Just before Mass the other day, I was sitting in the pew reading The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis when something struck me: Behold, Noah, that just man, laboured for a hundred years in building the ark, that he might be saved with the few; and I, how shall I be able in…

The Agony of Choice Lately I’ve been wrestling with many of my own choices, fearing that perhaps I’d chosen wrongly or poorly, and wondering whether the path I’d chosen is the one God would have me take. I said to my spiritual director, “I don’t feel that I’ve thought this through enough.” With such an…

It’s funny how once you feel settled and satisfied in a place or time, only then will something happen to disturb it, leaving you asking for more time. I know all I want is for my good times to go on indefinitely, but to what end? Is it not natural that in order to move…

Today, to celebrate the Feast Day of St Augustine of Hippo (my confirmation saint), I thought I would reflect on his famous words: Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet. St Augustine of Hippo You see, I chose Augustine as my confirmation saint because I felt I could relate to him.…