4th Sunday: The Parable of the Lost Son
In today’s Gospel comic, the Lost Son is likened to those who return to Mass after being away for so […]
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR THE 4TH SUNDAY LENT (LÆTARE SUNDAY), YEAR C
It’s a mystery in families, why one kid turns out one way, another so differently, even though they’ve had the same upbringing, affection and advantages. Today a boy asks for his inheritance early (Lk 15:1-3,11-32). In the Ancient Near East it’s a terrible request.
What if I’m not good enough? (Vocations)
A sense of unworthiness troubles many young people discerning their vocation. Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP addresses this. REFLECT 1.
Two Gardens
Adam in the Garden of Eden and Jesus in the Garden of Gethesemane… What do they have to do with
HOMILY FOR UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME AUSTRALIA GRADUATION MASS
‘A long melancholy meditation on loss, impermanence and that noble, stubborn, foolish thing called love.’ ‘What gives it its emotional heft is the sense of expiry and mortality that hangs over it.’ It ‘confronts the irreversible forward march of time, the pain of abandonment, the loss of love.’
How to Help a Friend in Need
“She’ll be right, mate,” is a slogan as quintessentially Aussie as the Victa Lawnmower, the Hills Hoist Clothesline and Vegemite
Project Compassion: Peter’s Story
Peter is thrilled to now have clean water on tap at his boarding school. Long walks to unsafe water sources
Overcoming Fear of Commitment (Vocations)
Allergic to commitment? Fear of committing can stop us in our tracks and leave us stagnant in our journey of
Saying Yes to God (podcast)
The Feast of the Annunciation is one of the most important feasts in the Church Calendar. It celebrates the moment
HOMILY FOR MASS FOR 3RD SUNDAY LENT C + INSTALLATION OF FR JOSEPH GEDEON AS PARISH PRIEST
Suffering. Innocent suffering. What sense can any human being, any religion make of it? And how can we believe in a good God in the face of it? The common answer in the ancient world was: he got what he deserved.
3rd Sunday: The Fruitless Fig
Our Faith is like the fig tree … when life gets difficult we can’t just give up on our Faith
Extraordinary Women: Sisters in Rwanda
Hello, I’m Sister Cecilia. I live in Rwanda, a beautiful country in the heart of Africa. Since I was a