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      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Called to be the antidote and counteragent to division in the world

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        08/02/2026
        We live at a time of deep division and partisanship, a time when global political authority seems to be in short supply. It is surprising that the papacy has emerged as the only world institution with a net positive reputation. Following the lead of his predecessor Pope Francis, Pope...
      • Bishop Vincent’s homily for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A

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        01/02/2026
        Blessedness does not reside in power, possessions, successes or achievements. Rather, it is to be found in a heart open to love, to give, to care, to enhance the lives of others even to the point of dying for the ones we love....
      • Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta. Image: Alphonsus Fok/Diocese of Parramatta.

        Bishop Vincent’s homily for the 2026 Sisters of St Joseph Jubilee of Religious Profession

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        29/01/2026
        Bishop Vincent's homily for the 2026 Sisters of St Joseph Jubilee of Religious Profession 'Setting our hearts on God's reign'...
      • Bishop Vincent’s homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A

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        25/01/2026
        Scriptures this Sunday provide us with a valuable lesson of finding hope in despair, discovering strength in vulnerability and discerning God’s way in the unexpected. ...
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Christmas Day 2025

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        25/12/2025
        Let us let us commit ourselves to pray and work for justice in all its manifestations so that God’s reign will come in our world....
      • Bishop Vincent’s Homily: Christmas Eve 2025

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        24/12/2025
        The birth of Jesus signals God’s alignment with those who are at the edges of society. We are called, like Joseph and Mary, to choose and make the style of Bethlehem our own....
      • Bishop Vincent’s 2025 Christmas Message

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        23/12/2025
        "Christmas is all this - the joy, the pain, the fear, the expectation, the utter humanity of birth - the everyday miracle and an even greater miracle. God has become one of us and now dwells amongst us forever!"...
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        Bishop Vincent’s homily for the fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A

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        21/12/2025
        Scriptures this Sunday provide us with a valuable lesson of finding hope in despair, discovering strength in vulnerability and discerning God’s way in the unexpected. ...
      • Bishop Vincent’s 2025 Christmas Message

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        16/12/2025
        Christmas is about birth, new beginnings and regeneration and the wonder of newborn life....
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