- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneI received a beautiful pearl necklace for my 21st birthday and I wore those pearls often and loved them. They now sit in a little container, waiting to be re-strung...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneAs an English teacher I always love to analyse Jesus’ parables with my Religious Education classes. Jesus was a master storyteller and teacher. He used literary devices such as allegory...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThis week’s Gospel finds Jesus talking in parables to the crowds that had begun to follow him. Jesus had obviously struck a chord with ordinary people seeking to understand the...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThis week’s Gospel sees Jesus giving praise to his father for revealing the truth to those who have a childlike belief rather than those who are wise and learned like...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThis gospel reading is part of a larger discourse in which Jesus is instructing His disciples before sending them out to proclaim the Gospel. Today Jesus speaks about the cost...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneI recently resigned after 34 years of working with the mission of the Archdiocese through Centacare Community Services. I am grieving the loss of my mother who passed away following...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneScripture can be tricky sometimes. In fact, we’ve probably spent the last 2000 years (or more) trying to understand it, and at different times and places, for different people, it...
- Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane“I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneThe Holy Trinity is a fundamental truth that is very important to our faith as Christians. The Trinity is an important doctrine that helps to affirm the triune nature of...
- Author: Archdiocese of BrisbaneBoth today’s first reading, Acts 2:1-11, and the Gospel, John 20:19-23, tell the story of the coming of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples. But note how each story begins....
Weekly Reflections
Author: Archdiocese of Brisbane