During Advent, old testament readings are very prominent and important. This is because the new testament sees the old testament as leading up to the coming of Jesus. …
Advent Season Faith Reflections
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One of the most prominent figures of Advent is John the Baptist. We will hear of him in both the second and third week of Advent in the 2022-23 Year…
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4 Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit, 5 and there are varieties of services but the same Lord, 6 and there…
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I grew up with parents whose main behavior management tool was the sentence: ‘If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.’ It didn’t always work – but…
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Advent – Week One The word ‘Advent’ means ‘Coming’. It was originally used for the coming of a king or an emperor or a conqueror to…
Advent Season Faith Reflections
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While overseas recently, I spent a day in the Italian city of Verona. It is a beautiful city in Northern Italy which is famous for the fact that…
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Another of the impressive Churches of Paris which has been recently renovated is that of St Germain des Pres which is on the Boulevard of Saint-Germain on the…
Read more I am the oldest of seven siblings who learned to squeeze ourselves into one pew at Mass, put 7 x 10 cents on the plate and, while pretending…
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One of the things I did in Paris, while I was overseas recently, was to walk around the surrounds of Notre Dame de Paris. It is one of…
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During my recent weeks overseas, I was part of a conference on Christian priesthood. This conference is being led by the Australian Catholic University which has a campus…
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