Happy New Year 2020…may it be a year full of goodness and beauty for each one of you, for family, friends and readers….for the entire world! The year always begins “bathed in the radi-ance of Christmas”. From a “Manger” comes Light and Life. This is what the Christmas story is really about but is often forgotten or airbrushed from the festive season which goes...
The Saints of old, those canonized and those whom Pope Francis calls “the saints next door” knew how to place prayer at the heart of life. The month of November invites us to do likewise. December 1st marks the First Sunday of Advent and each subse-quent week is like a “prayer walk” towards Christmas. Blessed Peter Vigne suggests to us a way of praying. May prayer, morning,...
“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Yet we are called to be instruments of God our Father, so that our planet might be what he desired when he created it and correspond with his plan for peace, beauty and fullness” Pope Francis Laudato Si 53. What did Peter Vigne say about Creation? He, who took time to...
Life is not possible without water..During the months of July and August, many people will have the oppor-tunity of spending more time outside and enjoying the natural world. The words of Blessed Peter Vigne remind us that prayer is not too unlike a garden…..it will be fertile and fruitful…..as long as we ensure there is an adequate supply of water! Even holidays can offer us time to pray...
