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...

There are so many announcements and proclamations made that sometimes you could be forgiven for being a little underwhelmed by their...

Today we celebrate Gaudete Sunday, a moment in Advent where the mood shifts, where the purple of penitence softens into rose, and the...

There is a time and a season to go back home – to return to some kind of beginning, whether this is to rediscover the reason we set out...

All through his life Jesus showed that he was no pushover, he was his own man, if you like. No one controlled him. No one manipulated him...

We are approaching Advent and the beginning of the new liturgical year, so there is a deliberate theme of endings to the readings now,...