Search for truth
Have you felt a hunger for the truth recently?If so, you are not alone.Currently the nightly news on TV contains a lot of poorly disguised advertisements, ‘stories’ designed to increase fear, a lashing...
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St Joseph -a year and a prayer
As most would be aware by now, Pope Francis declared a Year of St Joseph from 8 Dec 2020 till 8 Dec 2021.This will overlap with the Year of the Family beginning 19 Mar 2021 and ending 26 Jun 2022.Both...
View ArticleBe prepared
As you may, or may not, be aware, the right to free speech is under serious attack.The most glaring example of this is President Trump’s accounts on social media and email server being shut down. If...
View ArticleA little protest
Should you have been reading this blog for a while, you will soon see some changes. They result from a general queasiness and from the recent attacks against free speech.When I began the foray into the...
View ArticleDefinitely Worth Investigating
As followers of Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life, it is important that we stand up for the Truth when deception is rife. We believe, that however painful it is, 'The Truth will set you...
View ArticleGod's timing: John 1:35-42
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B, comes from the latter part of St John Chapter 1, and contains the account of how the public ministry of Jesus began.What we don’t...
View ArticleMore on God's timing: Mark 1:14-20
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B, comes from the first chapter of St Mark and contains an account of how the public ministry of Jesus began.If it had been up to us, we...
View ArticleUnlike the scribes: Mark 1:21-28
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B, comes from the first chapter of St Mark and shows us how the public ministry of Jesus began.Like the scribes Jesus knew the...
View ArticleFinding Jesus: Mark 1:29-39
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B, comes from the first chapter of St Mark and shows us what happened in the 24 hours after the man was delivered from evil in the...
View ArticleJesus and the leper: Mark 1:40-45
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year B, comes from the first chapter of St Mark and recounts the healing of the leper and its aftermath.When the leper comes close enough to...
View ArticleIt's Go time: Mark 1:12-15
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 1st Sunday of Lent Year B, comes from the first chapter of St Mark and references the testing Jesus went through during 40 days in the wilderness.But that isn’t the part...
View ArticleBest Friends: Mark 9:2-10
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 2nd Sunday of Lent Year B, comes from the chapter 9 of St Mark and narrates the transfiguration of Jesus.Most of the time when we read this Gospel passage we relate to...
View ArticleThe zeal of Jesus: John 2:13-25
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Lent Year B, comes from the second half of chapter 2 of St John and contains an account of the cleansing of the Temple.In the other three Gospels this...
View ArticleAgape: John 3:14-21
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Lent Year B, comes from chapter 3 of St John and contains part of the late-night conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus.It also contains one of the best...
View ArticleDeclaration of Purpose: John 12:20-33
The Gospel for this Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Lent Year B, comes from chapter 12 of St John and is situated chronologically between the Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem and the washing of the feet on...
View ArticleJesus on trial: Mark 14:60-15:3
The Gospel for this Sunday, Palm Sunday Year B, comes from about an eighth of the whole Passion narrative, and is the fifth of those eight portions. It contains the end of the interrogation of Jesus by...
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Response to the Plenary Council Working Document
The Instrumentum Laboris (working document) for the first session of the Australian Plenary Council was released on 25 Feb 2021, and I eventually finished reading it sometime in mid-March.You can read...
View ArticleDawn on the Sabbath: Mark 16:1-7
The Gospel for the Easter Vigil, Year B, comes from the first part of St Mark Chapter 16 and contains the discovery of the empty tomb of Jesus.Three things stood out to me from this Gospel passage, and...
View ArticleAll I want for Easter
A strange thing happened on Good Friday; an email asking if I’d like to pen 600 words of an inspiring nature about my 2021 Paschal Triduum experiences. At that point the Holy Thursday ceremonies had...
View ArticleEvening Mass on Easter Sunday
This Easter I came across a very strange phenomenon – Evening Masses on Easter Sunday being scrapped. Sometimes they were replaced with late morning Masses, but sometimes they were just scrapped.This...
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