By Carol Glatz – Lent is a time for deeper dialogue with God through prayer, for renewed gratitude for God’s mercy and for increased compassion for people whose lives are under attack, Pope Francis said....
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday March 1, 1st Sunday of Lent Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Psalm 51:3-6, 12-13, 17, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 Monday March 2 Leviticus19:1-2, 11-18, Psalm 19:8-10,...
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Church / Fr John Allen Green / Mass / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published February 28, 2020 · Last modified February 27, 2020
Struggle can either form us, or it can deform us. We all know what it means to live in a world that is anxious, fearful, under great stress and endlessly driven. In our families...
The Southern Cross has been publishing cartoons on its back page drawn by Conrad Burke since the early 90s. We have decided to make them available online! Mr Burke is a parishioner at Most...
Liturgical Calendar Year A – Weekday Cycle Year 2 Sunday March 1, 1st Sunday of Lent Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Psalm 51:3-6, 12-13, 17, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-11 Monday March 2 Leviticus19:1-2, 11-18, Psalm 19:8-10,...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Ashes not only symbolise humanity’s frail mortality but are also a reminder of God’s infinite love of people, whom he created from dust, Pope Francis said. While men and women...
By Donis Tracy – The extra day we get approximately once every four years is a way to adapt the calendar year to the astronomical year. But did you know the present system of...
Australia’s High Court has released the full set of submissions for Cardinal George Pell’s March 11 and 12 final appeal hearing against historic child sexual abuse crimes. The first appeal by Cardinal Pell was...
Ash Wednesday / Easter / Prayer
by Tamar SC · Published February 26, 2020 · Last modified February 14, 2020
By Mark Pattison – Ash Wednesday is on February 26 this year. Here are some things to know about Ash Wednesday and the kickoff to Lent. In the Table of Liturgical Days, which ranks the...
Ash Wednesday / Christian Living / Church / Easter / Fr Ralph de Hahn
by Fr Ralph de Hahn · Published February 25, 2020 · Last modified February 22, 2020
In Lent we are called to fast—but do we fast well? FR RALPH DE HAHN reflects on the pitfalls and the graces of fasting. Many of the great spiritual writers tell us that when our acts of worship...
SA bishops on Mandela’s release Welcoming the release from prison after 27 years of Nelson Mandela, the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference says that “his release hopefully signals the end to a particularly sad...
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