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Throughout October 2024, Br Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications for the Diocese of Parramatta and the Pope Francis Fellow at Newman College, University of Melbourne, will provide reports on the second session of the Synod on Synodality in Rome. This is his second update for Thursday 10...
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For we all know the example Pope Francis has been giving to the world. His message is simple: it’s all about encounter....
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The Cross mysteriously reveals God’s immense love and compassion for every single person. Jesus, our brother, died in solidarity with – and in loving communion with – all human failure, mistakes and absurdity, and thus made them non-absurd....
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Let us remind ourselves that nothing is more important than experiencing the grace and beauty of the Holy Spirit of the Risen Christ, who breathes on us every day afresh, writes Br Mark O'Connor FMS....
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The appearances of the risen Christ also take place through us. The story of the Risen Jesus is incomplete until it is completed in us....
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The fourth letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the third week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
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The third letter from Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications in the Diocese of Parramatta, reporting on the second week of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome....
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Live from Rome, Br Mark O'Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications provides his first reflection before the Synod on Synodality commences - Trust the God of surprises! ...
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And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:14) In this famous passage from John’s Gospel, verse 14 in Greek literally says that “the Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us”. God tented with the Israelites in the wilderness and in Christ, God pitches...