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The priesthood of Christ is the theme of this Sunday's podcast. I explore the common priesthood of all the baptised and the ordained ministry of the New Testament priesthood. I hope you find it beneficial. The hymn comes from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, under the direction of Sir Stephen Cleobury. They sing the marvellous "Thine Be The Glory", the music of which was writt...

Good Shepherd Sunday & World Day of Prayer for Vocations Today has a triple focus: the 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday and the World Day of Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood and Consecrated Life. That's quite a lot! I hope I help you today to bring those three foci into some focus; excuse the pun!  For many the image of Christ as the Good Shepherd is an enduringly appealin...

The Road to Emmaus  is one of the best-known appearances of the Risen Lord. It has relevance at all times to our lives but, in this time of pandemic, I suggest that it has a more defined and refined application to our situation. Christus vincit. Christus regnat. Christus imperat. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: frpcha...

Today's podcast begins with a moving and beautiful Catholic hymn, which I remember fondly from my childhood: "Jesus in Your Heart We Find". It is the human heart of Jesus, in which is human love and divine love, that is the fullest expression of Divine Mercy. The hymn is sung superbly by Prima Luce from their album "A Collection of Catholic Hymns and Chants." Please suppor...

A bonus podcast! I was not intending to post another podcast until next Sunday (Divine Mercy Sunday) but I offer you this reflection upon Holy Baptism drawing upon a single sentence in one of the Epistle readings from the Mass of Easter Day. Baptism is crucial to us because this is the way that we belong to Christ so I thought that during the Octave of Easter, which is like Easter Day every day, i...

After the solemn liturgies of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Vigil in the Holy Night, I offer my homily and reflections for Easter Day; particularly in the circumstances that surround us this Easter, with all the restrictions and impositions that curtail our movement and our lives because of the pandemic. The wonderful Easter antiphon  Christus Vincit is sung by a Spanish choir, Cantos y Coro...

This Sunday we begin Holy Week.   It is a very different experience this year with the Coronavirus restrictions. Most of you will not participate in the commemoration of the Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem, except maybe via a livestream Mass. If you do participate in Mass, by some means, you will hear the proclamation of the Lord's Passion and Death from the Gospel according to St...

Where has the COVID19 or Wuhan virus come from? Can we say that it is a chastisement from God for idolatry and sin? These and other questions I explore in the first episode of my podcast. If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions  or to ask questions you can do this via email: frpchandler@armidale.catholic.org.au Also if you would like to support me in this work, please send...