02 Dec 2018
Meet Me In The Silence | Fr Lewi Barakat

Meet Me In The Silence | Fr Lewi Barakat

 “Silence is God’s first language,” wrote the 16th-century mystic John of the Cross, because silence is the normal context in which contemplative prayer takes place. And although God in […]

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01 Dec 2018
Homily For Lourdes Day Mass 2018

Homily For Lourdes Day Mass 2018

In The Brothers Karamazov the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky famously wrote that ‘hell is the suffering of being unable to love’. A serious Christian himself, though one who experienced grave doubts

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28 Nov 2018
Remarks For Red Wednesday

Remarks For Red Wednesday

Thank-you Dean Richardson, Mr Toutounji and Mr Tobin. Your Eminences and Excellencies, Reverend Sirs and Ladies, Friends all: welcome to my place! It is a tribute to the kind of country Australia is that religious leaders, representatives

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