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Mary’s patience is rewarded and she recognises Christ when he calls her by name. His relationship with us is personal—he knows my name....
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Two thousand years ago, the beloved disciple standing near the Cross was John. But today, on Good Friday, as we gather to venerate the Cross, the beloved disciple standing near the Cross is you and me. We are now the beloved disciple, the one Jesus loves....
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Our Lord’s command to love others as he has loved us applies to every person and ministry in the Church, ordained and non-ordained. But no one can minister fruitfully in the Church if they have not first understood the lesson of Jesus washing his apostles’ feet....
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Throughout Lent, we’ve stayed close to Jesus. We’ve tried to pray more, to live in his presence, and to imagine ourselves in the Gospel scenes we’ve read. We’ve made sacrifices and offered penance, but inconsistently and halfheartedly. The measure of a good Lent is getting to know ourselves better...
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Interview: Jesuit theologian Father Alban Massie described the Vatican’s International Theological Commission’s new document Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, released to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, as a groundbreaking text with a distinctive methodology....
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Between 2022 and 2024 Bishop Greg Homeming OCD delivered three series of Lenten Talks, exploring the spirituality of three renowned Carmelites - St John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila and St Therese of Lisieux. ...
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We are striving this Lent to stay close to Jesus. We want him at our side as we battle the enemies of the soul: the devil, the world, the flesh. Not content to be purely defensive, we also accept his invitation to climb the summit....
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Between 2022 and 2024 Bishop Greg Homeming OCD delivered three series of Lenten Talks, exploring the spirituality of three renowned Carmelites - St John of the Cross, St Teresa of Avila and St Therese of Lisieux. ...
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As we accompany Jesus this holy season, we started in the depths of temptation and weakness, and followed him to the heights of the transfiguration and contemplatio. But we know that Lent leads us inexorably to Jerusalem, and to the events of Holy Week. At the Last Supper, the...