So great a mystery
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, a Roman senator in late antiquity, was horrified by the Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity....
14.2.2021
3:34
19.12.2020
17:45
Disturbed by these words
In 1954 Iris Murdoch published her first novel, Under the Net. It is about a man...
5.12.2020
18:25
Advent takes us beyond
Advent takes us beyond ourselves. There are times when we glimpse this, especially when we are...
28.11.2020
15:16
A lonely death
We had an unusual anniversary this week: a dying man attended by a dying man. Fr...
14.11.2020
20:00
‘Our children may see this’
Far away from Africa in a corner of SE Europe a war raged that ended with...
8.11.2020
6:23
Ten bridesmaids, ten interpretations
There are different ways you can interpret the parable of the ten bridesmaids which we read...
1.11.2020
6:42
‘An ill-fated people’
The late Lawrence Vambe – he died last year aged 102 – opened his celebrated book,...
24.10.2020
20:33
Standing up
My eye caught a report in the news lately of a courageous Indonesian who is engaged...
10.10.2020
20:34
Fratelli tutti – the space between
Creating enduring unity among people is an on-going task. Zimbabweans were united in their desire to...
5.10.2020
8:44
A time to choose
Among the simple dramatic stories Jesus told, which we call the parables, The Vineyard stands out....
