Father Peter Fitzgibbon
Is there anything we can do? About a world in peril with many Christians confused! This is the question being addressed by American Cardinal Raymond Burke. He is proposing nine months of prayer for divine help. Starting on the 12th of March and running to 12th December, the latter date being the church’s memorial to […]
On a computer click on image top right for more pictures Where good will prevails, all share a yearning to know more about the origin of the world and the future destiny of its inhabitants. The great physicist Albert Einstein was often a voice of wisdom. Einstein would say: “There are only two ways to […]
There’s trouble afoot, a tumult among nations, words I recall from a version of Psalm Two. Current news on many fronts upsets me. I have questions about security now and protection for the future. How to keep a balance, get a grip, and know where to go? Who to turn to, and how might I […]
Not all of us will have a sudden death. Some of us approaching the end of life will have the opportunity to choose how to die. This realisation came to me nearly three years ago when on my admission to the local emergency department I was asked by someone I assumed was a doctor whether, […]
To take up the cross each day means this, to endure the living of life empowered by this sacred symbol on which are pinned one’s human hope. First some backstory. Like other peoples, Hebrews sought to explain the origin of life. Their spirituality they built upon traditional stories, now written down in the first chapters […]
Covid 19 and its effects weigh heavy on human existence. The world looks to science to understand the virus, to treat and control it, and eventually bring it to an end. For the time being nations have rules to protect lives and livelihoods. Health personnel and other community services step up in support. On the […]
From beginning to end of life, and all along the way, there are issues. At the beginning choosing to have a baby. Towards the end of life, choosing how to die. Questions they are of live and let live, and not new questions. They are questions that will persist. The New Zealand Parliament was presented […]