As Father Jan indicated last week, we have three weeks of parables, that Jesus taught, about the kingdom of God. Jesus used illustrations from nature to help people understand better the approaches to life that he wants us to have. In this week’s gospel, he shared this example of how God sows good seed , […]
I’ve been on holidays for the last month, and of an evening instead of watching television. I’ve been writing a gospel. Seriously. I’ve been writing a gospel- Some good news according to Gary. Im doing this because I’ve been wanting some tool that I could use to share the story of Jesus to the many […]
I wasn’t sure exactly what I should say in this homily till last Thursday , when I went to visit a young soldier , recently returned from Afghanistan, who was experiencing severe symptoms of post traumatic stress. He had been in infantryman serving at the sharp end of the operations there last year , and […]
We have before us today a real feast of Scripture. It is such a wonderful smorgasbord that it deserves out tasting a little of each of the courses provided. The prophet Isaiah (55:1) reminds us that the Lord says: Listen to me, and you will have good things to eat. This reminds us of our […]
Last night, at St. Peter Chanel church, we had the most wonderful Easter vigil Mass. Commencing with our Easter fire, we processed into the church, and sang the exultet – the proclamation of Easter joy . We listened to scripture readings from creation to the resurrection. We baptized two new adult members into our community […]
We have in today’s gospel, one of the most dramatic miracles of Jesus ministry. Indeed, in John’s Gospel it was the seventh and final miracle that he performed. It also appears to be the one that finally brought the Pharisees to the point of plotting to kill Jesus. And so this gospel flows into and […]
Today Scriptures are about leadership and authority. Indeed these words of scripture written thousands of years ago are today being fulfilled in our parish. The issue of leadership and authority is very much at the forefront of our lives at the moment. On the world scene, we are seeing dictatorships in Libya and Syria and […]
Numbers 11.29 The visit by Archbishop Mark Coleridge to our parish last week was a significant moment in our community life. He is the spiritual leader of all Catholics in Queensland, with diverse and far reaching responsibilities in the wider community , and we are very privileged to get a comprehensive visit from him so […]
One of the most powerful statements in the Scriptures, about Jesus mission and our mission, is that powerful sentence of John’s gospel. “I have come so that they may have life, and have it to the full”. (John 10:10) A group initiated in the parish of St Johns Wood – The Gap have been making […]
Let these words of mine remain in your heart and the soul. … Every one who listens to these words of mine and acts upon a will be like a sensible person who built the house upon the rock with the rain came down to floods rose bells blew they did not fall. (Matt 7 […]
