Fr Jeremiah Browne (National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies) Do you ever hear yourself talking about people who are different from you and using words life “they” or ‘those people” or in a conflict situation reverting to a phrase like “you people”? This kind of language is basically an “us” verses “them” way of …
Homily – 15th Sunday – C- 2022 – Fr Jerry Browne Read More »
On the 22nd May 2022, I had the priviledge of attending the beatification of Pauline-Marie Jaricot in Lyon, France, which coincided with the annual General Assembly of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies. 120 directors gather each year for the General Assembly, usually in Rome, but this year the assembly was held in …
“Sometimes there is the risk of confining the Eucharist to a vague, distant dimension, perhaps bright and perfumed with incense, but rather distant from the straits of everyday life. In reality, the Lord takes all our needs to heart, beginning with the most basic… We can evaluate our Eucharistic adoration when we take care of …
“Every man and every woman are like tesserae (tiles) in an immense mosaic; they are already beautiful in their own right, but only together with other tesserae do they compose an image, in the conviviality of differences. Being convivial with someone also means imagining and building a happy future with the other. Indeed, conviviality echoes …
Homily 14th Sunday C – 2022 (Fr Jeremiah Browne National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies) In preparation for the recent beatification of Blessed Pauline Jaricot, the founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a group known as the ‘Friends of Pauline Jaricot’ commissioned an iconographer by the name of Laurence Pierson-Bonenberger …
“Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed to redress the damage caused by human abuse of God’s creation. All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements, and talents.” Pope Francis ***************** Please consider praying a decade of the rosary on …
“We pray for the elderly, who represent the roots and memory of a people; may their experience and wisdom help young people to look towards the future with hope and responsibility.” Pope Francis – PRAYER INTENTION FOR JULY 2022 ***************** Please consider praying a decade of the rosary on a daily basis for the evangelising …
“Looking at the past with gratitude is a sign of good spiritual health. It is the “deuteronomic” attitude that God taught his people. Cultivating grateful remembrance of the journey the Lord has had us take. And this gratitude is what nurtures the flame of hope. Those who do not thank God for the gifts he …
“Illness weighs on the elderly in a new and different way compared to when one is young or an adult. It is like a hard blow that falls in an already difficult time. In the elderly, illness seems to hasten death and, in any case, diminish that time we have to live, which we already …
George Whitfield was an English evangelist who lived in the 18th Century. He regularly conducted outdoor evangelisation campaigns during a period of revival called the “Great Awakening.” Thousands of people responded to his Gospel message. After one of his sermons, someone asked Whitfield how many people were converted. Whitfield replied: “We’ll know in five years.” …
