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- rmhealey.com - Liturgy & Life Podcast
Living the Commandments of Love
Stepping into a hospital room after receiving a quick text message from a social worker is a familiar part of chaplaincy care at Campbelltown Hospital, yet it…
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Bearing the Image of God
Fr Richard Healey addresses the Gospel story of the Pharisees and Herodians confronting Jesus about paying taxes to Caesar. He highlights that while Jesus…
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Banquet invitation
The Wedding Feast: An Invitation to Be Transformed Planning a wedding can be a strenuous, stressful business. The average wedding in New South Wales this year…
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Fruitful Lives
Standing in the Ticino Valley surrounded by the medieval castles of Bellinzona, one is struck by how protective walls enclose not only the central fortresses…
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Not just words
This homily contrasts two responses to God: the outward respectability of the scribes and Pharisees, who say the right words but haven’t changed their…
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No One Has Hired Us
Drawing on a family gathering in Brisbane where grandchildren had to be given assigned seats to prevent squabbling, Fr Richard observes how deeply our instinct…
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No more ledgers
Tearing Up the Ledger: The Power and Freedom of Radical Forgiveness Funerals have a tragic habit of exposing the rawest edges of human nature. During a recent…
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No more silence
Breaking the Awkward Silence: The Courage of Gospel Reconciliation When harm or conflict enters a family, workplace, or parish community, a heavy and awkward…
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Diving Back Into the Water
There’s a story of an Australian swimmer who, as a teenager, reached the very top of his sport — school, region, state, then the green and gold at both…
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Say it outloud
A mother recently shared how startled she was when her daughter turned to her on the drive home from school and asked, “Mum, do you really believe in all…
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Sliding Along the Pew
Preached on the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, this homily opens with a story of a refugee family in Campbelltown who felt truly welcomed in Australia for…
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The First Blossom of Spring
Driving around in the middle of August, you notice how unevenly winter is loosening its grip. Some trees are still completely bare, without a hint of bud or…
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No Shrine, No Tomb
What Mary’s Empty Grave Tells Us There’s a small but telling detail worth sitting with on this feast: nowhere in the world is there a shrine…
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Finding God in the Storm
Reflecting on Matthew’s account of Jesus walking on water and Peter’s attempt to join him, this homily draws on a memory of driving through a…
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More than enough
The multiplication of the loaves and fishes is a familiar story, yet the physical miracle of turning a few loaves into a feast for thousands is perhaps the…
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Planned for Glory
Foreknown, Loved, and Transformed: Walking the Golden Chain of Grace Imagine waiting seven long years for something your heart desperately desires. For a…
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Patient with weeds
A friend once told me about a parish that found itself in a genuinely dangerous situation. A large group of parishioners had begun agitating against the…
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Sowing with Abundance
Growing up in the dairy country of the Bega Valley, in a place called Brogo, meant living closely connected to the rhythm of the land. While only a few farms…
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Laying It Down
There is a distinct and familiar imagery in watching a young child head off on their first ever school camp, completely dwarfed by a monstrous backpack. They…
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Making Room for Grace
There is something quietly powerful about the person in a parish community who notices others. You know the kind: the one who cannot bear to see someone…
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Courage and Presence
Storms, Companions, and the God Who Stays Drawing on a childhood memory of a storm-frightened farm dog, Fr Richard reflects on this Sunday’s readings —…
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Compassion and Commission
From Apprentices to Apostles: Carrying Divine Compassion into the Peak Hour Crowd If you have ever stood on a crowded railway platform during the morning peak…
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Bread Enough
A story was told of a mother arriving at a refugee camp in Lebanon after walking for two weeks with her three young children. When an aid worker finally gave…
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Plunging into Divine Love
Even as the weather turns distinctly chilly, a memory from the height of summer can offer us a profound spiritual insight. Picture a local swimming pool on a…
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Southerly Buster
Any Sydney-sider knows the feeling. It’s the middle of a long, sweltering afternoon, the power has cut out, the air conditioning is dead, and everything…
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Awkward Living Bones
From Dry Bones to Pentecost People: The Spirit Who Speaks Every Language Beginning with a self-deprecating confession about being naturally awkward, this…
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Super Bones
There’s a particular kind of awkwardness that settles over a room full of people who don’t quite know each other yet. You’ve probably felt it…
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Absence and Mission
Beyond the Departure Gates: Finding the Ascended Christ in Our Own Backyard If you have ever spent time in the departure terminal at Sydney…
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You Are Not Alone
The Promise of the Paraclete Summary: Drawing on the eve of Jesus’s crucifixion and Philip’s bold mission to Samaria, this homily reflects on the…
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Finding Our Way
Recalculating: Finding Our Way as Living Stones This homily draws a parallel between the physical disorientation of navigating newly built suburbs with Google…
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The Voice We Follow
There is something quietly humbling about being compared to a sheep. They are not exactly the most glamorous of creatures — a little clueless, a little…
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Our own hope
Some weeks bring with them a weight that words struggle to carry. A brief text message about a broken relationship. A hospital room where parents sit in…
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Behind Locked Doors
The early days of the pandemic taught us something about distance. We learned how quickly instinctive compassion could be interrupted by fear, how easily we…
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Before Dawn Breaks
There is a particular moment at the beginning of the day that feels almost suspended in time. It is neither night nor morning, neither dark nor fully…
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A Light That Leads Us Home
There is something deeply human about watching a small light shine against a gathering darkness. It captures our attention instinctively, almost tenderly…
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When the Church Falls Silent
Bringing Our Burdens to the Cross If you’ve ever walked into an emergency department, you’ll recognise the strange sameness of it. It doesn’t matter whether…
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Passion and Community
Holy Week: From Worldly Power to the Way of Jesus Recently, while taking one of my regular walks through our neighborhood parklands, I paused to watch a group…
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Lazarus, Death, and Community
Walking among graves between services, you learn to read the language of stone. Every headstone speaks in its own accent—dates and names and carved symbols…
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Darkness and Light
Anyone who has worn glasses knows the strange moment of panic when they cannot be found. We search the bedside table, pat down pockets, retrace our steps…
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Quenching Our Thirst
Encountering God’s Love and Breaking Barriers Usually, I like to be fairly well prepared when I go out on a bushwalk, making sure I have got enough water…
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Mountain top
Encounters on the Mountain: Embracing God’s Call and Grace in Everyday Life Key Takeaway:Mountaintop encounters in Scripture and in our lives are moments…
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Lent in the Fog: Empty Me, Fill Me, Use Me
There’s something quietly disorienting about walking a path you know well in the dark. Fr Richard knows that feeling firsthand — years spent in…
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Training Wheels
The first time you try to ride a bike, it’s rarely smooth. Parents or teachers might encourage you to look ahead and keep pedaling, but most of us started out…
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Already Salt and Light
Sometimes it takes a blackout to remind us just how powerful light is. When every appliance falls silent, when every tiny LED around the house goes dark, when…
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How good is life
Leaning Into the Wind: Why the Beatitudes Aren’t a To-Do List There are houses perched on the Illawarra escarpment that offer views so stunning…
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Light in dark places
Light in the Darkest Places: Jesus Starts Where You’d Least Expect The Map of the Forgotten When you’re reading Lord of the Rings or watching Game…
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Point the way
Blogpost: The Art of Getting Out of the Way We’ve all experienced two types of “guides” in life. There’s the one who loves the sound of their own…