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Sharing land, and sharing country, is a profound challenge in many parts of the world... Even here in Australia, we are still working through the terms of a just settlement in the wake of nineteenth century colonisation....
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Despite all the shortcomings in the Church, and there are many, I am blessed to have been a member of the Society of Jesus these past 50 years, chalking up 40 years as a priest later in the year....
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Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025 16 February 2025 Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26 About 40 years ago, I was meeting with an Aboriginal group at Eulo 70 km west of Cunnamulla in far south-west Queensland. We...
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It’s been an excruciating week – seeing how Hamas has not been defeated despite the untold damage wreaked on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, hearing President Trump declare that he has a real estate solution for Gaza turning it into the Riviera of the Middle East, and watching our political...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily – Australia Day 2025...
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Fr Frank Brennan’s Homily – Christmas Day 2024...
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John the Baptist comes in the midst of his own social, political and religious context, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, invoking the image used by the prophets Isaiah and Baruch: the image of every valley being filled in, every hill being laid low, every road being made straight and...
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We are also the protagonists of an era that we have a duty to pass on. …To pass on, and to hope’ as we journey through Advent to Christmas....
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John the Baptist comes in the midst of his own social, political and religious context, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, invoking the image used by the prophets Isaiah and Baruch: the image of every valley being filled in, every hill being laid low, every road being made straight and...