The forty days of Lent find us on a journey from last year's first session of the Synod on marriage and the family to the second session later this year...

Christmas always evokes a very particular time and place – the Middle East a little more than two thousand years ago.  This Christmas, we think of that place at this...

Dear brothers and sisters, Marriage has been much on the Church's mind in recent times.  The first of the two sessions of the Synod of Bishops on marriage has recently...

Pentecost is all about unleashing new energy – wild fire and wild wind. The first disciples certainly needed new energy as they cringed behind closed doors after the death of...

There's something awfully final about a grave or a tomb.  When the tomb of Jesus was sealed with a big round stone, that stone must have seemed like a cosmic...

"The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and the lives of those who encounter Jesus": with these words, Pope Francis begins his Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel,...

At Christmas, the words of the angel have echoed down through the ages: "Glory to God in the highest heaven and peace on earth to those whom he loves". They echo...

The Bible is revolutionary in its understanding of the relationship between God and the human being.  In answer to the question, "Why did God create the human being?" the standard...

In these final weeks of the Year of Grace and Faith, a journey which began at Pentecost last year, I find myself thinking of doors.  Older Australians sometimes speak of...

At Pentecost, the party is finally over.  The fifty days of the Easter festival come to an end.  The word "Pentecost" in Greek means "fifty days" to mark the seven...