Sometimes Jesus seems a bit deaf. When people ask Him about fasting, rituals, family respect, punishing an adulteress, divorce, paying taxes, being born again, and the like
04
Nov
2018
22
Oct
2018
A Message From The Archbishop
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP, stands united with Prime Minister Scott Morrison as he delivers the national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
16
Sep
2018
Homily For Mass For 150th Anniversary Of The Marists
It’s one of the harshest lines in the Gospels, certainly one of the harshest to come from Jesus’ lips, and it’s addressed to the very man Jesus is preparing to lead after He has gone.
07
Sep
2018
Homily For Archbishop’s Awards For Student Excellence
Today we celebrate the Spring Ember Day in the Catholic Church. Ember days in the Church roughly correspond to the four seasons, though in general in Australia we only celebrate the Autumn and Spring ones
02
Sep
2018
Homily For Mass For The Anniversary Of The Dedication Of St. Mary’s Cathedral + Institution Of Acolytes
“Hey you guys: don’t you realise you are God’s temple, with the Spirit of God within you?” so St. Paul says to us today (1 Cor 3:9-17).
19
Aug
2018
Homily For Mass For 20th Sunday Ordinary Time B
Cynthia Voigt is a prolific author of novels for young adults. Homecoming, the first of seven books in her Tillerman series, was nominated for several international prizes and adapted for film.
17
Aug
2018
Homily For Pontifical Mass Of Christian Burial For Fr George Connolly
So runs the chorus of an old English folk song that compares human life to that of a leaf, changing with the seasons. At first glance the song seems rather fatalistic, focusing as it does on our inevitable ageing and afflictions – the ‘frost’
15
Aug
2018
In Sæcula Sæculorum: Secularism and Religion Today
After the horrors of the Second World War, in which more systematic perpetration of evil conceived by human minds and crueller things were done to human bodies than at any time in history, it took a great act of faith and hope in humanity
12
Aug
2018
Mass Of The 19th Sunday Ordinary Time B + Consecration Of The Altar
In the realm of music, a ‘counterpoint’ is created when someone adds a different melody on top of or underneath another melody, so that the two work together, in harmony, interdependently.
10
Aug
2018
Mass Of Ordination To The Priesthood Of Rev. Matthew Meagher
“We gather today to offer this Funeral Mass for the late Monsignor Meagher, a priest of Jesus Christ who served God and the people of Sydney faithfully for nearly 60 years, and died last week aged 91.