May 27th 2012 Pentecost Sunday
Speak their language: Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. Are you speaking your child’s language? Find out what makes them tick. Speak their language. In order to be a good communicator, we have to learn how to speak other people’s language. Great relationships are formed when we…
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Sunday May 20th 2012 – The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
No hands but yours: ‘Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours; yours are the eyes through which Christ’s compassion looks out on the world, yours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good, and yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now.’ These well-known words of Teresa of Avila give us a taste of how we can…
May 13th 2012 – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Today’s Gospel – All you need is love: ‘Love? Above all things I believe in love. Love is like oxygen. Love is a many-splendoured thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love.’ In an attempt to express the depth of his love, the character Christian from the film Moulin Rouge pulls together the lyrics of some of the most famous love songs of recent decades. Since time began, poetry, prose and song have attempted to put into words the great mystery that is love. ‘At the touch of love, everyone becomes a…
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May 6th 2012 – Fifth Sunday of Easter
Have you ever seen a vine close up? I remember the first trip to Lourdes by coach when we passed through the Bordeaux region and saw for the first time the rows upon rows of vines, heavy with clusters of ripe grapes. If you haven’t had the good fortune to visit a vineyard, think of an apple tree laden with apples (I’ve two in the back garden), or a fruit bush ripe for picking. Imagine the many factors that must come together so that the tree can bear fruit – the sunlight, rain, nutrients, and of course the proper pruning from a prudent gardener. We are now some weeks into the Church season of Easter. During Lent we went through a pruning process of sorts. We cut back on areas of excess, and weeded out some bad habits. What are the unhealthy habits that need to be pruned back in our lives, in order that more loving thoughts and actions may emerge? The symbolism of the vine works on many levels…