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We long to be set free. We long for life, peace and security in our broken world. But how can we be set free? Who can set us free?...
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Fr Frank Brennan's Homily: 4th Sunday of Lent 2026. In our second reading from the Letter to the Ephesians today, we read: Try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them, for it is shameful even to...
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Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent Readings: Exodus 17:3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-8; John 4:5-42 Listen at soundcloud.com It’s been a long week. We’ve all been on edge, worried about the state of our world and wondering what will be the outcome of the US and Israel’s...
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On 19 February 1996, an arsonist lit a fire that ripped through St Patrick’s Cathedral, causing $8 million in damage and leaving a community of more than 5,000 parishioners in shock. ...
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As Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, listeners across Greater Sydney heard a timely reflection on sacrifice, renewal and compassion during a morning interview on ABC Sydney Breakfast radio (at 47:15), featuring Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of the Diocese of Parramatta. ...
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When the Migrant Jubilee Cross arrived in Penrith on 5 January 2026, following the Feast of the Epiphany, it carried the prayers, memories, and hopes of migrant communities from across Australia, including those in the Diocese of Parramatta, one of the country’s most culturally diverse regions. ...
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Josephine is a proof that God can use the most unlikely people to do extraordinary things. Her legacy that transformation is possible through suffering is written into the history of the nation and the resilience of the people of South Sudan....
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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...
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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....