- Christmas 2010 25 Dec 2010
We often take everyday blessings for granted and do not notice them until they are gone or threatened or diminished. Our health is such a blessing. ...
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- 2nd Sunday of Advent 5 Dec 2010
At Advent, we are called to a change of heart, to repent and believe. ...
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- 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 7 Nov 2010
Amongst the Jews in the time of Our Lord we find two or three main groups with different theologies and styles. ...
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- Introduction to Mass of Thanksgiving 18 Oct 2010
Welcome to this Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonization of St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop and a special word of thanks and congratulations to Sister Anne Derwin, Sister Maria Casey and all the sisters of St. Joseph on this happy occasion. ...
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- 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10 Oct 2010
It is interesting to ponder how a dispassionate and accurate observer of Catholic communities throughout the world, or the English speaking world would describe us. ...
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- 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 26 Sep 2010
The Old Testament prophet Amos was an outsider, a herdsman of Tekoa and a curator of sycamore trees while Jeroboam was King of Israel and Uzziah was King of Judah between 760 BC and 750 BC. ...
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- 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 19 Sep 2010
Today we have Jesus' most controversial parable about the unjust steward, who was dismissed by his boss and worked to secure his uncertain future by reducing by fifty or twenty per cent the debts owed to his master. ...
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- 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 12 Sep 2010
The first reading is from the second book of the Old Testament, the Book of Exodus which tells the story of Moses as he leads the Jewish people out of Israel towards the Promised Land. ...
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- 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 Sep 2010
Many times regular worshippers here at the Cathedral have heard me explain that we need to be clear about the basic Catholic claims, that we should not get lost in the detail, not be smothered by complexity. ...
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- 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 28 Aug 2010
Today's gospel shows that Jesus regarded humility as important and the Old Testament book of Ecclesiasticus, belonging to their Wisdom literature insists that all of us, especially the powerful must behave humbly if we wish to find favour with God. ...
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- St Joseph's College Boarders' Mass 22 Aug 2010
The last two readings tonight from the New Testament, the epistle to the Hebrews and the third gospel written by St. Luke, give us two good themes to consider: the place of suffering and difficulties in our personal development, in our biographies and ...
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- 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 Aug 2010
We begin our National Vocations Awareness Week today, where we emphasise in particular the necessity (for us) of people, men and women, answering God's call to service and leadership within the Church. ...
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- Riverview College 130th Anniversary Mass 1 Aug 2010
It is a good thing for all of us that you have come to St. Mary's, your Cathedral, the mother Church of all Australia to celebrate your 130th Anniversary and to thank God for what you have received and for the tradition to which you belong. ...
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- 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Aug 2010
This afternoon I am preaching at a Mass here in the Cathedral to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the founding of St. Ignatius' College at Riverview, run by the Jesuit fathers. ...
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- 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 25 Jul 2010
Today is Marriage and Family Sunday when we consider the vital role of the family in society and in contributing to personal happiness. ...
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- 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 4 Jul 2010
Yesterday was the feast of St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles personally appointed while Jesus was alive to lead the Church, the community of Jesus' followers. ...
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- Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 27 Jun 2010
The readings today speak to us of the demands of discipleship and of succession, the building of religious tradition across the generations. ...
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- Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 20 Jun 2010
Last week the Sydney Morning Herald had an article where the author wondered whether the idea of God has been wired into us by evolution and was transmitted through our genes. ...
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- Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 13 Jun 2010
All three readings today talk about the great Christian mystery of forgiveness, which we are apt to take for granted until we make a big mistake ourselves and want forgiveness, or are called to forgive others in some serious matter. ...
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- Priestly Ordinations 11 Jun 2010
Today we celebrate the feast of the Sacred Heart, a much loved devotion stemming from the apparitions to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque around 1675, which emphasised the love of God given to each of us through his Son Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. ...
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- Trinity Sunday 30 May 2010
As I go around the schools I regularly speak to the students about the one true God who loves us and explain that the three great monotheist religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam worship this same God. There is no other to be worshipped! ...
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- Pentecost Sunday 23 May 2010
The first reading from the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles gives the classic account of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and the apostles in the cenacle, traditionally believed to be the site of the Last Supper, ten days after Our Lord's Ascension. ...
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- Ascension Day 16 May 2010
Today is Ascension Day, when we celebrate Our Lord's final post-resurrection appearance and his departure for heaven. ...
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- ACU Graduation Mass 18 Apr 2010
As the 2010 Sydney graduands of Australia Catholic University you are especially welcome here in your Cathedral for this Graduation Mass. ...
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- Easter Sunday 4 Apr 2010
A priest friend of mine commented that Easter means more than the Easter Show. ...
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- Good Friday 2 Apr 2010
We find a perfect symmetry between the life of Jesus Our Lord and his teachings; every aspect of his life and dying with all of his teachings, the most demanding as well as the most morally elegant or those which are popular. ...
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- Chrism Mass 1 Apr 2010
We are gathered today for the Chrism Mass, when the oils used in the sacraments are blessed and when we priests remember and celebrate our priesthood in a special way. ...
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- Palm Sunday 28 Mar 2010
We have moved through Lent briskly, as usually happens when we are busy, and now on this Palm Sunday, a happier name than Passion Sunday, we are once again entering Holy Week. ...
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- Second Sunday of Lent 28 Feb 2010
We seem to have an unusual collection of readings for the Second Sunday of Lent. Once in a while I feel like this and then subsequently discover a theme which clearly links the readings together. ...
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