Tag Archive | Jesus
Marriage: Willed and designed by God
Since tomorrow’s gospel speaks about the basic ground of human marriage- that is, it is designed and willed by God from the beginning, I am posting here as part 1 of my Sunday reflection online, a piece of my 25,000 word theological synthesis which I did last year to complete my Academic requirements for […]
Going out of our Comfort Zones
Homily for 13th Sunday in Ordinary time 2012 [year B] (In Australia: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Sunday) Last night, I attended an Ordination to the priesthood in Melbourne. This young man was in the seminary with me in Corpus Christi Seminary in Melbourne for about two years, before he was sent to Rome for further […]
Birth of John the Baptist 2012
The Church offers us two sets of readings for this feast – one for the vigil, and one for the day itself. I have decided this year to use those prescribed for the vigil simply because they are less familiar to us than the others. In particular you will notice that the gospel stops short […]
Pentecost: Empowering the Church
Pentecost B 2012 We might say that the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples liberated them from their fear and transformed them into apostles, men with a mission. Not for nothing do we say that this feast marks the birthday of the Church. Let’s look more closely at what today’s readings tell us. […]
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