Called To Serve
In this issue we examine God’s call for vocations from various angles: how that call is heard, how it is...
April 2009
Baptism not for Easter Mass
I imagine that for all Catholics, to attend a beautiful sung Mass on Easter Sunday morning must be one of...
As a rule of thumb, we can be as happy as Larry
TEN years ago, my wife asked me who Larry was and why he was so happy. All these years and...
The Cycles of Silent Adoration
Easter weekend is one of the periods in the church calendar the Eternal Year when I feel most proud to...
Pray for Zim prisoners
Pictures of starving and dying prisoners in Zimbabwe jails, so reminiscent of World War II concentration-camp pictures, have moved me...
AIDS: Last lines of defence
The public indignity that greeted Pope Benedict’s comments about Aids prevention, made in March on his flight to Cameroon, has...
Murderous school discipline
Regarding the article “We spray jealousy like bullets” by Ron Rolheiser OMI (April 8-14), I suggest another dimension to mass...
How prayer raises mind and heart
I was taught that prayer is the raising up of the mind and heart to God. This means little to...
English us a ridiculous language
Sitting in front of my computer trying to think of something light and entertaining to write in the spirit of...
