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Fr Mark De Battista says the Gospel reminds us that we all make mistakes and that we need God's help and mercy. Everyone struggles and needs help but minimizing or excusing our faults erodes moral integrity.

Mother Hilda says we often look in the wrong places for the answers we need. It's not God who's moved when we can't find him, it's us.

On The Journey This Week Fr Mark De Battista says the Gospel reminds us that we all make mistakes and that we need God's help and mercy. Mother Hilda says we often look in the wrong places for the answers we need. Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Christy Honeysett, and Peter Abela

Christy Honeysett says doubt in prayer often arises when our expectations of God are not fulfilled. We often desire to control God's presence and actions in our lives. Rather than allowing doubt to lead to cynicism, we can see it as an invitation to let go of control, embrace God's mystery, and deepen our faith.

Bishop Tony Percy reflects on change, and the moral conversion Jesus calls for in today's Gospel. Jesus highlights how tax collectors and sinners responded to the call to conversion. Acceptance is not approval or judgment, but a close cousin of forgiveness and love, and it's this acceptance that opens the door to conversion

Peter Abela explains that Arrow prayer is an ancient Christian practice involving short, heartfelt prayers directed towards God throughout the day. These brief prayers, such as “Lord, have mercy” or “Help me to trust you,” help us turn our attention to God during moments of anxiety, gratitude, temptation, and everyday activities

Tony Percy says the parable of the vineyard workers shows compassion not according to what they have earned, but according to what they need. God is so generous that he dwarfs people's desires

Fr John Corrigan says we can stop counting what we are owed and rejoice in what we have been given. Resentment in humans to protest perceived unfairness is understandable, but Jesus points beyond human ideas of fairness to God's generosity

On The Journey This Week Fr John Corrigan says we can stop counting what we are owed and rejoice in what we have been given. Mother Hilda recalls a story on Cardinal Basil Hume reflecting on his approaching death. Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Pete Gilmore, and Mark Raue

Pete Gilmore says God's unfailing love reaches to the heavens. This universe-sized love is revealed most fully in Jesus on the cross, where Christ gives himself completely for each person—not because we are perfect or deserving, but simply because we are loved

Mother Hilda recalls a story on Cardinal Basil Hume reflecting on his approaching death by recognising that his achievements as a monk and bishop were ultimately less important than God's mercy

Mark Raue says Dorothy Day taught that our love for God is measured by how we love the people we love least, especially the poor, marginalised, oppressed and outcast. Day's activism, rooted in her Catholic faith, was influential enough that she is now on the path to sainthood.

Fr Mike Delaney says today's Gospel takes us beyond what the limits of our human experience are. The Gospel asks what will it cost me to look at forgiveness differently, so I see God's mercy being poured out both as justice and compassion in every moment of my day?

Fr Dave Callaghan MGL says that just as food shops offer free samples to entice customers, God offers a free sample—a foretaste of the eternal life through experiencing the Holy Spirit. This taste of heaven is meant to capture us so completely that we commit our whole lives to prayer, following God and serving Him.

Byron & Francine Pirola say miscarriage is a common but often silent loss and is a profound but often hidden form of grief. Each parent grieves differently, and we are encouraged to respond with tenderness and presence—acknowledging the child, offering practical and spiritual support, and ensuring that no couple must grieve alone

Mother Hilda says like the pilgrimage, the Camino, we too can walk for the sins of others. If someone is rude, insensitive, or dismissive, instead of condemning and retaliating, could we too bear the sins of others with a smile and understanding?

On The Journey This Week Fr Mike Delaney says today's Gospel asks what it will cost me to look at forgiveness differently. Mother Hilda says like the pilgrimage, the Camino, we too can walk for the sins of others Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Byron and Francine Pirola, and Fr Dave Callaghan MGL

Bishop Tony Percy says in today's Gospel, Jesus is saying, look, you've got to understand that God has forgiven you an enormous amount. And when you have that experience, then that experience will lead you to go out and to forgive others.

On The Journey This Week Fr Mike Delaney says today's Gospel explains how to respond to difficult issues that arise within the faith Community. Mother Hilda's story of a disciple who approached his master and asked where to look for enlightenment. Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Trish McCarthy, and Deacon Josh Clayton

Trish McCarthy reflects on what we focus on to stimulate our heart, mind and body. On one side, the often unobtainable and getting depressed because we can never achieve it, or on the contrary, the other side, God's majesty around us. What do we focus on, negative and downward or positive and uplifting?

Bishop Tony Percy says Matthew's Gospel, chapter 18, presents Jesus' teaching on how Christian communities should live together, addressing how a community should respond to members who are backsliding: pray for them, speak the truth in love, and if needed, approach them again with another community member

Fr Mike Delaney says today's Gospel explains how to respond to difficult issues that arise within the faith Community. Going to God in prayer with others before we tackle serious issues is an important and integral step if we are to address correcting faults and failings in one another. Anything less is unchristian.

Deacon Josh Clayton Christianity has profoundly shaped culture through schools, hospitals, art, music, science and law, and Christians today can continue that work by using everyday cultural experiences to help others encounter the love of Jesus

Mother Hilda's story of a disciple who approached his master and asked where to look for enlightenment. How many of us are really rooted in the present reality? What would happen if we took each moment as it comes? God is eternally creating the present moment

Fr Mike Delaney reflects on practical aspects of today's Social Justice statement. If people make time to read this Social Justice Document some of us might step away from previous biases and enthusiastically work together to act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with our God.

