Advent is a time of anticipation in and waiting for…

Reflection: Through the narrow gate

In mediation this morning I went off subject because as I focused on reflecting on the Good Shepherd a picture came to me.  I saw before me an archway and thought of ‘the narrow gate’  Am I getting in through that narrow gate I wondered? I don’t think so.  Not yet.  I see the narrow…

Mary’s Part in Our Redemption

Definition of Redemption We will begin by defining what Redemption really is.  We will come to recognise that to redeem means to buy back and co-redeem means to co-operate in redeeming.    We will then see how  St Raymond, by God’s will and grace, co-operated in Redemption.  Following this we will take a quick look…

Our Paradise Squandered

Our Paradise Squandered -The Sin of Adam In 1906 father William Doyle, an Irish Jesuit went on his yearly ignition retreat. When he had finished. He wrote this in his diary dated, the 25th of November  “In a few, very few years, my name will be forgotten. What would people think of me if they…

I am destined for God

Walk through an actual meditation inspired by St Ignatius Loyola To prepare for meditation and mental prayer begin the previous evening by choosing your meditation. And the predominant fault you will be addressing or the virtue you wish to aquire.  After rising prepare the place for meditation by lighting a candle:    seting up your…