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200 Words: Taken by Christ Evidently, the first two weeks of Lent encourage us to reflect upon the mystery of Jesus. The testing of Jesus manifests his humanity (Matthew 4). Our good friend Brendan Byrne, SJ, says Jesus is being invited to the false self, and what is true for Jesus is applicable to us: We are tested to identify with what we do. We are tested to identify with what people think of us. We are tested to identify with possessions – wealth, thoughts or ambitions. T

Michael McLaren interviewed Bishop Percy on 2GB Radio about the significance of St. Francis of Assisi and the 800 th  anniversary of his death.   St. Francis stayed awake many hours at night asking God two questions:   God, who are you? God, who am I?   Bishop Percy speaks about the return to faith and the coming to faith of young people, especially young men, since 2020.

200 Words: Recorded to Rekindle Gustav Mahler (1860-1911): Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. Pope Leo XIV reflected on the relationship between Tradition and the Bible in his Wednesday Catechesis: There exists a close connection and communication between sacred tradition and Sacred Scripture. For both of them, flowing from the same divine wellspring, in a certain way merge into a unity and tend toward the same end (28 January 2026). The ‘fir

200 Words: Silence that Sustains St. Antony Abbot (251-356) lived a long and fruitful life. He was a Christian monk from Egypt who counselled people in need and courageously visited persecuted Christians in captivity. Jesus spent 40 days in the desert – Antony spent nearly 80 years in it. He went out into the wilderness around 270AD and stayed put. He used to say: When you go out into the desert, three things fall silent: our speaking, our hearing, our seeing. But one thing r

WATCH NOW: ABC Interview with Bishop Tony Percy (see foot of page) Ashes are placed upon our foreheads. The priest has the option of saying: Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Repent, and believe in the Gospel. Quite evocative, I’d say. St. John Paul II: Lent is the time for entering into ourselves. It is a time of special intimacy with God in the depths of our hearts and consciences. And it is within this interior intimacy with God that the main work o

200 Words: Echoes Becoming Encounters Every Wednesday the pope gives a catechesis, meaning ‘to echo.’ The teaching of Jesus echoes down the centuries, enlightening hearts and minds, helping to answer the two questions St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) put to God during the night: God, who are you? God, who am I? Pope Leo XIV has begun a year of catechesis on the documents of Vatican Council II (1962-1965). This major gathering of bishops helped the Church to present her 4,000