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Fr Andrew Rooney's Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (686+ words) The Kingdom: A Wise Investment Fr Rooney, Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time year A 2026 A.D. Fed up with the taunts of his family and friends, he set out to prove that he was more than capable. Utilising his scientific…...
A Shepherd, Not a Head of State
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (164+ words) The Vatican’s rare rebuke of Ambassador Burch, and the Gospel he tried to reclassify This is a specious argument, and it is worth being precise about why it is specious, because its cleverness is the whole of its appeal. The…...
Bishop Vincent invites young people to answer the call to World Youth Day Seoul 2027
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (636+ words) Young people across the Diocese of Parramatta are being invited to embark on a life-changing pilgrimage, with Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta encouraging them to join the diocesan journey to the 17th International World Youth Day in August…...
Bishop Vincent's Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (114+ words) Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Readings: 1 Kings 3: 5,7-12; Romans 8: 28-30; Matthew 13:44-52 Exchanging everything we have for the sake of the kingdom If the truth be…...
Fr Frank Brennan's Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2026
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (201+ words) Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1 Kings 3:5,7-12; Psalm 119; Romans 8:28-30; Matthew 13:44-46 Is this not what you have sought for yourselves and your children – an education to prepare them not only for life in the world but also for life in…...
Peter Thiel’s antichrists, Pope Leo, and the new arms race
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1283+ words) Pope Leo XIV went on vacation to Castel Gandolfo, but the Church continues to make headlines or, even better, to capture the attention of astute observers. On July 14, New York Times columnist Ezra Klein published a 100-minute podcast interview with…...
Ecumenism in the Catholic Church
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (701+ words) “That they may be one” (Jn 17:21). This was the prayer of Jesus for all of those who believe in him. Sadly, since his movement started, there have been divisions among his followers. Differences in beliefs created rifts among them. Some…...
Bishop Vincent Presents Vatican experts Gerard O'Conell and Elisabetta Pique
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (189+ words) Bishop Vincent, in partnership with the University of Notre Dame Australia and the Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD), warmly invites all to a special public lecture featuring two of the world’s most respected Vatican journalists, Gerard O’Connell and Elisabetta Piqué....
Journeying with St Mary Magdalene
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (604+ words) Her healing experience gives Mary personal authority. In this second movement, she is living evidence of Jesus’ capacity to free us. The woman that we meet in the Gospels knows there is a radical difference between life before Jesus and…...
The Narrow Gate
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (428+ words) On the surface, this would indeed seem to indicate that most people are not taking the road that leads to heaven but are taking the road that leads to hell. Are most of us going to hell? Is this what’s…...