Bishop's Anthony

Homilies & Reflections

 
Homilies 16 Dec 2024

Third Sunday of Advent 2024 Year C

Today is traditionally called Gaudete Sunday, a day when the liturgical colour shifts from violet to rose, symbolising a ...

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Homilies 9 Dec 2024

Second Sunday of Advent 2024

As we journey through this season of Advent, we are invited to prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord, a coming th ...

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Homilies 9 Dec 2024

Ordination to the Priesthood of Deacon Joseph Van Tu Nguyen, OSA

On this joyful Feast of Saint Ambrose, we come together to give thanks for the grace of God and to celebrate the ordinat ...

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Homilies 2 Dec 2024

First Sunday of Advent 2024

My brothers and sisters in Christ, as we begin this season of Advent, we enter a time of watchful waiting, eager expecta ...

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Homilies 22 Nov 2024

Red Wednesday 2024

This evening, we gather once more in prayer, solidarity, and compassion for our sisters and brothers who suffer persecut ...

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Homilies 22 Nov 2024

Bishop Anthony's 5th Anniversary as Bishop of Broken Bay

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, as I stand before you today, I have not long returned from Rome where I participate ...

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Homilies 28 Nov 2023

Ordination to the Diaconate of Joseph Martin Hien Vu

“Nothing can come between us and the love of Christ…” (Romans 8:35) With these words from Saint Paul, the Church of Brok ...

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Homilies 28 Nov 2023

Red Wednesday 2023

A good friend of mine is from Juba in South Sudan. He and his family have endured violent attacks, religious discrimina ...

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Homilies 3 Oct 2023

Holy Mass for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels

Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day, be at my side, to light and guard, to ...

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Homilies 28 Apr 2023

Mass in commemoration of ANZAC Day 2023

A priest confrere of mine who served as a Catholic Chaplain for Australian troops during the War in Iraq recently remind ...

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Homilies 22 Feb 2023

Ash Wednesday 2023

Just the other day I heard someone parroting the tired old line that we have to become a new Church. This monotonous tu ...

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Homilies 25 Dec 2022

In Nativatate Domini 2022

Bring on the joy! Bring on the cheer! Dear Santa, I want one of everything! It's your Christmas! March to the beat o ...

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