John Perriam – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:30:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5 The little red hen https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/09/14/little-red-hen/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/09/14/little-red-hen/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2017 03:47:24 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=15964 by John Perriam Sometimes, even now after 45 years, my mind goes back to a significant moment in my life. It was such a simple yet profound revelation. It was an exchange which I still treasure and will until my time here is complete.It was my duty and privilege to visit a man dying in

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Sometimes, even now after 45 years, my mind goes back to a significant moment in my life. It was such a simple yet profound revelation. It was an exchange which I still treasure and will until my time here is complete.echo $variable;

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And Jesus wept https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/08/and-jesus-wept/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2017/05/08/and-jesus-wept/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 04:03:15 +0000 https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=14969 by John Perriam Luke recalls a poignant moment in Jesus’s life when he says of him, looking upon Jerusalem, “. . . and he wept over it . . . ”. (Luke 19:41) At another point in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus said “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you slay the prophets and stone those who are sent to

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Luke recalls a poignant moment in Jesus’s life when he says of him, looking upon Jerusalem, “. . . and he wept over it . . . ”. (Luke 19:41) At another point in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus said “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you slay the prophets and stone those who are sent to you. How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a mother bird collects her young under her wings and you refused me.” (Luke 13:34). Jesus was foretelling the demise of Jerusalem.echo $variable;

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