by Michael McG | Dec 15, 2018 | Pastoral letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, “Merry Christmas”, “cheers mate”, “have a good one”. We hear a lot of that around this time of the year. Well, “’Tis the season to be merry” and all that. But truly, what is Christmas joy, Christian joy and happiness? Believe it or not, John...
by Michael McG | Jun 4, 2018 | Pastoral letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2.5) I write this letter to you while in Lourdes with the Diocesan Pilgrimage, and these words have lodged firmly in my heart – it is the theme of Lourdes this year taken from the Gospel of the Wedding Feast...
by admin | Feb 24, 2018 | Pastoral letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, What goes up must come down. Breathe in then breathe out. These are truths, facts that most of us would not deny. We take them for granted as self-evident. In a way they are parts of a greater truth, a natural law: the law of gravity and...
by admin | Dec 31, 2017 | Pastoral letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our gospel we have three generations of people represented. First of all there are the newly-weds, Mary and Joseph and their pride and joy, Jesus, their first born; a young couple and their baby. They are eager to do everything right,...
by admin | Dec 2, 2017 | Pastoral letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, It is only when we are awakened to the danger of a particular situation that we begin to react. Recently I was part of a conversation about things that happen when the plane is landing. A friend was on board an aircraft as it was landing...
by admin | May 8, 2017 | Pastoral letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, When we are given some good news, it is hard to keep it a secret. You have just found out that you have got the job you have been seeking for a long time; you have just been unexpectedly promoted; the exam that you thought you had flunked...
