Two-Minute Homily by Fr Dan Ryan for the Feast of Corpus Christi 2023. "The challenge for us today is to understand the Eucharist we receive is not a symbol, it...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Josh Whitehead for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity 2023. "God entered human experience in the person of Jesus so that we could begin to...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Brendan Gormley for Pentecost Sunday 2023. "The Spirit helps us to know and love Jesus and the Father; the Spirit consoles and strengthens and forgives; the...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Boni Buahendri SVD for the The Ascension of the Lord 2023. "We need to ask for the gift of strong faith in every difficult moment. Faith...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Sharp for the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2023. "Our Lord’s daily return to us upon the altar is a constant fulfilment of His promise, I...

The formation of a priest normally takes 7 years. Although it’s a long time out of the family home, surely not enough for a mother to forget all the things...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Wrex Woolnough for the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2023. "To find the way, we have to work together, trusting in each others’ wisdom and keeping our...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Russ Nelson for the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2023. "Founded on faith, enriched by a good prayer life, we need to understand what Jesus is saying...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Gary Stone for the Third Sunday of Easter 2023. "May we give our lives, to offering people in the world around us, a better and more...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Joseph Vu SVD for the Second Sunday of Easter 2023. "May the hearts of each of us, right now, be open to love God and to...

Two-Minute Homily by Archbishop Mark Coleridge for Easter Sunday 2023. "You and I and indeed the whole world needs a saviour, not just a wise teacher, or a miracle worker,...

Two-Minute Reflection by Anne Frawley-Mangan for Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) 2023. "God is passionately in love with us and instead of us needing to spill blood to get to God,...

The 'Seven Penitential Psalms' continues with Anne Frawley-Mangan reflecting on Psalm 143. Listen or download the audio file, or watch the video below: Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Dan Redhead for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2023. "We know Jesus to be our Lord and Saviour, and that He is the key to eternal...

The 'Seven Penitential Psalms' continues with Cynthia Rowan reflecting on Psalm 130. Listen or download the audio file, or watch the video below: Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Saji George for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2023. "In this Lenten season, let us learn more about Jesus and God our father. It will open...

The 'Seven Penitential Psalms' continues with Colleen Tracey reflecting on Psalm 102. Listen or download the audio file, or watch the video below: Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Enoch Iheme for the Third Sunday of Lent 2023. "Our Lenten observances of fasting, prayer and alms giving should be our way of bearing in our...

The 'Seven Penitential Psalms' continues with Clare Schwantes reflecting on Psalm 51. Listen or download the audio file, or watch the video below: Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Peter Brannelly for the Second Sunday of Lent 2023. "It is upon reflection, that we grasp the transfiguring experiences in which something ordinary and everyday suddenly...

During times when we wish to express repentance and especially during Lent, it is customary to pray the 'Seven Penitential Psalms' and the Songs of the Suffering Servant. Next in...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Michael Grace for the First Sunday of Lent 2023. "If we do find ourselves tempted, we must lift our minds to God, recognising that in him...

We are disobeying all the rules of cutting back on things in Lent by having this second helping of 'The Seven Penitential Psalms' so soon after the last. There is...

In the first of 'The Seven Penitential Psalms' series, we are greeted with Jubilee Catholic Parish's Elizabeth Harrington reflecting on Psalm 6. Listen or download the audio file, or watch...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Francis Belcina OSA for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "Loving and forgiving one’s enemy doesn’t mean that we agree to what they’re doing. But...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr John Conway for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "The message of the Kingdom of God is all about being in relationship with one another...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Peter Dillon for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "It might be challenging to look at new ways living our faith, but if we don’t...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Mauro Conte for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "We can only boast in the fact that we belong to God but not because we...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Rafal Rucinski for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "Every day we must strive again to be faithful. This is true repentance and we are...

Two-Minute Reflection by Steph Rogers for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023. "The Messiah who the Israelites were spending their whole lives waiting for, is here. Jesus Christ is...

Two-Minute Reflection by Dr Jenny Close for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord 2023. "Epiphany is a prime opportunity to bring home the message about the universal significance...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Bryan Roe for the Feast of Mary Mother of God 2023. "This gospel tells us in a very profound way that Jesus emptied himself of his...

