Catholic pilgrimage

 God has rooms of heaven. Dream of many rooms in relation to St Pauls 7th heaven. It makes sense.  

Good or bad dreams, need to be taken witha grain of salt 

Day two of ministry dream  Approval from the Bishop to follow the Holy spirit.

In sickness. that is the time to reflect on the situation and how mortal we are. We will see the truth about life at this time, and do not be afraid.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, This lent 2018, I delved deep into one of my faults, presumptuousness. I have been going to the monestary to do my usual solitary deep thinking, really called contemplation, if you walk with Jesus and relate your experiences with the Gospels and love the Celtic cross meditation walk next to the guest house. So I started raking the paths, pruning the hedges and started doing 'work' in the verge garden. This action started a conflict that is causing disharmony and not the path St Benedict wanted. I have only started reading O' Connell on the Vows and Obedience is very hard to understand. O' Connell clarifies the definition in its true contextual meaning, let all things be done in the love of Christ. This is not easy when our ego gets in the way. Looking back at my mistakes over Lent I think of Peter denying he knew Jesus, there is justification for lying. Not good of course but what do you do when you are terrified. This was my reflection. I ...

When I first started going to the monestary I had a vision of 3 men standing in front of me while I slept, I was conscious of where I was and I couldn't hear what they were talking about but one guy was clearly disagreeing with the others.  I continued to return to Kopua over the next 15 years and after marrying moved to Norsewood a small village 10km away. In this first post I want to write about the way of monastic life and my experiences, the people who play a good part in my formation. Becoming more Christ-like is so hard, even with the awesome power of the Sacraments. Sin is always easy and very close by. I have been reading "Merton" and the vow of stability is moving me to a greater degree of humility/humiliation this is a good but difficult time for me. 

Gospel LK 5:1-11 In todays reading it struck me that the surprise of Peter when the miracle of fishes happened, it was a little on the humorous side. When Peter says 'Depart from me for I am a  sinful man'' I think he was in such good humour that the mood reflects the day. The sun was shinning. Jesus does another miracle for the Apostles, they are still  astonished even after all  this time.   I consecrate myself absolutely to Mary, in the capacity of a slave, for time and eternity

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

I met Fr Jim Norris in 2005 and I believe that when he gave me his diaries it was the Holy Spirit working. I have been discerning what to do with this gift and I am not willing to do anything without the proper approval of the Hierarchy.  I have attached our submission, which is rather long but gives an outline of our aims. There are more documents on our monthly Formation program, a Constitution and the book ‘The Fr Norris Reflections’. The purpose of our asking you for this help is that I believe it is getting close to the time where we need a Priest to help form an apostolic society and we would really like your help to find that special Priest that can come to our Parish to work part time for the ‘Norrisites,’ which is the name of our group. The Norrisites is a group that by its nature is for the poor and disabled, those people who are usually not able to join in the regular religious institutions. We are a religious society that comes before RCIA programs. We encoura...

Worthy Is The Lamb: The Seven Words from the Cross : Father , Forgive them ; for They know not what they do - The first two words of Lord Jesus Christ on Cross are about the Forgi...

The aim of every Christian is to love God with all their heart, mind, body and soul and the neighbor also . The objective of this work is to disseminate the information from the Fr Norris ‘work’, which are his reflections on the St Ignatius Spiritual Exercises. A spiritual journey is something that is often unseen and the smallest ripples in the pond can create a spiritual change in your life and those of your family. The diary of Fr Norris is developing into a Charism, it is more than a book and    it is up to the Church Hierarchy to discern if it is of any use.      The grace that Jesus Christ gives us in return for loving him is unquestionable great, often unseen yet powerful and our lives are to learn to hear His voice the Holy Spirit and live like he teaches, “to love one another as I have loved you.” The work is written for anyone, of any denomination but especially aimed at those who are willing to develop their Catholic faith. ...

The Fr Jim Norris Reflections The Constitution has specially selected Cannon Laws and Catechism citations to aid the novice in formation and is an additional aid to develop the faith and includes selected; scripture, Canon Law, Catechism, Encyclicals and the teaching of the living Magisterium by live broadcasts from the Vatican. Our charism is rooted from the Fr Norris diary, these are the reflections taken from the eight handwritten notebooks of Fr Jim Norris which is adapted from the Columban 30 day St Ignatius retreat he did in the 1940’s at Essedon, Australia. Step before popularility. The approval letter by Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, OFM, and Fr. Sebastiano Paciolla, O. Cist., respectively secretary and sub-secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Introduction The aim of every Christian is to love God with all their heart, mind, body and soul and the neighbor also . This has been the goal of every...