To say that the last 15 months were challenging is a bit of an understatement. There has been a broad range of difficulties that we have had to face as individuals, families, communities and nations. Those challenges produced different responses on individual, communal and national levels; ranging from despairing to opportunistic and everything in between. To make this planet-sized crisis…
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In a recent interview, a celebrity-turned-farmer said: ‘I thought farming was a part-time thing; you just put seeds in the ground, weather happens, food grows then you sell it.’ Which is in line with today’s gospel reading and its first parable. Except it isn’t. Because, as the newly minted farmer continued, ‘it’s a full-on, twenty-hours a day, seven days a…
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Last Thursday, throughout the whole country of Poland, a countless number of marches took place, with banners and flags being carried and waved, and songs being sung. Some of those rallies consisted of massive gatherings of thousands of people; some were rather small, with a couple of dozen attending. This wasn’t a widespread protest or strike. Whether the marches were…
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Last week, on Pentecost Sunday, we heard about the dramatic, spectacular outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Apostles ‘began to speak foreign languages’ despite not having completed any foreign language course. This ability was attributed to the Holy Spirit they had been filled with. ‘The crowd gathered and was bewildered because each one heard them speaking in the native language…
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‘Common sense’ has recently become even more commonly used (excuse the pun), particularly in the discussion regarding easing the Covid restrictions. The phrase is often employed by those arguing for a quicker pace or for complete abandonment of the current constraints. Their argument is that people should use their ‘common sense’ rather than adhere to regulations and guidelines issued by…