Reflections & Homilies

Mercy Melbourne An occasion of prayer and reconciliation coming up.. Stay tuned for more.

Mother’s Day Blessing Prayer: On this Mother’s Day, we pray for blessings on all women who have loved and nurtured us throughout our lives. We give thanks for the mothers who have guided and protected us, who have taught and encouraged us. We give thanks for mothers who…

Everything we know about the husband of Mary and the foster father of Jesus comes from Scripture and that has seemed too little for those who made up legends about him. We know he was a carpenter, a working man, for the skeptical Nazarenes ask…

St. Patrick, (flourished in 5th century, Britain and Ireland; feast day March 17), patron saint and national apostle of Ireland, credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and probably responsible in part for the Christianization of the Picts and Anglo-Saxons. He is known only from two…

(A contemplation of Luke 2:1-20 from the perspective of Joseph) Initially, Joseph’s frustration and concern were to the fore. He didn’t want to make the journey to Bethlehem mainly because of how close Mary was to giving birth to this child. Every time he thought of the…

The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V and all Christians had prayed the Rosary for victory. The Rosary, or the Psalter of…