Mgr John Armitage, Author at Catholic Herald

Mgr John Armitage

Diary: the Knights Hospitaller, the Holy Land, and the miracle of birth

November 29, 2022

Mgr John Armitage reflects on healing grace, the miracle of life, and joy in this season full of superficiality and blessing

With Christ, we are never alone

December 15, 2016

Fourth Week of Advent ‘And is it true? And is it true?” These lines from John Betjeman’s wonderful poem on Christmas resonate somewhere in the hearts of all people who experience the Christmas story, either as believer or bystander. The glitter, the emotion, the reason for a family gathering and feast underlie the lingering desire

Jesus’s teaching is not a map, it’s a compass

December 08, 2016

Third Week of Advent There is a dawning sense of panic when you have been confidently driving in a certain direction and realise you might be lost. You think that you have been here before – but only in the past 10 minutes. You are going round in circles. The first reaction is to think

Rekindling the fire of God’s love

December 02, 2016

Second Week of Advent Can it be true? Can the wolf live with the lamb, and the calf and the lion cub feed together? Can the cow and the bear make friends and the infant play over the cobra’s hole? Surely not. Our personal experience of the world, and our world-weariness in the face of

The ultimate wake-up call

November 24, 2016

First Week of Advent ‘To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often.” This simple saying of Blessed John Henry Newman can make us uneasy – not only because we are all wary of change, but also because of the word “perfect”. I am not perfect, I reflect; but Jesus uses

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