Tony Percy reflects on the theology of the body. Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body develops this through the experiences of solitude, unity, nakedness and original sin, helping us understand the body as symbolic, spousal, beautiful and free, yet wounded and redeemed

Mother Hilda says becoming familiar with God through Scripture and the example of others, we can begin to see situations through God's eyes. Seeing as God sees would mean having compassion for those experiencing despair

Fr Joshua Scott says being a Christian means we are called not to comfort but to greatness. Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him rather than simply pursuing comfort or self-interest.

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Mark Raue says this year's Social Justice Sunday statement, "Living the Gospel in Times of Social Division," addresses growing community tension and hostility by calling Christians to four responses. It calls for prayer, practising a "culture of encounter," exercising restraint in speech, and performing concrete acts of compassion and justice

Mother Hilda reflects on the African philosophy of Ubuntu which translated means I am because you are. At our deepest level, in the deepest part of us, a person can say to God, I am, because you are God. May the full meaning of that speak to your heart this week.

Christy Hoenysett reflects on a gap between knowing intellectually that God loves us unconditionally while still struggling to trust and experience that love in our hearts.

Fr Josh Whitehead says while God's mind may seem unknowable, through Jesus we can come to know God's mind, heart and will. By opening ourselves to Jesus and allowing our minds to be renewed, we can discern God's will and live lives worthy of Him.

Bishop Tony Percy reflects on Jesus saying he will build his Church on a rock: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. The Church survived and thrived for so long because of fidelity to the truth and adaptability to change

On The Journey This Week Fr Josh Whitehead says through Jesus we can come to know God's mind, heart and will. Mother Hilda reflects on the African philosophy of Ubuntu which translated means I am because you are. Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Christy Honeysett and Peter Abela

Peter Abela says parents naturally worry about their children, however, like St. Monica, parents can entrust their children to God and pray confidently, trusting that God will answer, remembering Jesus' promise that the Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask

Mother Hilda says truly knowing God requires more than talking about Him, it means walking in His moccasins through Scripture, prayer, forgiveness, peace-making, and seeing life from His perspective.

Pete Gilmore says that prayer can often feel like a one-way "social media status update" to God rather than a real, two-way conversation, since we rarely stick around to listen for a response. Never listening guarantees God can't speak into our lives

Mark Raue with more Catholic Social Teaching, this time authority and power. Power is not meant for control or domination but is a responsibility entrusted by God to serve others, uphold human dignity, and promote the common good. True authority follows Christ's example of humility, service and self-sacrifice

Fr John Corrigan says this Gospel models Christian prayer through humility, simplicity, courage, and unwavering persistence, even when Jesus seems silent or indifferent. It teaches us to persevere in prayer even amid silence, delay, or apparent futility, trusting that prayer is never futile but always fruitful.

On The Journey This Week Fr John Corrigan says this Gospel models Christian prayer through humility, simplicity, courage, and unwavering persistence. Mother Hilda says truly knowing God requires more than talking about Him. Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Pete Gilmore and Mark Raue

Bishop Tony Percy says that we're passing through a time of intense spiritual crisis, i.e., a crisis of truth and a crisis of love, and we might also add, a crisis of hope. Mercy and forgiveness are in short supply, yet forgiveness is at the heart of our relationships because we are weak, and we are sinful.

Fr Mike Delaney reflects on his joy and loss over the past year. Rather than see these as overwhelming, Fr Mike used them as an invitation to involve his parishioners, to embrace collaboration and looking with "new eyes” at God's presence in the everyday

On The Journey This Week: Fr James Arblaster says this week's Gospel assures us that Christ is always with us, reaching out to lift us up, calling us to trust him. Mother Hilda asks what is it that makes a person officially awesome? Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Byron & Francine Pirola and Fr Mike Delaney

Byron & Francine Pirola reflect on Pope Leo's message for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. They say that the theme of fragility and dependence are equally applicable in old age as well as in marriage

Bishop Tony Percy says the 1st reading (1 Kings 19) and the Gospel (Matthew 14) are linked by the revelation of God's effortless mastery. Both readings reveal God's supernatural power entering quietly yet authoritatively into human fear and chaos

Mother Hilda asks what is it that makes a person officially awesome? Isn't it love, kindness, concern for one another, capacity to forgive, willingness to give another start? We don't have to succeed in anything, because of God's love and its effect in our lives, you and I are all officially awesome

Fr James Arblaster says this week's Gospel assures us that Christ is always with us, reaching out to lift us up, calling us to trust him, and, as Saint Mary MacKillop taught, do all you can with the means at your disposal and calmly leave the rest to God

On The Journey This Week: Fr Ken Cafe says the feeding of the multitude reveals God's generous, compassionate nature and calls Christians to live with the same spirit. Mother Hilda says the true story of a disabled woman's reaction to her hand-crafted ceramic teapot. Plus, Bishop Tony Percy, Trish McCarthy and Deacon Josh Clayton

Deacon Josh Clayton says Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird reminds him of the quiet integrity, compassion, humility and courage through simple acts show how everyday actions and attitudes reveal our values and can draw others closer to Christ

Trish McCarthy reminds us that Jesus calls all who labour and are burdened to come and rest. Personal rest is essential, it lets us restore, reset, renew, & refresh & is vital to wellbeing. Even better, why not take up Jesus' offer to rest with him