- Christmas 2005, Midnight Mass 25 Dec 2005
Jesus, the Christ Child we adore, seems to have done better this year in our part of the world than last year. ...
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- First Sunday of Advent 27 Nov 2005
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, when we begin our period of preparation for Christmas, the most popular festival in Australia. ...
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- 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 6 Nov 2005
It is not surprising that the Church brackets together today readings on wisdom and the last things, death and judgement, heaven and hell. ...
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- Redemption and Suffering 17 Aug 2005
On Ash Wednesday 2004 Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" premiered (for the first time, because of the dateline) in Sydney. ...
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- Feast of Corpus Christi 29 May 2005
Even for Christians today, influenced by the world of ideas around us there are plenty of surprises. ...
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- Aboriginal Mass 1 May 2005
Since my last Mass here in the Cathedral on Easter Sunday, we have experienced the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI. ...
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- Santa Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Rome 17 Apr 2005
Today's feast of the Good Shepherd is celebrated at an unusual time for the Catholic Church, the "sede vacante" period when there is no pope.
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- Easter Sunday 27 Mar 2005
At the conclusion of the introductory Service of Light, which begins the Easter Vigil celebrations, where Christ is described as the light of the world, the Alpha and Omega, ...
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- Good Friday 25 Mar 2005
Good Friday means different things to different people. It always has, it does now and will do so in the future. ...
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- Palm Sunday 20 Mar 2005
Holy Week has begun once again with the celebrations for Palm Sunday, the blessing of the palms, the small procession and the reading of the Passion account for the Gospel. ...
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