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Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for Christmas Night Readings: Isaiah 9:1-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20 EMBRACING THE SELF-EMPTYING GOD THE EMMANUEL MANIFESTS Dear brothers and sisters, “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light”. Even as...
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Pope Francis holds his weekly General Audience and begins the cycle of catechesis that will mark the entire Jubilee Year, focusing on "Jesus Christ, our hope."
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This Christmas, as we contemplate the Christ child in the manger, let us commit ourselves to pray and work for justice in all its manifestations so that God’s reign will come in our world....
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Sunday Homily, December 22, 2024, on the Occasion of the Visit of His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, to Celebrate Christmas at the Holy Family Church – Gaza....
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Christmas Mass and Reconciliation times across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains can be found on our Diocesan website: parracatholic.org...
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Addressing the "Conference on Popular Piety in the Mediterranean" in Ajaccio, Pope Francis highlights the importance of these expressions of faith as a means of fostering evangelization in our increasingly secularized societies and communities....
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God and humankind can come together if both take the risk of meeting. God dares to take this step: we will celebrate this in a few days....
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We celebrate Christmas in many splendid ways. One of the first items to appear in our homes, churches, schools and workplaces as Christmas approaches is a Christmas nativity scene, often in the form of a crib or crèche. ...
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In the final stage of the Examen, having reviewed the recent events of our lives to see how God has already moved us, we imagine, with increased hope, how we might move with God and for God in the time to come. Frances Murphy concludes our Advent Examen by...