Columns Kieran Fenn FMS2010 The gospel for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Luke 16:1-13) features the parable of the rascally steward with a series of attached sayings that Luke thought had some connection because of their association with mammon (wealth). Jesus expresses admiration for the shrewdness if not the morality of the rich man’s […]
Archbishop John Dew2010 ‘Believe in the whisperings of God to your own heart.’ These words of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop greeted me when I walked into our cathedral on my return last Friday from my sabbatical leave. I hope that many parishioners throughout the archdiocese have seen the wonderful banners hanging in the […]
Am I my brother’s keeper? Cain’s question may well inform those in the government seeking to revise the welfare system. Such a revision needs careful analysis in the light of the principles of Catholic social teaching for a fair and just society.
Cecily McNeill2010 I have just cleared the mail box and, with Mary MacKillop’s sainthood about to be officially recognised in Rome, I’m wondering what Mary would have done with the would-be local body politicians’ flyers. In my shoes, this young woman with a passion for working with the poor would have scanned each one for […]
God’s blessing of the poor and rejection of the rich is sharply expressed in the parable of Lazarus and the rich man (Lk 16:19-31) told to certain Pharisees whom Luke calls ‘lovers of money’.