Newsletter – 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C.
REFLECTION by Nick Brodie ‘Wars begin from the tongue’, says Pope Francis. Reflecting on today’s Gospel passage, he draws our attention to the importance of choosing our words…
Newsletter – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C.
SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY by Brendan Byrne SJ Today’s Gospel continues Luke’s instruction to his disciples known as the Sermon on the Plain. As if the Beatitudes (and Woes) that…
Newsletter – Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C.
REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate Not a Celestial Joke! Blessed are the poor? – the hungry? – those who mourn? What is Jesus doing in these Beatitudes? Jesus…
Newsletter – Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C.
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart Try to picture what Simon Peter was like. He was a very proud man, and his reputation as a fisherman…
Newsletter – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C – AUSTRALIA DAY
Australia Day Reflection by Fr Michael Tate The Beatitudes we just heard are at the beginning of the ‘Sermon on the Mount’. This sermon provides a picture of…
Newsletter – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C.
Gospel Reflection Today’s first reading from Isaiah is one of several references in the Old Testament that use wedding imagery – bride and groom – to describe the…
Newsletter – The Baptism of the Lord. Year C.
REFLECTION by Nick Brodie Pope Francis draws our attention to a couple of interesting aspects of Jesus’ baptism, which offer useful lessons for Christians today. One of these…
Newsletter – The Epiphany of the Lord. Year C.
REFLECTION by Fr Michael Tate Stars and Seekers after Truth Unlike the writers of the horoscope columns in our newspapers, these Wise Men were scholar astrologers, probably from…
Newsletter – The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart Picture yourself in Jesus’ situation. You have been sightseeing with your parents at the festival in the big city, and…
Recent Posts
Newsletter – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A.
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart The Reign (power and control) of God is also known as the Kingdom of Heaven. It takes place on earth…
Newsletter – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A.
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart It’s lucky for us that God is the only one who distinguishes the weeds from the wheat. Think of your…
Newsletter – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A.
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart This farmer who is sowing doesn’t seem to have much of a plan. There isn’t an organised effort to prepare…
Newsletter – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year A.
REFLECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE – by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart According to Jesus, children know more about some of God’s secrets than do the most clever adults. Have you ever…