Today, on the Fourth Sunday of Lent, known as Laetare Sunday, the sombre purple of Lent softens into rose. Thinking what to say today, I...

So many things are done to us to make us think one way or another way. Headlines in newspapers, particularly online, often bear little...

I remember visiting the former East Germany when I was a lot younger, the cobbled motorways, the strange food, particularly dishes based...

Suffering, loneliness, illness are things that nobody wants. We do our best to get rid of them. Doctors, nurses, researchers, social...

Today is Candlemas, a pivotal point in the year. Traditionally it was when winter began to close up, supplies of food were maybe scarce,...

We tend to blame things that we do on things we have not done. Hence I sat on a bus in London some years ago listening to someone being...

Imagine a special parish event—a joyful occasion, perhaps even a visit from the bishop. Everything’s going well. We’ve had a lovely Mass,...

We can point at things and wait for things for a long time, and sometimes get ourselves so occupied in the action of so doing that we can...

Epiphany is here, and the last Hurrah of Christmas with it, although it carries on liturgically until next Sunday and in a slightly more...

Home Alone is a perennial Christmas film with, incidentally, a cracking soundtrack by John Williams. If you’ve never seen it, (spoiler...