- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn the middle of St Peter's square in Rome, there stands a great obelisk. It about four and half thousand years old and it originally stood in the temple of...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn the dark before dawn on a Friday in Lent, Michael Ernest Putney, fifth Bishop of Townsville, slipped peacefully into eternity. He became the first Bishop of the See to...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn recent days I have written a pastoral letter as bishops tend to do from time to time; a letter to the entire community of the Archdiocese, as we move...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIt's all right for Jesus to say ‘I'm telling you not to worry about your life'. It wasn't quite so straightforward for the woman who we celebrate this morning. She...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn the famous story that we have just heard the priest and the Levite walk on the other side, turning their gaze away from the one lying in the ditch....
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn the world that Jesus knew, and even still in the middle east, hospitality is one of the human beings most solemn duties. In part this was because hospitality meant...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneJust recently I did a media interview and the interviewer made one of those tired old claims that are often made and that is that the Catholic Church never changes. ...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneFor some time I lived in the middle-east, many years ago before I ever came to Brisbane. Living in that world I learnt what a solemn, indeed urgent, obligation hospitality...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn the Gospel story that we have just heard Jesus does two things. The first thing he does is he walks through a locked door, which is not a bad...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneIn the gospel we have just heard there is something that is very odd. Jesus, we are told, withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven, but then we...
Homilies
Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane