What’s the most important thing in your life? What’s the one call you would never ignore? For some people, the most important thing in...

Our first reading tells of the rejoicing that surrounds the Lord gathering his people again. This is something we can relate to as we...

This Sunday’s readings give me a deep sense of vertigo. Just as the devil took Jesus to the top of a high mountain and showed him all the...

Everything is possible for God. We are living in a very complicated world. Many people throughout history have documented the problems...

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned an interview between the American Bishop Robert Barron and a Canadian psychologist, Jordan Peterson....

This week’s gospel follows last week’s gospel, and we need to read them together. When we do read them together, they have something to...

Our first reading presents us with a vision of evil. Our first reading goes beyond wanton destruction, goes beyond the desire to watch...

This week I have been thinking about the reorganisation of the Church in Melbourne. I was listening to a podcast on urbanization and the...

Today I would like to focus on two things that come out of the readings: first, the movement from fear to hope; second, the link between...

In our first reading last week, we had Moses asking the people, who is your God? The Lord? Or the gods of the surrounding people? The...

This year is year B in our liturgical cycle and so we have readings from the gospel of Mark. But because the gospel of Mark is shorter...

Today, I would like to set some homework first. I’d like to encourage everyone today to read a certain poem out loud. That poem is called...

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of St Mary of the Cross Mackillop. We also bring to an end National Vocations Awareness Week; though, I...

I have a controversial statement to start with. Christians don’t have to drink wine.

Today we have with us Joseph Schaefer from the seminary. He was also with us during Holy week. He has come to speak to us for Good...

This reminds me of summer evening sunlight and a cool breeze. For some reason, the start of this gospel reminds me both of warmth and of...

Think of the boundaries and limits that we create for ourselves. The people we regard as being less than us, the people we look down on...

The women in the gospel confront an empty tomb a giant boulder has been rolled away—where there should be death there is life and THIS...

As human beings we all have some longing to be admired and respected, that is fair enough and we mostly like to fit in with society.

During the long period of lockdown last year, I was browsing idly at paintings for sale on an art website. I was just flicking through...