We’ve all got something embarrassing in our past, some great shame we’ve repented of and would rather not be reminded of: mine is that I used to be… a lawyer.
04
Apr
2019
04
Apr
2019
How I Pray Through Worship
LOUISA DANIELS Thank You For The Music In the perennial words of ABBA, ‘Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk; she says I began to sing long before I could talk.’ I’ve always been a musical person. Some of my earliest memories are Dad educating us with all his favourite music on […]
03
Apr
2019
Project Compassion – Michaela’s Story
Michaela is a 21-year-old trainee at Purple House, a dialysis center in the Central Desert for people suffering from kidney disease. With the support of Caritas partners, Michaela is helping to build a social enterprise, a connection to culture and a new outlook for the chronically ill. REFLECT “Hope requires that we spin a few […]
02
Apr
2019
Volunteering: Faith in Action
Nora Moya is one of the students who volunteered for CatholicCare last Christmas, to prepare fresh food hampers for families in need. In this video, we learn about the rewarding experience of volunteering for an organisation and how it helped Nora grow in her faith. REFLECT1. Nora and her classmates volunteered alongside people with disabilities. […]
01
Apr
2019
Love is action: Caring for our elderly
Sister Rosarii is a religious sister belonging to the Little Sisters of the Poor, who has given her whole self as a gift to God in service. She has dedicated her life to serving the elderly in a home run by her community in Randwick, Australia. REFLECT 1. What stood out to you in this […]
31
Mar
2019
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 long. Like the faithful brother, we too might be faithful, regular churchgoers, active in our youth groups or local parish. But just like the brother, we too might fall into jealousy and become indignant at […]
31
Mar
2019
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.
30
Mar
2019
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. Have I questioned my worth for my aspirations or when discerning a vocation? 2. How can I overcome feelings of unworthiness? PRAYERLord, I know that Your Word tells me that I am fearfully and wonderfully […]
29
Mar
2019
Two Gardens
Adam in the Garden of Eden and Jesus in the Garden of Gethesemane… What do they have to do with each other? Discover how Christ is the ‘Last Adam’ in this animated video, drawn from Venerable Fulton Sheen’s Life of Christ . REFLECTJesus is ‘the new Adam’, indicated by St. Paul in the Letter to […]
28
Mar
2019
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.’
