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Jesus the Good Shepherd. Photo: Picryl.com. This is the edited text of a homily for the feast of St Mary Magdalene, Apostola Apostolorum and co-patroness of the Dominican Order. It was given on 22 July during a retreat for the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia at their motherhouse in Nashville, Tennessee.   Forty years ago, I went […]

We can live justly, tenderly, and humbly with our God. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass on Monday of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time (Year 2) at the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., 20 July 2026. It’s one of the most iconic lines in cinematic history. […]

Portrait of Pope Pius V by Palma il Giovane, 1504-1572 AD, Painting, Rome, Italy. Photo: Picryl.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for the Mass on 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tn., 19 July, 2026. Born in 1504, he was named Antonio Ghislieri in […]

Jesus the Good Shepherd. Photo: Flickr.com. This is the edited text for the homily for Friday Mass on the 15th Week in Ordinary Time (Year 2) at the Dominican Sisters of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tennessee, 17 July, 2026. “Put your affairs in order and get ready to die,” the prophet says in his rather unornamented way (Isa 38:1-8,21-22). It’s good […]

SILVER JUBILEE Jubilarian Group with Mother Anna Grace. Photo: Supplied. Homily for Mass of the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) and Silver Jubilee of Vows of Srs Marie Karol, Perpetua, Marie Hannah, Miriam, Cecilia Joseph and Anna Christi OP. Dominican Sisters’ of St Cecilia Retreat, Motherhouse Nashville Tennessee, 12 July, 2026. The 17th century […]

Jesus teaches, that the end to which God plants His Vine the Son, grafts us onto that vine, prunes us in our seasons, and sustains us with the grace that flows through His trunk, is that we might bear fruit. Photo: Magda Ehlers/Pexels.com. This is the edited text for the Homily for the Pontifical Mass […]

Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral for the launch of Eucharist28. mages by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 ADORING THE EUCHARISTIC LORD: “LET US KNEEL BEFORE THE GOD WHO MADE US” (PS 94:6): Pastoral Letter to the Priests, Religious, and People of the Archdiocese of Sydney on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood […]

Dominican sisters with Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Patrick J Lee. This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP for the Mass of the fourth Sunday of Easter Year A for Consecrated Life at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 26 April 2026. Sheep and goats. They were crucial for Ancient […]

Anzac Day Mass. Photo: Alphonsus Fok. This is the edited text of the homily for the Vigil mass of Anzac Day, Friday the 3rd week of Easter at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 24 April 2026. It was perversely codenamed Unternehmen Mondscheinsonate (Operation Moonlight Sonata) as more than 500 Luftwaffe bombers razed the industrial City of Coventry through the night of 14 […]

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP giving the homily for the Paschal Eucharist. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2026 This is the edited text of the Homily for the Paschal Eucharist, Third Sunday of Easter (Year A), 19 April, 2026 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney. The reality show Shark Tank has had six Australian seasons so […]