Holy Week Reflections – Thursday: Dying We Live

Holy Week Reflections – Thursday: Dying We Live

In truth, in very truth I tell you, a grain of wheat remains a solitary grain unless it falls into the ground and dies; but if it dies, it bears a rich harvest. The man who loves himself is lost, but he who hates himself in this world will be kept safe for eternal...
Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

In his reflection on Palm Sunday, otherwise known as Passion Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Fr Jim Fleming explains how the drama of what it means to be a Christian begins to unfold. With Palm Sunday the real drama of what it...
Good News From Wuhan

Good News From Wuhan

Columban missionary, Fr John Boles, explains why Wuhan, now notorious as the probable source of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, signifies Good News for the Columbans. Wuhan! A name now notorious as the probable source of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. But, for...
Easter in Pakistan amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Easter in Pakistan amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Fr Pat Raleigh spent Easter in Pakistan. He writes from Mirpurkhas about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects on Holy Saturday as a time to sit quietly with the paradoxes of life. It is Holy Saturday here in Pakistan. It is very warm. In a few hours we...
Living the Passion during the Covid-19 pandemic

Living the Passion during the Covid-19 pandemic

Fr Tom O’Reilly reflects on the Covid-19 pandemic and asks where can we find energy and meaning to sustain us in these difficult times? As we grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic, many are coping with the death of loved ones, economic hardships, and great uncertainty...