“They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar on eagles’ wings; they will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint (Isaiah 40:31).” THE eagle is a symbol of the Resurrection. God uses the symbol of an eagle to encourage us to soar higher in our life of faith. God can raise us ... Read More »
DURING my days at university I worked night shift at a geology laboratory, in order to keep myself in the semi-impoverished manner to which I had become accustomed. I would spend the early hours of the morning grinding coal samples and loading them into submersible metal canisters, which were then pumped with various elements from the periodic table at differing ... Read More »
This is an Easter message from Cairns Bishop James Foley. ONE Saturday afternoon earlier in Lent I visited people in two different aged care homes in Cairns. Maybe it is because I now am over 70 myself – in the afternoon tea time of life – as an English writer quaintly described it, but I was never more struck than ... Read More »
IT is a difficult task to change people’s attitude or mind-set, as anyone engaged in education will readily tell you. To change whole personalities, to turn around life’s patterns, needs a miracle. Twelve men, unlettered in the main, yet skilled in the practical aspects of the fishermen trade, once followed Christ for diverse reasons. Some dreamt of an earthly ... Read More »
“CHOOSE Life”. Those were the words, which the readings at Mass addressed to us the day after Ash Wednesday, taken as they were from Moses’ lengthy exhortation to the people of Israel from the Book of Deuteronomy. And all the chocolate eggs that will be consumed on Easter Sunday are a delicious and eloquent witness to the New Life that ... Read More »
FOR a “good Easter”, Christians must do more than simply recall the passion of Jesus during Holy Week; they must “enter into the mystery” of the Easter Triduum and make Jesus’ feelings and attitudes their own, Pope Francis said. During his general audience yesterday (April 1), he also recalled the “true martyrs” of today, men and women who “offer their ... Read More »
TO those who wish to see Jesus, the Church offers three things: the Gospel, the Crucifix and the witness of faith, Pope Francis says. This was the central theme of the Pope’s Angelus address yesterday (March 22) to the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square. Low temperatures and cold rain didn’t stop thousands of faithful from trying to catch a ... Read More »
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