Sunday Homily, 18 February 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Much rides on whether Christ withstands his temptations. Indeed, everything for us – our contentment in this life and our happiness in...
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Feb 11
Sunday Homily, 11 February 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
We can marvel at the fact that the Lord never contracted leprosy himself, even though he often came into physical contact with those who...
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Jan 28
Sunday Homily, 28 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Just a few months before he died 750 years ago this year, St Thomas Aquinas was celebrating Mass and fell into one of his ecstasies. ...
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Jan 26
Australia Day Homily, 26 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
When he arrived a week after the First Fleet and saw the foundations for the first Government House, Louis XVI’s explorer, Laperouse,...
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Jan 25
Jubilee of St Thomas Aquinas
This year is the 750th anniversary of the death of St Thomas Aquinas, the great doctor of the Church. St Dominic's is celebrating the...
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Jan 22
Sunday Homily, 21 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
At a time when secluded wives were slavishly obedient to their husbands and teary mourners were hired to appear at funerals, when...
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Jan 14
Sunday Homily, 14 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Though he had lived all his life in the Lord’s sanctuary, it wasn’t Eli who heard the voice of God, but Samuel. This was because of...
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Jan 7
Sunday Homily, 7 January 2024 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Someone said to me over Christmas, “I like the new cross, Father.” He was referring to our star. I like that our star was mistaken for...
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Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Homily, 31 December 2023 - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
This is the 800th anniversary of the first Nativity Scene. In 1223, St Francis of Assisi was just back from the Holy Land. The...
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Dec 27, 2023
HOLY HOUR
There will be a Holy Hour to mark the end of 2023 and another to pray in the new year of grace: 4-5pm, Sunday 31 December 2023. The hymn...
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Dec 25, 2023
Christmas Homily - Fr Paul Rowse, OP
Mercifully, things are winding down for the year. Pretty soon we won’t be able to tell what day of the week it is. Christmas is the...
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Dec 19, 2023
Christmas Concert
On Gaudete Sunday, that welcome break in the penitential season of Advent, Australian Digital Concert Hall brought the Melbourne Octet to...
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