St Josephine Bakhita with the staff and pupils of St John Fisher Secondary School in Peterborough. Photo: Flickr.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass for the feast of St Josephine Bakhita at the Chapel of our Lady of the Rosary and St Peter Chanel, Domus Australia, Rome, Tuesday 8 February 2022. […]
Flag of Australia. Photo: Supplied. This is the edited text of the homily for the Mass of Australia Day, at the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Domus Australia, 26 January 2026. The Australian national anthem, Advance Australia Fair, was written by Scotsman Peter Dodds McCormick under the pen name Amicus. First performed by […]
Claudio Coello, Holy Family. Photo: Picryl.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for a solemn Mass for the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph (Year A) and close of the Jubilee year 2025 at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 28 December 2025. In Rembrandt’s painting of the Holy Family with Angels (1645), […]
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP giving his Homily at Christmas Mass 2025. Images by Giovanni Portelli Photography © 2025 This is the edited text of the homily for the morning Mass of the Nativity of the Lord at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 25 December 2025. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” We […]
Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness – painting by Annibale Carracci (MET, 2009.252). Photo: Wikimedia Commons. This is the edited text of the homily of the Lourdes day Mass for the Order of Malta at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 6 December 2025. A recent McCrindle report offers a fascinating snapshot of trends in naming our bubs. For over […]
Preaching of St John the Baptist by Domenico Ghirlandaio, between 1486 and 1490. Photo: Wikimedia Commons During the week before Christmas, as we celebrate with the Christmas at the Cathedral each night in Sydney, the Church sings a series of ancient Advent acclamations known as “The O antiphons.” At Vespers each night the Church prays to Christ […]
It is in ordinary deeds that we imitate the selfless love of Christ and are conformed to being like Him. It is there that we build up our families, community, Church. Photo: Pexels.com. This is the edited text of the Homily for the Solemn Mass for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C), at St […]
Heavenly treasure is what our hearts most deeply crave: the riches of grace, mercy, love. Photo: Pexels.com. This is the edited text of the homily for Monday of the 19th week of ordinary Time. Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Chester Hill, 20 October 2025. The idea of a treasure hunt might seem a vestige of the old world – a […]
Life, Marriage and Family Sunday at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney. Photo: Giovanni Portelli 2025. This is the edited text of the homily given by Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP on the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C + for Life, Marriage and Family Sunday at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, 19 October 2025. It’s a bit of […]
Stunning View of Interstellar Nebula in Deep Space. Photo: Pexels.com/Yihan Wang. This is the edited text of the Homily for Mass at the ARC Conference, Tuesday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time, St Margaret’s and All Saints London, 18 February 2025 (Feast of Blessed Fra Angelico). In December of last year, NASA telescopes in […]
