Homily – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
July 15, 2022 - by CBD Parish
Martha’s busy and Mary’s quiet! In recent weeks and months, there are many people who try to ‘escape’ the winter in Melbourne and to find warmer…
Read moreMartha’s busy and Mary’s quiet! In recent weeks and months, there are many people who try to ‘escape’ the winter in Melbourne and to find warmer…
Read moreLast week at the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia, an impasse was reached. The motion was put to the floor of the council…
Read more“Our God is a God who cares, heals, guides, directs, challenges, confronts, corrects. To discern means first of all to listen to God, to pay attention…
Faith Reflections Plenary Council
Read moreChristendom: the merging of society and Christianity Last week in response to the publication of some results of Australia’s most recent census, I began to look…
Read moreWho is my neighbour? A couple of weeks ago I was driving down Victoria Street in Richmond to meet a friend. As I got closer to…
Read moreThis has been a landmark week for the Catholic Church in Australia with 277 delegates gathering in Sydney to formally vote on motions that will project the Church into the…
Read moreI believe in one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church My contribution to the Bulletin last week began with the third part of the Creed. The…
Read more‘Peace to your house’ This week, 51 bodies were found in a truck container due to the immigration crisis in Texas, US. This week, there were…
Read moreI have long been an admirer of Joan Chittister OSB, the Benedictine nun, spiritual warrior and all-round good woman, so was thrilled to be able to see and…
Read moreI believe in the Holy Spirit In the earlier Creed – the Apostles’ Creed – there is the above very simple statement about the Holy Spirit. …
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