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22. Led By the Spirit

Jesus anticipated that you would need the Holy Spirit to enable you to recognize and properly interpret God’s action in the world…

21. The God Who Meets Us

We “come alive” to who we really are by knowing how much we mean to God.

19. Keeping in Touch

Bring your body along with you. Rather, let it bring you.

18. The Journey into Reality

Becoming the person you are called to be is a journey into reality.

14. You and the Common Good

So what is the role of government? If the dignity of every person really is paramount, then the proper role of government…

13. In the Marketplace

Are you in danger of being used, or of using others? In the context of social and economic life, individualism translates as…

11. Your Future

If you had asked the apostle Paul to say who you are he probably would not have looked to your origins and…

10. Salvation History Continued

You weren’t there with those who knew Jesus during his lifetime.

9. Jesus of Nazareth

One day two of John the Baptist’s disciples followed Jesus along the riverbank.

6. To Dust You Shall Return (Genesis 3:19)

Nature speaks to us about the beauty and power of God.

5. Choosing to See

You’ve got a choice in all this.

4. Looking But Not Seeing

If sometimes you find it hard to see the world as a gift, you are not alone.

3. Coming Alive

When you begin to see your life and everything else around you as a gift, you come alive to how things really…

2. Two Ways of Seeing

When you look out on the world at the beginning of each new day, there are two ways of seeing it.

1. Your Past

You can find out a lot about yourself from both science and religious faith. And that’s good news on both fronts.

Introduction: Facing the Questions

Who is that sitting on a small, rotating plan­et gliding through a large, cold universe? It’s you, of course.

History Pre 1840

When New Zealand was declared a colony in 1840, there were no more than 500 Catholics in the country.

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Icon of Mary

“The peacock green curtains in this image are lined with roses. . . the origin of the word “rosary”.

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Pastoral Letter on the Rosary

Do you sometimes catch yourself wondering what God is really like, or what God thinks of you? Well, God has answered both…

Shoreless ocean

A Shoreless Ocean

A Pastoral Reflection on suffering from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops

The Rosary

Pastoral Letter on the Rosary

A Shoreless Ocean - Audio

Introduction
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Conclusion

Selection of Hymns

Below is a small selection of hymns often sung in parishes around Aotearoa, New Zealand.