Two-Minute Homily by Archbishop Mark Coleridge for the Nativity of the Lord 2022. "In Christmas we celebrate the monumental fact that God comes to us, becomes one of us, in...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Bernie Gallagher for the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2022. "Saint Joseph is a model for us of including God in our lives, especially in times of...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr El Louie Jimenez for the Third Sunday of Advent 2022. "We may have a thousand reasons to be sad, but we need only one reason to...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Tom Elich for the Second Sunday of Advent 2022. "As Christ walks beside us, so too we, taking on the mind and heart of Christ, walk...

Two-Minute Homily by Bishop Ken Howell for the First Sunday of Advent 2022. "We take Saint Paul’s encouragement to live as decent people, basking in the daylight of what faith...

Two-Minute Reflection by Colleen Tracey for the Feast of Christ the King 2022. "The actions of the good thief reaching out to Jesus in faith, reminds us that no matter...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr John Echewodo for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We are often preoccupied with trying to make a living while we hardly have time to...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Josh Whitehead for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "The Good News challenge for each of us in today’s Gospel is to seek encounter with...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Gary Stone for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Jesus greatest hope for us, is that we would love our neighbours, in actions and in...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Farrelly for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Religious people do think for themselves and have a deep sense of their self-worth and the...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Wrex Woolnough for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Prayer is not like lining up at McDonald’s drive-thru, where you shout out your order to...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Joseph Kanatt MCBS for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Showing gratitude to God is very important in our Christian journey. There is no amount...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Raju Joseph CMI for the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Jesus tells us that the quantity of faith we have is not important. What matters...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Dang Nguyen OSA for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Instead of filling our lives with ourselves, we need to make room for love and...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Bob Harwood for the Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "How astute, that the Son of God should wipe out the debts of humanity and, although...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Saji George for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Jesus is waiting there to embrace me and you this is the time, come and enjoy...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Dan Redhead for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We are left with no doubt in our minds that as His disciples, we must be...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Paul Kelly for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "God is generous and giving, Our Lord is the most important person to ever walk the...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Russ Nelson for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "The call to discipleship is a call to a life of virtue, living out the positive...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Peter Brannelly for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We hear the voices and perhaps we are the voice calling people’s attention to the things...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Dan Ryan for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Jesus urges us many times in the Gospel to not be afraid. We need to trust...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Enoch Iheme for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "In our natural tendency to accumulate and to fill our emptiness with things that will eventual...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Chad Hargrave for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Only out of the security of knowing how deeply God loves us can we truly love...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Peter Dillon for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We have Martha and Mary giving us an example what it means to love God with...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Michael Grace for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Pope Francis has often called upon the church to be more inclusive. In doing so, he...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Tom Elich for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We stand together with First Nations peoples in the Church, asking the Holy Spirit of the...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr John Conway for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We have all been called and we have been gifted to become disciples of God’s Kingdom...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Mauro Conte for the Feast of Corpus Christi 2022. "When we consume the Eucharist, the sacrament of the Lord’s body and blood, Jesus literally becomes part...

Two-Minute Reflection by Sr Kari Hatherell osu for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity 2022. "Let us allow God to invite us once again into the Trinity of love...

Two-Minute Reflection by Steph Rogers for Pentecost Sunday 2022. "Have you shared the good news recently? Through your baptism and receiving the Holy Spirit you have what it takes. What...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Bryan Roe for the The Ascension of the Lord 2022. "As people of faith we need to spread the Good News of Jesus, the incredible love...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Terry Nueva for the Sixth Sunday of Easter 2022. "For the sum and the summit of all tradition, is this, that we love God and one...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Mario Debattista OFM for the Fifth Sunday of Easter 2022. "Jesus loves as he said his Heavenly Father loves; by allowing his rain to fall and...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Rafal Rucinski for the Fourth Sunday of Easter 2022. "The challenge for us as followers of Christ is to resolve conflicts in the way that Christ...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Adam Walk for the Third Sunday of Easter 2022. "God is generous. He gives to believers gifts and blessings with the same generosity with which he...

Two-Minute Homily by Rev Dr Peter Devenish-Meares for the Second Sunday of Easter 2022. "Jesus offers us his abundant peace, and send’s God’s spirit to go with us. Right into...

