WelCom March 2021 Spiritus Domini (The Spirit of the Lord) is an apostolic letter in the form of a motu proprio by Pope Francis, signed on 10 January 2021 and released the next day. In Catholic canon law, a motu proprio refers to a document issued by the pope on his own initiative and personally […]
WelCom March 2021 John Courtney Murray SJ, 1904–1967, was an American Jesuit priest and theologian who had a major influence on the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. He was the primary architect of Dignitatis Humanae, the Vatican II Declaration on Religious Freedom. Dignitatis Humanae proclaimed religious freedom is the right of every human person, […]
WelCom March 2021 Gospel John 2: 13-25 13 Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the Temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money changers seated there. 15 He made a whip out of cords and drove them all […]
WelCom February 2021 “The steadfast love of our God never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end, They are new every morning New every morning Great is your faithfulness O God, great is your faithfulness.” – Lamentations 3: 22-23 When I was working at Holy Cross College in Mosgiel, which was then the National […]
WelCom February 2021 Rāapa 17 o Huitanguru – Rāpare 1 o Paengawhāwhā 2021 | Wednesday 17 February – Thursday 1 April 2021 He Pono, he manatapu te atua o te koraha | God of the desert is real and active James Lyons, Priest of the Archdiocese An ancient prayer begins, O God of the desert… […]
WelCom March 2021 Before our first meeting of the Council of Priests for 2021, the members gathered the previous day for a day of prayer and reflection. For me, this was a very helpful way to begin the work of the Council of Priests for the year ahead. The Council meeting day was broken into […]
WelCom February 2021 Gospel, Mark 1:29-39 29 On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 30 Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. 31 He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited […]
WelCom December 2020 The feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 is the day on which the Archdiocese of Wellington annually seeks Mary’s guidance and protection with a special prayer of consecration. But are we all clear on what the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception really means? Fr James Lyons explains. A popular interpretation […]
WelCom December 2020 Catholics and other Christians thanking God together A central illusion in most religions is that their beliefs, structures, and rituals are unchanging. They assert a continuity that stretches back into, quite literally, time immemorial. This phenomenon has been studied for more than a century: Mircea Eliade’s notion that religion links people to […]
WelCom December 2020 Second Sunday of AdventMark 1: 1-8 1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. 3A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way […]