This a perennial question and one of – if not the most often – raised by human beings. It has been pondered over by great thinkers, philosophers and theologians, as well as by common folk afflicted by its subject. These days this question is often used to lash out at Christians by those who reject the notion of a benevolent…

A few of you might have noticed my absence over the last three weeks. I spent that time wandering in the countryside around my hometown. Not that I was looking for the way into the town, nor was I lost. It was my idea of an active holiday combined with visiting my dear Mum. The countryside around my hometown is…

Last Wednesday night at Holy Family Church, Bishop Hugh addressed nineteen young people gathered with their families to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation. He compared the event to an individual Pentecost. Still, he advised them not to get disappointed if there were no spectacular tangible signs like those reportedly appearing at the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem…

Last Sunday, we were trying to peek into the mystery of the Holy Trinity and – in order to do so – we had to resort to the language of metaphors, symbols and comparisons. I’ll leave it to you to decide whether my attempts were successful or not. But the need to use some tactile, tangible imagery proved it obvious…

It took an apple (the fruit, not the electronic device) and an inquisitive mind to “discover” a force to which we all owe our existence. According to legend, Sir Isaac Newton was enlightened by an apple falling from a tree on his head; most historians dismiss this, but he was certainly curious about why apples always fall straight to the…