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HOMILY FOR SOLEMN MASS OF PENTECOST  (YEAR B)
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HOMILY FOR SOLEMN MASS OF PENTECOST (YEAR B)

Happy birthday! We gather today, as we would for any birthday party, so we can celebrate the Church’s birthday together. The Acts of the Apostles tell us that before Pentecost the disciples gathered in the upper room with Mary to pray for the wisdom to know what to do next (Acts 1:13-14).

HOMILY FOR MASS FOR 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR B
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HOMILY FOR MASS FOR 6TH SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR B

They were practical men. The Apostle Peter, hero of our first reading (Acts 10:25-48), insisted he was “only a man”, a simple man, a fisherman (Mk 1:16); though Christ made him a fisher of men (Mk 1:17), he reverted to his old craft from time to time (Mt 17:27; Jn 21:3-19; cf. Mt 14:22-32).

HOMILY FOR VIGIL MASS OF ANZAC DAY
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HOMILY FOR VIGIL MASS OF ANZAC DAY

Myth. We often use the term to mean some supposed ‘fact’ or version of events that is untrue but commonly believed. We might think of the ‘urban myths’ that using a mobile phone near a petrol pump risks blowing up the petrol station,[i] or using one on a plane will interfere with the navigation instruments.

INTRODUCTION TO FUNERAL MASS FOR EDWARD IDRIS CARDINAL CASSIDY
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INTRODUCTION TO FUNERAL MASS FOR EDWARD IDRIS CARDINAL CASSIDY

Welcome to this Solemn Pontifical Funeral Mass for Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy, Companion of the Order of Australia, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, President Emeritus of the Commission of the Holy See for Religious Relations with the Jews

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