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6 days ago | melbournecatholic.org | Carol Glatz

‘In his mercy, God has always desired to draw all people to himself. It is his life, bestowed upon us in Christ, that makes us one, uniting us with one another,’ he said, connecting the gospel reflection to how it relates to celebrating the Jubilee of Families. Jesus’ prayer ‘makes fully meaningful our experience of love for one another as parents, grandparents, sons and daughters,’ he said.

1 week ago | melbournecatholic.org | Carol Glatz

Celebrating his first Mass in Rome’s diocesan cathedral, Pope Leo XIV said communion is built primarily ‘on our knees’, through prayer and a constant commitment to conversion. He reaffirmed Pope Francis’ dedication to listening, first and foremost to the Holy Spirit, as it then leads to listening to and understanding others ‘as our brothers and sisters’.

2 weeks ago | melbournecatholic.org | Christian Bergmann

It’s difficult to put into words the experience of the Les Misérables 40th Anniversary Arena Spectacular. Getting to the Rod Laver Arena was stressful enough: between setting up the children with their sitter, missing a train and navigating Melbourne’s horrendous inner-city traffic, we were staring down a 15-minute lockout if we were late. Thankfully, my wife and I slipped through the doors with only minutes to spare. To miss that opening would have been tragic.

4 weeks ago | melbournecatholic.org | Justin Mclellan

Reflecting on Jesus’ question to the apostle Peter in St Matthew’s Gospel—‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’—Pope Leo said one might find two possible responses: the world’s, which considers Jesus ‘a completely insignificant person’ who becomes ‘irksome because of his demands for honesty and his stern moral requirements’, and that of ordinary people, who see him as an ‘upright man, one who has courage, who speaks well and says the right things’.

1 month ago | melbournecatholic.org | Junno Arocho Esteves

Growing old isn’t something to be feared but rather something to embrace as a time of grace in one’s life, Pope Francis wrote in a preface for a book that was not released before he died. ‘Yes, we must not fear old age. We should not be afraid to embrace growing old, because life is life, and sugarcoating reality means betraying the truth of things,’ the Pope wrote in the preface for Waiting for a New Beginning: Reflections on Old Age.