by Fr Marcus Goulding | Nov 2, 2024 | Newsletter
1021. Death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting or rejecting the divine grace manifested in Christ. The New Testament speaks of judgment primarily in its aspect of the final encounter with Christ in his second coming, but also repeatedly...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Oct 26, 2024 | Newsletter
Nicolas Poussin, “Extreme Unction” c. 1638-1640. 1007. Death is the end of earthly life. Our lives are measured by time, in the course of which we change, grow old and, as with all living beings on earth, death seems like the normal end of life… [D]eath...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Oct 20, 2024 | Newsletter
Christ defines his saving mission as a service whose highest expression will be the sacrifice of his life for mankind: “For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Mk 10:45). These words, spoken to counter...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Oct 12, 2024 | Newsletter
A couple of weeks ago I received a humbling invitation from Professor Tracey Rowland to launch her latest book, Unconformed to the Age: Essays in Catholic Ecclesiology. The book launch will be held at 7pm this Wednesday at St Peter’s Catholic Church in Toorak....
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Oct 5, 2024 | Newsletter
Jesus blesses the newly-wed couple at Cana.The Marriage Feast at Cana (c. 1672) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo The Lord’s teaching on marriage in this Sunday’s Gospel is as counter-cultural today as it was in His own day. In first-century Judaism, marriage was not...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Sep 14, 2024 | Newsletter
Titian, Christ Carrying the Cross (c. 1565) Jesus called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but...
