Last week, I mentioned using this Easter season to pray about our communities. I noted that the Eucharist must be the heart and the goal...

Today I would like to do something different. A while ago, I asked everyone to commit to praying for vocations. I thank you for that....

Today I would like to focus on the experience of the crowd in our gospel, and I would like to link it to the incredible passage we heard...

The fourth Sunday of Lent is known as Laetare Sunday. This name comes from the entrance antiphon, in which we are told to rejoice,...

Our Gospel today highlights for us a number of false judgments, a type we are all familiar with. The people are judging other people over...

Today we have St Luke’s version of the Transfiguration. It has several interesting elements that can help us understand the time of Lent....

I had a homily prepared to look at the question of judgment, and the strange relationship between our first reading and our gospel....

In the last few months I have discovered a website called the Symbolic world and its creator, a bloke called Jonathan Pageau. He is a...

Who do we trust? This year there will be a federal election, and I’m pretty sure all those standing in that election will be telling us...

Our readings this week all follow a similar pattern. The three readings deal with the notion of vocation. As you probably all know, I am...

Today we have wonderful readings that speak to the creative force of the Word of God. In the first reading, the Word of God forming a...

Today we have heard the final of the three gospels that traditionally refer to the Epiphany: the visit of the Magi, the Baptism of the...

Reading the news on COVID these days, I thought it was a case of ‘here we go again. But then I began to wonder what that even means. Is...

This week we celebrate the Solemnity of the Epiphany. Next week, we celebrate that of the Baptism of the Lord. Traditionally, these...

Tonight/Today we celebrate the birth of our Lord. Our God has come in the flesh. The One who holds all things in the palm of his hand has...