A pair of Indian Ringneck Parakeets have been visiting my garden daily for a long time, feeding on the pod seeds of the yellow Dwarf Peacock or Caesalpinia pulcherrima – but it is on Christmas Eve that we finally encounter them (and photographed one), as the worries of the world is set aside, to spend…
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…
How tiny and delicate, this pink peacock flower is as it soak in the verdent garden air, after a tropical downpour. The raindrops linger for as long as possible, clinging to life for as long as they can, before their inevitable recycle into the void of the metaphysical. Eternal has been brought into the Present…
After centuries of war, Catholicism and science reconciled over meridian lines. via Catholic Churches Built Secret Astronomical Features Into Churches to Help Save Souls — Longreads
The Japanese enjoy the colors of autumn like no others. Here, amidst the slender trees and the autumn forests of the valleys and hills of Takao in northern Kyoto, visitors stop for a hot udon meal on their way up to the Jingo-ji temple. A missed stopped for an intended visit to Roanji Temple brought…
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…
The South Garden offers great joy and peace because it is a garden we seldom explore in a microscopic way, but takes in on occasions its seemingly endless capacity for growth and sustenance, supporting the flora and fauna that comes to participate in its life. It is an incidental place – of blue skies…
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…