The
tale of the Prodigal...Alan Simpson takes us on
a gentler meander through today's Gospel reading and poses a few
questions about our own behaviours. [more]
005 :
11 Mar 2007
Don't
look back... Both in the
lead commentaries and in
the forum in recent day we've had much discussion on today's
Gospel reading about the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree. In his
commentary today, Alan takes a different tack and
concentrates on the Epistle and its message. [more]
004 :
04 Mar 2007
Overcoming
our fear of the dark...Alan Simpson, thinks
it's "a shame, really, that so often our very human forms
of artificial 'enlightenment' obscure our vision of what God gives
to us. Do we see only what we allow ourselves to see?"[more]
003 :
25 Feb 2007
What
does this mean: "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved"? From the other side of the Pacific,
and taking a break from growing grass on his ranch in Texas, Alan
Simpson, is joining us with a series of gentle reflections
on the Sunday readings during Lent. In his first contribution, Alan
reflects on the meaning in "Everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved."[more]
001 :
05 Oct 2006
Sloth:
the easiest of the Seven Deadlies – it requires no effort,
no thought, no intent! And now from another voice from around
the other side of the world: Alan Simpson has done a lot
of theological study in his time but has now retired to grow grass
for cows, goats and sheep on a ranch in Texas. He argues in a delightfully
whimsical commentary that sloth is probably the easiest of the Seven
Deadlies. It requires no effort, no thought, no intent. Sloth happens.
Can we do anything about it? Probably not. Besides, nobody cares
if we sleep through the homily — as long as we don't snore!
[more]
The Mission of Christ, the Mission of the Church, the Mission of a Diocese Dominican bishop, Anthony Fisher, was installed as the Third Bishop of the Western diocese of urban Sydney, the Parramatta Diocese, on 4 March 2010. His homily delivered at the Installation Mass outlined his broad sweep of the Mission of Jesus Christ, the Mission of the Church, and what he sees as his personal Mission which he was seeking to invite the people of the Western suburbs of Sydney to embrace. Here at Catholica we think the homily offers rich food for reflection and discussion at a number of levels: firstly the evident thought put into the address, secondly in that the Western suburbs of Sydney in many respects are typical of the social challenges encountered in almost any major city of the Western world, and also because of questions that intersect with many of the discussions the community at Catholica engages in of the problems facing the Church today. Because of YouTube limitations the video is in three parts of 9m 54s, 5m 59s, 6m 12s (22m 5s total). [Catholica Editorial where we first drew attention to this homily] | [WATCH THE VIDEO]
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