Traversing Emmaus

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Homily for the First Sunday in Lent, 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Mt Larcom, Qld. “Be with [us], Lord, [for your] Word is near… in [our] mouth and in [our] heart.” (Ps 91 cf. Rm 10:8)

Homily for Wednesday of the First Week of Lent (and the Feast of Saint Frances of Rome), 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld. “Who knows if God will not change his mind and relent?” (cf. Jonah 3:1-10). Even so, "a broken and humble heart, O God, [we do know] you will not spu…

Homily for Friday of the First Week of Lent, 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld. “Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of a wicked man – it is the Lord who speaks – and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live?” (cf. Ez 18:23). "If you, O Lord, should mar…

Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld. “For us, our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes the saviour we are waiting for, the Lord Jesus Christ, and he will transfigure these wretched bodies of ours into copies of his glorious body.…

Homily for Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent, 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld. "Keep your family, O Lord, schooled always in good works, and so comfort them with your protection here as to lead them graciously to gifts on high." (From the Collect). "Come on, let us co…

Homily for Friday of the Second Week in Lent (and the Feast of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem), 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld. "... 'Here comes the man of dreams’ they said to one another. ‘Come on, let us kill him... our brother, and our own flesh'..." (Gen 37:19,20, 26). "…

Homily for the Third Sunday (of Year A) in Lent, 2022, delivered in St Peter Chanel Church, Tannum Sands, Qld. The Sunday Gospel passage is abridged in this episode; the full Gospel can be heard in the following episode. “What am I to do with these people...?" The Lord answered, "Strike the rock, a…

Homily for Wednesday of the Third Week in Lent, 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld. "... have life; enter and take possession; keep [and] observe [these] laws and customs [which] will demonstrate to the peoples your wisdom and understanding..." (cf. Deut 4:1-9). "Salvation …

Pope Francis' Act of Consecration for Ukraine and Russia, prayed on Friday March 25, the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary._____ O Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, in this time of trial we turn to you. As our Mother, you love us and know us: no concern of our hearts is hid…