Two-Minute Homily by Archbishop Mark Coleridge for Easter Sunday 2022. "Easter is always and everywhere a celebration of life beyond death; hope beyond hopelessness and light that no darkness can...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Jack Ho for Palm Sunday 2022. "At every twist and turn, at every cliff-hanger, God will show us an extraordinary love and mighty power. So sit...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge ends his reflections on the gospels of Lent 2022 by analysing one of the best-known stories and what it tells us about dealing with sin. Archbishop Mark's...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Mark Franklin for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2022. "Only when we let God’s love, as seen in Christ, to embrace and change our heart, can...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge reflects on the Gospel for the 4th Sunday of Lent: The Parable of the Prodigal Son which he describes as “the most extraordinary story - the story...

Two-Minute Homily by Bishop Tim Norton SVD for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2022. "The term ‘prodigal son’ has found its way into many areas of life... This Lent, let...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge reflects on sin, forgiveness and the human response based on the Gospel reading from this Third Sunday of Lent. Archbishop Mark's Lenten Reflections 2022 - all episodes....

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Ladu Yanga for the Third Sunday of Lent 2022. "Jesus today warns us, that it is not ours to judge other people and their guilt in...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge continues his reflections of the gospels of the Lenten season, looking at the significance of the mountain in biblical study and its importance to the Transfiguration. Archbishop...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Ivan Ortiz for the Second Sunday of Lent 2022. "Will you come to the Eucharist and leave the same person? Or will you come to the...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge discusses the gospels of the Lenten season. In this first episode, he looks at the desert and its importance to the Lenten journey. Archbishop Mark's Lenten Reflections...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge dives deeply into five Gospel readings for this journey of the Lenten season in a podcast series. This series will challenge you to stand back and look...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Francis Belcina OSA for the First Sunday of Lent 2022. "The desert space that we are afforded this Lent, and hopefully we take advantage of, dares...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Peter Pellicaan for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Let's invite God to remove the planks out of our own eyes so that we can...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr John Echewodo for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "The Christian faith comes with a huge cost. It requires a deep level of self-emptying, and...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Andrew O'Brien for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "We are called to search for poverty before God who is our hope and for that...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Sharp for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Do not be afraid, because even if you fail Me and need my Mercy to pick...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Anthony Mellor for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "In the Christian understanding, love is not just a feeling, it is a choice. Whether it...

Two-Minute Homily by Dcn Gary Stone for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "As I reflected upon all of his actions in the gospel stories I discovered that Jesus...

The feedback to Alice Carwardine’s first video on living Laudato Si’ - a life with a low carbon footprint that helps care for our common home - was so positive...

After completing a successful Lenten challenge a few years ago, Alice Cawardine now lives Laudato Si' full time. Learn some of her tips for outside the home that will greatly...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Regimon Gervasis for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022. "Christian life is an ongoing effort to get closer to the attitudes and values of Jesus...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Kevin Smith for the Baptism of the Lord 2022. "We are God’s very own, and in Jesus we commence a new life, and we continue through...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr James O’Donoghue for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord 2022, Year C. "At the beginning of the new year, as we have our own...

Our two minute homilies and reflections come from far and wide, and sometimes well in advance, but one thing we can’t ever prepare for is a stumble before the camera....

Two-Minute Reflection by Steph Rogers for the Feast of the Holy Family 2021. "We are all called to be holy by living our lives with love, bearing witness to God...

Two-Minute Reflection by Dr Jenny Close for the Fourth Sunday of Advent 2021. "The beginning and the end of the earthly story of Jesus is bookended by the witness of...

Archbishop Mark Coleridge wishes everyone a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year. "Christmas is about God getting together with us.. and once God becomes one of us... we can become...

There’s no time like Advent to try a few new things. First the online parish; and now a series of two minute reflections by lay people. We have always tried...

Two-Minute Reflection by Colleen Tracey for the Third Sunday of Advent 2021. "In this season of Advent we prepare our homes, our party schedules, our holidays for the Christmas season,...

Two-Minute Homily by Fr Adrian Farrelly for the Second Sunday of Advent 2021. "This close to Christmas we are to put on joy... Our reason for so doing is our...

We used to think of a parish as defined by Church buildings and geographic boundaries. But COVID-19 has changed all that, prompting us to explore new ways to communicate, connect...