Planning for your big day
After two years of frustrating cancellations due to COVID-19, weddings are back on the agenda in 2022. Bigtime!
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Blind to our own prejudice
Jesus confronts a very human reality,
namely, the tendency to notice the failings of others while being blind to our own: “Why do you observe the splinter in your brother’s eye and never notice the plank in your own?”
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Australia opens up
A loud collective sigh of relief can be heard around the country. After two-years of on-again off-again lockdowns and restrictions because of the pandemic Australia is at last opening up.
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Do good to those who hate you
In the Book of Samuel we find two mortal enemies, David and Saul, in conflict. Saul is the anointed King of Judah and David has been anointed to succeed him. What happens next is an all too familiar human story.
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Back to Mannya
The theme for World Day of Social Justice on Sunday is Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment. One Australian school student, with the help of friends has raised money to improve the education and employment opportunities for the poor in Uganda.
Indigenous suicide needs to be addressed
Recent reports have painted a stark picture of Indigenous suicide rates in Australia.
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Not bad but good
A small boy once asked me what has been the most pertinent question I’ve ever been asked in my more than 50 years as a priest. The children were being prepared for Easter and reflecting on the events of Holy Week when the boy suddenly launched into a second question:
Anointing the sick
Sickness is not just a disorder of the body, but affects the mind, heart, attitudes and emotions as well. It brings people face to face with personal limitations and the frustration of their longings for endless life, meaning and well-being. It also tends to disrupt relationships, including one’s connection with God. Sickness, then, is wide-ranging in its effects, both on the sick themselves and on all others who make up their social world.
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Praise for health workers and the sick
Friday is the World Day of the Sick where we pay tribute to the great work of Catholic health institutions in Australia and around the world.
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Preaching as we walk
According to the book, Life of Francis Assisi, Francis once invited a young monk to join him on a trip to town to preach. Honoured to receive the invitation, the monk readily accepted. All day long he and Francis walked through the streets, byways, and alleys. They rubbed shoulders with hundreds of people.
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