One of the most consoling images in the gospels is the image of the good shepherd. Jesus here likens himself to this pastoral occupation...

Some time over the next few weeks the Gospel we have just heard will be solemnly proclaimed at St Peter’s in Rome, and the question it...

There is a cartoon which shows us St Thomas complaining “Peter denied Jesus and he is not called Denying Peter; Mark is not called...

VICTIMÆ PASCHALI LAUDES The liturgical hymn we sing on Easter Sunday, the Victimæ paschali laudes , is one of only three sequences...

Alleluia, the Lord is risen; he is truly risen, alleluia! May he who took on our death take you deeper into the mystery of his life, so...

AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS Across Holy Week we hear the Passion read twice in its entirety, once on Palm Sunday, the other today, Good...

THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT There is, in some sectors of Catholic devotional life, a position which is rather odd. This position is so odd...

There are endless ways to imagine the motivations behind those who praise Jesus with “Hosanna in the highest” and those who say, “Crucify...

This homily was preached as part of the parish’s Offertory Campaign, the first in our parish since 2018.  Please pray for the continuing...

This homily was preached as part of the parish’s Offertory Campaign, the first in our parish since 2018.  Please pray for the continuing...

Considering who it comes from, what it’s meant to do, what in fact it does, and who we are, it’s any wonder we don’t succumb to...

If we went into a Catholic church in Munich in the 1940s, we’d see the statues of Mary and Jesus wearing yellow armbands with the Star of...

Shortly after arriving at Sydney Cove in 1788, Captain Arthur Phillip took the oaths of office to become our first Governor.  One of them...