Nowhere in the Ten Commandments is there mention of animal sacrifice.  Perhaps that’s because the Hebrews are already making those...

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Much rides on whether Christ withstands his temptations.  Indeed, everything for us – our contentment in this life and our happiness in...

We can marvel at the fact that the Lord never contracted leprosy himself, even though he often came into physical contact with those who...

Just a few months before he died 750 years ago this year, St Thomas Aquinas was celebrating Mass and fell into one of his ecstasies. ...

When he arrived a week after the First Fleet and saw the foundations for the first Government House, Louis XVI’s explorer, Laperouse,...

This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of St Thomas Aquinas, the great doctor of the Church. St Dominic's is celebrating the...

At a time when secluded wives were slavishly obedient to their husbands and teary mourners were hired to appear at funerals, when...

Though he had lived all his life in the Lord’s sanctuary, it wasn’t Eli who heard the voice of God, but Samuel.  This was because of...

Someone said to me over Christmas, “I like the new cross, Father.”  He was referring to our star.  I like that our star was mistaken for...

This is the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity Scene.  In 1223, St Francis of Assisi was just back from the Holy Land.  The...

There will be a Holy Hour to mark the end of 2023 and another to pray in the new year of grace: 4-5pm, Sunday 31 December 2023. The hymn...

Mercifully, things are winding down for the year.  Pretty soon we won’t be able to tell what day of the week it is.  Christmas is the...