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Traversing Emmaus

Ashwin Emmanuel Acharya

A low-key collection of homilies, and the occasional catechetical mini-series. Please enjoy, and if I could encourage you to pray for Bishop Michael McCarthy"s intentions and for the Diocese of Rockhampton, in Qld, Australia. Thank you kindly 😁.

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11:28

Honest debate notwithstanding, perhaps what's needed...

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2022/11/30

Homily for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered (at the evening Mass) in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."There were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. One of them, acting as spokesman for the others, said, ‘What are you trying to find out from us? We are prepared to die rather than break the laws of our ancestors.’ With his

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10:35

The test of a genuine argument is whether it aims at...

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2022/11/30

Homily for the Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered (at the morning Mass) in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."There were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and scourges. One of them, acting as spokesman for the others, said, ‘What are you trying to find out from us? We are prepared to die rather than break the laws of our ancestors.’ With his

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7:43

Peace and heaven aren't for the dead... but the...

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2022/11/30

Homily for First Reconciliation Liturgy, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."Listen then, Israel, keep and observe what will make you prosper and give you great increase, as the Lord your God of your fathers has promised you, giving you a land where milk and honey flow... Listen, Israel: the Lord our God is the one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. Let these words I urge on you today be written

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6:28

What world does God desire? A vibrant, joyous,...

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2022/11/30

Homily for First Reconciliation Liturgy, delivered in St Peter Chanel Church, Tannum, Qld."Listen then, Israel, keep and observe what will make you prosper and give you great increase, as the Lord your God of your fathers has promised you, giving you a land where milk and honey flow... Listen, Israel: the Lord our God is the one Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. Let these words I urge on you today be written on your

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6:36

Jesus, Bread of Life and leaven to our souls,...

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2022/11/30

Homily for Socktober Mass with the Year 7s of Chanel College, Thursday 2nd November (Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time), delivered in the Chanel College Chapel, Gladstone, Qld."So when they had come together, they asked him, 'Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses

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4:48

Our ceaseless prayer to the God of the living and the...

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2022/11/30

Homily for the Feast of All Souls, delivered (overlooking the gardens) at the Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands Crematorium Chapel, Qld."The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God, no torment shall ever touch them. In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die, their going looked like a disaster, their leaving us, like annihilation; but they are in peace... They who trust in him will understand the truth, those who are faithful will live with him in love; for grace and mercy await

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12:39

How great is the missionary territory of this pilgrim...

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2022/11/29

Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Qld."In your sight, Lord, the whole world is like a grain of dust that tips the scales, like a drop of morning dew falling on the ground. Yet you are merciful to all, because you can do all things and overlook men’s sins so that they can repent. Yes, you love all that exists, you hold nothing of what you have made in abhorrence, for had you hated anything, you would not have formed it. And

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5:56

We see in the call of Zacchaeus the meeting of two...

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2022/11/29

Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at St Peter Channel Church, Tannum, Qld."You are merciful to all, because you can do all things and overlook men’s sins so that they can repent... You spare all things because all things are yours, Lord, lover of life, you whose imperishable spirit is in all. Little by little, therefore, you correct those who offend, you admonish and remind them of how they have sinned, so that they may abstain from evil and trust in you, Lord."

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14:02

Want to be happy? Consult the happiest people around,...

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2022/11/29

Homily for St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School All Saints Liturgy, delivered in St Peter Chanel Church, Tannum, Qld. "Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us, by letting us be called God’s children; and this is what we are." (cf. 1 Jn 3:1-3).,"Jesus saw the crowds and went up a hill, where he sat down. His disciples gathered around him, and he began to teach them: Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the kingdom of heaven belongs to them! Happy are those

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5:39

Let our religion be a highway and not a roadblock for...

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2022/11/29

Homily for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles (Friday in Thirtiet Week in Ordinary Time), delivered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the

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11:37

Childhood and friendship are heavenly things proper...

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2022/11/29

Homily for the Thursday in the 30th Week of Ordinary Time, delivered at St John the Baptist Primary School, Gladstone, Qld.Note, pending*. Readings were chosen for the class celebration.Artwork: "Separation of David and Jonathan" by Rembrandt, (c. 1642).

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13:00

Let our lives, like the baptismal font and the...

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2022/11/28

Homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at Sacred Heart Church, Yeppoon, Qld."The humble man’s prayer pierces the clouds, until it arrives he is inconsolable, nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the virtuous and delivers judgement. And the Lord will not be slow, nor will he be dilatory on their behalf." (cf. Eccl 35)."The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save. The Lord ransoms the souls of his

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10:10

Allow the Scriptures and Sacraments their reason and...

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2022/11/28

Homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at St Agnes Church, Agnes Waters, Qld."The Lord is a judge who is no respecter of personages... he listens to the plea of the injured party... the orphan’s supplication... the widow as she pours out her story. The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds...." (cf. Eccl 35)."The Lord heard the cry of the poor." (cf. Ps 34)."The first time I had to present my defence, there was

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16:03

In solemn defense of the pharisees, tax collectors,...

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2022/11/28

Homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."The Lord is a judge who is no respecter of personages. He shows no respect of personages to the detriment of a poor man, he listens to the plea of the injured party. He does not ignore the orphan’s supplication, nor the widow’s as she pours out her story. The man who with his whole heart serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds. The humble man’s prayer

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66:52

On the Sacraments: God's manifold effort to seek,...

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2022/11/01

The Sacraments: God’s manifold effort to grace us with his healing, transforming presence.This presentation was given for the Women of Worth, Star of the Sea Parish, Gladstone. Below are the "intended learning outcomes" and the bibliography. If you would like the script for the talk, please request it by contacting me. My phone and email contact is easily found. ILO 1: To access a richer experience of the Sacramental life of the Church.ILO 2: To see the seamless thread running through each

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6:06

Jesus will be mighty hard to find among us so long as...

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2022/10/30

Homily for the Friday in the Twenty-nineth Week in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you were called

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12:25

Our wonder and awe will be known precisely in our...

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2022/10/30

Reflection with some of the St Francis of Assisi children (and parents and friends) at St Peter Chanel Church. Artwork: Girl in garden, retrieved from Pinterest.

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17:57

May we know and participate in the ceaseless...

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2022/10/30

Lectio Divina discussion on the readings for the Twenty-nineth Sunday in Ordinary Time, in the park outside St Mary's Church, Ubobo, Qld."The Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, ‘Pick out men for yourself, and tomorrow morning march out to engage Amalek. I, meanwhile, will stand on the hilltop, the staff of God in my hand.’ Joshua did as Moses told him and marched out to engage Amalek, while Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. As long

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8:55

Reconciling God, grant us light and faith to see...

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2022/10/28

Homily for the Twenty-nineth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered St Peter Chanel Church, Tannum, Qld."The Amalekites came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, ‘Pick out men for yourself, and tomorrow morning march out to engage Amalek. I, meanwhile, will stand on the hilltop, the staff of God in my hand.’ Joshua did as Moses told him and marched out to engage Amalek, while Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. As long as Moses kept his arms raised, Israel

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5:35

Come, Lord Jesus, Our Reconciliation and Peace......

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2022/10/19

Homily for the Wednesday in the Twenty-nineth Week in Ordinary Time (Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs, and of Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."You have probably heard how I have been entrusted by God with the grace he meant for you, and that it was by a revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery... [to] share the same inheritance, [for we] are parts of the

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