Traditionally, the prophets in the Bible had a pretty tough time. Many experienced rejection and persecution and even death. The first reading tells part of the story of Ezekiel’s call to be a prophet.
On a recent trip to Timor-Leste, Fr Bruce Clark (Prior Provincial) visited the new Carmelite Mission at Guisarudo.
Students at the English Language School for Pastoral Ministry recently visited the National Gallery of Victoria.
From June 20-22 the Archdiocese of Dili’s Department of Social Media & Communications offered a 3 day training course.
You can download and save the scripture texts, reflections and prayers for Lectio Divina for each day of this month. Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures. Visit our Lectio Divina page for more information about how to pray using Lectio Divina. Join our Lectio Online group. We meet every Friday at 10am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) [You are welcome to join from other time zones, eg. Perth/Singapore/Philippines: 7am; Timor-Leste/Tokyo: 8am; New Zealand: 12pm; Los Angeles: Thursday 4pm; New York/Toronto: Thursday 7pm] to prayerfully reflect on the Gospel of the coming Sunday.
In the longer version of this Sunday’s gospel (Mk 5:21-43) Mark presents two stories of healing and restoration worked by Jesus for two women.
You are warmly invited to join us as Br Anacleto is ordained Deacon on Saturday 20 July at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle Park (Vic) during Mass at 5.00pm.
In Mark’s Gospel the Kingdom is not something yet to come, it is a present reality.
Parables are meant to leave the hearers wondering. They are not straight-forward answers to questions. They are food for thought.
Today’s Gospel opens with the chaotic scene of a huge crowd gathered around the house where Jesus is. It’s such a busy scene that Jesus and the disciples have no time even to have a meal.
This spectacle provokes both the relatives of Jesus and some scribes from Jerusalem into action. The relatives think Jesus is mad; the scribes think he is possessed.
