Marist Messenger

In one of Anthony de Mello’s stories, God decided to visit the earth, so He sent an angel to survey the situation prior to his visit. The angel returned with his report. “Most of them lack food.” God said, “Then I shall become incarnate in the form of food for the hungry.”

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The meeting house is the Marae’s greatest identity. Known to us all as ‘Hine’ the meeting house was built during 1905, and opened on 8th December,1906. So next month she is 100 years old.

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November 29, 1986, was a blazing summer’s day in the red desert of central Australia. At Blatherskite Park, Alice Springs, Aboriginal people from near and far had gathered to await the arrival of Pope John Paul II.

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The bus stopped and I took my first uncertain step into the stifling heat. The town was crowded with tourists. Taxi drivers waited patiently by their BMWs. Polystyrene statues of the Virgin Mary stared at me through shop windows while hundreds of Rosary beads fell like glittering kaleidoscopes of waterfalls into pools of Miraculous Medals.

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My friends Bill and Kathe are Byzantine Catholics. We met one day because I wanted to learn more about Byzantine practice of the Faith. The two had sparked my interest a year earlier when they gave me a booklet Kathe had written on how to live Lent as it is lived in the East. When they called they brought with them a travel bag filled with icons. Good teachers that they are, my friends produced the painted panels one at a time, commenting on each before displaying the next.

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Just Jokes

What do you call a man who claps at Christmas time?
Sant-applause

What do you call a camel with three humps?
Humphrey

What do you get if you eat Christmas decorations?
Tinsel-itis

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