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Christmas is a time to give thanks for the peace we enjoy in Australia and to pray for countries in conflict, Rockhampton bishop writes
MY mind goes back to this time, two years ago when I visited the Holy Lands. The diocesan pilgrimage began in Jordan where we visited the Baptismal site, climbed Mt Nebo where Moses glimpsed the ...
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True peace is found gazing into Christ’s crib, Toowoomba bishop writes
ONCE again, we gaze into the Christmas crib and are amazed by its simplicity. It is easy to forget that this tiny baby also cried as all babies do. Baby tears are real and later the same Jesus would ...
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Story of the Magi shows how God turns wandering into journeying, Archbishop Coleridge writes
CHRISTMAS isn’t just about the birth of the Child who is God-with-us. It’s certainly about that, but it’s also about the human response to the birth of the Child. That’s why the Magi are such a part ...
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Welcome the Divine Light of Christmas, Townsville bishop writes
‘The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light: on those who live in a land of deep shadow a light has shone.’ (From the readings of Midnight Mass). THIS reading from the Prophet Isaiah ...
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War hero and Benedictine monk – the story of Brother Marinus
BROTHER Marinus always “just did” what he thought was right. He served the Benedictine congregation in Newtown, New Jersey, for 47 years, living a life of poverty and prayer, built upon a love and ...
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Christmas reminds us of the power of God’s love, Cairns Bishop Joe Caddy writes
ACCORDING to the song written by Australian songwriter Paul Kelly, Joe writes to his brother Dan on the 21st of December from his prison cell. In his letter he tells Dan his secret to making the gravy ...