March 03, 2020
Our Lenten season began with many of us being signed with ashes on our forehead, to remind us of our dependence on God. This is what these Lenten days are about and our readings will keep on directing us to listen, to pray, to do good and to give generously.
February 25, 2020
The readings from this weekend, the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time invite us to be holy.
February 18, 2020
It is hard to know where to begin this week’s message because of the number of events, meetings and gatherings where I have found myself over the past week.
February 11, 2020
How lovely to see, feel and hear the rain and to sense the cooler air on our skin. Thank you God, for such a refreshing break from what we have been experiencing.
February 04, 2020
Welcome back to the year which began just over one month ago. I am conscious that I am writing this message on 2 February 2020 which is a very special date, as it is a once-in-a-century eight digit palindrome (02022020). Apart from that, it is the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple, which means it is already 40 days since Christmas. In the Temple Jesus, Mary and Joseph encountered Simeon and Anna who recognised Jesus as the light of revelation to the nations.
December 17, 2019
I trust your spiritual preparation for Christmas during this season of Advent is proving to be nourishing. Some people across the diocese are reading “The Way”, a resource prepared by the Diocese of Wollongong, and which offers daily reflections.
