Recently, a friend of mine came across a street preacher in Aberdeen city centre. His efforts seemed to have no traction with the city dwellers, unlike the prophet Jonah in today’s first reading. The street preacher’s enthusiasm, zeal and megaphone failed to attract any attention. I can admire his resolve as he continued despite having no effect on anyone. I…
I hope this question isn’t too intrusive… How long have you been a Catholic? I guess a good chunk of us here can be classified as “cradle Catholics”, born to Catholic parents, baptised as a baby and raised in a family where Catholic traditions were the bread and butter of everyday life. On top of that, in my case, I…
“How do you know elephants love to travel? Because they always pack their trunk.” Everyone else has more trouble packing their luggage for a trip. Personally, I hate it. You have to think about what you will need, both for the journey and at your destination. Based on that, you pick up all the required items. Then you realise that…
The perfect family… has never existed. And never will. Yes, we might perceive some families as perfect, but that’s only what you see on the surface. In my short career, I’ve come across a great number of near-perfect families that turned out to be anything but that. A perfect community exists in only two places: heaven and graveyards. What about…
“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light” – and here we are, inside this well-lit, bright, warm church hall. But that’s not the main reason we’ve left our homes, TV shows and whatever else we usually do at this time of day. We are here tonight to celebrate the incomparably more powerful source of light than…