HOMILY The healing of the death man reminds me of my Father’s loss of sight. When he is told by the Doctor that it is much improved then he actually starts to see more clearly. This is more than psychological, as if the poor sight is caused by the false belief that he is going […]
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Homily Points for 22nd Week in Ordinary time
Migrant and Refugee Sunday (Mass of All Nations) It is easy to live our faith in the wrong way. To attend Mass and the sacraments without the deeper commitment to faith in Jesus Christ and a Catholic set of values and world-view. We might be regular at Church but insensitive to the injustice of the […]
Homily Points: 21th Sunday of Ordinary 2015
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Homily Points: 20th Sunday of Ordinary 2015
When I came to Greythorn, after 10 years in Asia, and one year doing little, I looked back at how busy I had been and how I would cope with a quieter life in the leafy Easter suburbs of Melbourne. Sometimes it is difficult to know where people get their energy from. The 12 hour […]
Homily Points: 19th Sunday of Ordinary 2015
The gospel today, that promises a bread that will satisfy every need that we have, is already suggested in the reading from the Book of Kings we read. Elijah, the prophet, feels persecuted, in fact, by Jezebel and her husband King Ahad and cries from his heart: “Lord, I have had enough. Take my life.” […]
Homily points: 18th Sunday of Ordinary 2015
Food is a sign of celebration – but it is also nourishment. The image in John’s gospel is that the people long for this food but no longer for the miracle of food. They long for the secular world, in which we all live, but loose focus on the larger picture of God’s working […]