Exult, let them exult, the hosts of heaven, exult, let Angel ministers of God exult, let the trumpet of salvation sound aloud our mighty King’s triumph! Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to…
Author: Marilyn Rodrigues
I'm a journalist and married mother of five. I live in Sydney.
Reflections over the Easter Triduum
Holy Thursday Grace From the Divine Office for today (emphasis by me): Since in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who…
For parents, it pays to be cheerful!
This is from a recent column published in TheCatholic Weekly: Peter and I went to a dinner and talk held at Campion College last week where the speaker was Dr Andrew Mullins, the headmaster of Wollemi College, a western Sydney independent Catholic boys’ school, and the author of Parenting for Character. Dr Mullins shared…
Palm Sunday thoughts on pretending I don’t know Jesus
I was struck by the Gospel reading today, the account of Jesus’ passion from the Gospel of Matthew. It’s a story I know so well that is hard to listen to it as if it were a true account I was hearing about for the first time. I tried to listen as if for the first time. And I didn’t really succeed,…
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