Tag: Scripture
Important questions to ask about our social media pandemic
Jesus does not ask us to be on top of everything, but rather to love him with all our heart, mind and strength, and to love everyone.
St John brings Chosen actor back to faith
For Aussie actor George Xanthis, playing St John the Beloved in The Chosen is the kind of creative opportunity “every actor dreams of.” But it’s also drawn him “100 per cent” into scripture and to Jesus as a real and relatable person.
Fr Josh Miechels: The Art of Spiritual Combat
Evil’s attacks are unavoidable. Communion with others, standing firm and Scripture are some of our defences
A few weeks ago we had a funny kind...
Seek the lost treasure: US scholar’s pitch to Sydney Catholics
Second Reclaiming Evangelisation speaker issues stirring call to seek the lost 'treasure' of those outside the church.
New translations of the Lectionary
“Dear Father, I read with interest your article about gender ideology applied to language. Here in Ireland the Church has decided to use the Revised New Jerusalem Bible for the lectionary, citing its use of inclusive language. In that Bible I don’t like the absence of pronouns and the use of the passive voice to […]
Catechists needed: to apply, pray now
Teresa Lattouf says that living with a disability has not stopped her from living her childhood dream of being a teacher and sharing the most important lessons she has ever learnt.
Simcha Fisher: Weeping while we sow
For whatever reason, I was struck today by a line I've heard hundreds of times:
Although they go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown,
They...
Q&A with Scripture scholar Dr Mary Healy
As the international speaker and Scripture scholar prepares to address the Archdiocese of Sydney via Zoom this month, Dr Mary Healy answered some questions...
Calling our parishes to make disciples
Following the great success of the launch of the ‘Reclaiming Evangelisation’ expert talk series with Bishop Robert Barron last November, the Parish Renewal Team...
Cuppa Time Reflections inspire and build community across the oceans
Not every parish priest gets invitations to publish their reflections in the local newspaper, but for Fr Martin Maunsell it’s happened more than once.
Former...
Mark Shea: The Named and Unnamed in the Gospels
This is part three of a series about names in Scripture
Last time we looked at how the gospels use names as a way of...
Mark Shea: Names in the Gospels
Last time in this space we looked at the spiritual meaning of names in Scripture. But there is another aspect to names, particularly in...
