The little Catholic Church at Tianxiang, Taroko Gorge comes attached with a hostel – basic but clean. Amidst the lovely poinsettia, the chinese Prayer of St Francis, lies a lovely Church and the Christmas Crib.
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What description can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place: “We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn’t dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn’t be mourners.” ‘For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He is…
Paradoxology is the title of a book by Sr Miriam Therese Winter, the acclaimed Medical Missionary Sister, musician, scholar and author. In this book, she combines quantum theory with the theology of transformation, the spiritual evolution from Chaos, Consciousness and Connection. The Spirituality of the Paradoxes is embedded deeply in Divinity and there are so…
In the Gospel reading where Jesus saves Zacchaeus, the senior tax collector, we see Him ‘passing through’ the town of Jericho. Jesus decides to stay over at Zacchaeus’ home after witnessing the faith and the remarkable zeal of the latter who attempts to seek out his Presence. In turn, Zacchaeus, in a sweeping act of…
The account of the ten lepers who lived, ostracized from the community in the border region between Samaria and Galilee, is the subject of this account of the lack of gratitude by 9 of them, when only one returned to thank Jesus for curing them (Luke 17:11-19). What of the priests and what did they…
Homily of Pope Francis at the Holy Mass and Rite of Canonization of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Saint Peter’s Square, 4 September 2016 “Who can learn the counsel of God?” (Wis 9:13). This question from the Book of Wisdom that we have just heard in the first reading suggests that our life is a mystery…
We are again reminded that to do good and to be renewed in our desire for the eternity, we need to not only be new wines – but to be clothed in new skins*. The other gem that comes to mind in adopting this new clothes is to accept that we are mere vessels** – and…
These photos, taken over two seasons in Spring, of the coastal city in the southern tip of South Korea is a wonderful reminder of the rhythm of the city as the seasons pace themselves through the year. Busan is neither metropolis nor a village, and its roots as a seaport is revealed by the dotted…
This is the house that Frank Lloyd Wright built over a waterfall at Bear Run, Fayette County, in rural southwestern Pennsylvannia for the family of Edgar J. Kaufmann, owner of Kaufmann’s department store, as a weekend home. It is regarded as one of the architect’s most beautiful masterpiece, building over the falls instead of…
For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is a good thing., but if salt has become insipid, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another. (Mk 49-50) Photonote: May 2016, at Badwaters, Death Valley National Park, CA. GM1