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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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17:05

Hence we profess our belief in "all things visible...

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2022/08/07

Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."The devout children of worthy men offered sacrifice in secretand this divine pact they struck with one accord: that the saints would share the same blessings and dangers alike; and forthwith they had begun to chant the hymns of the fathers." (cf. Wis 18:6-9)."The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them

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11:38

Our trusted oaths and offered sacrifices bring us to...

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2022/08/07

Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in St Peter Chanel Church, Tannum Sands, Qld."That night had been foretold to our ancestors, so that, once they saw what kind of oaths they had put their trust in,they would joyfully take courage. This was the expectation of your people,the saving of the virtuous and the ruin of their enemies; for by the same act with which you took vengeance on our foesyou made us glorious by calling us to you." (cf. Wis 18:6-9)."Happy the people

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11:06

How do we safeguard our lives from avarice and...

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2022/07/31

Homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days,

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11:56

What shall we do to strengthen the faith, hope, and...

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2022/07/31

Homily for Catholic Education Week 2022 (on the Feast of St James, Apostle), delivered at St John the Baptist Primary School, Gladstone, Qld."I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains – but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away

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21:27

If we frail fellows so love our own, how much more...

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2022/07/24

Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "The men left there and went to Sodom while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Approaching him he said, ‘Are you really going to destroy the just man with the sinner...? Will you really overwhelm them...? Do not think of doing such a thing: to kill the just man with the sinner, treating just and sinner alike! Do not think of it! Will the judge of the whole earth not

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5:33

We must be ever-increasingly those who seek, hope,...

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2022/07/22

Homily for Friday in the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time (Saint Mary Magdalene), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."The bride says this: On my bed, at night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I sought but did not find him. So I will rise and go through the City; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my heart loves. I sought but did not find him. The watchmen came upon me on their rounds in the City: ‘Have you seen him whom my heart loves?’

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6:59

For all our prophecy, may we firstly soften and...

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2022/07/20

Homily for Wednesda in the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of a priestly family living at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. The word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you came to birth I consecrated you; I have appointed you as prophet to the nations.’ I said, ‘Ah, Lord; look, I do not know how to speak: I am a child!’ But the

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7:15

To every Mary and Martha — even those inside each of...

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2022/07/17

Homily for Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said ‘I beg you, if I find favour with you, kindly do not pass your servant by

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4:25

Christ our God and brother abides, admitting us into...

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2022/07/15

Homily for Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Feast of Saint Bonaventure), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "Hezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘The Lord says this, “Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live.”’ Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and addressed this prayer to the Lord, ‘Ah, Lord, remember, I beg you, how I have behaved faithfully and with

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6:54

Take up my yoke, our plough, the Cross — and together...

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2022/07/14

Homily for Thursday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Feast of Saint Camillus), delivered in Chanel College Chapel, Gladstone, Qld."The path of the upright man is straight, you smooth the way of the upright. Following the path of your judgements, we hoped in you, O Lord, your name, your memory are all my soul desires. At night my soul longs for youand my spirit in me seeks for you; when your judgements appear on earth the inhabitants of the world learn the meaning of integrity. O

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4:52

While everything is already in God's hand, the Divine...

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2022/07/13

Homily for Wednesday in the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Feast of Saint Henry), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "The Lord of hosts says this: Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger, the club brandished by me in my fury! I sent him against a godless nation; I gave him commission... But he did not intend this, his heart did not plan it so. No, in his heart was to destroy, to go on cutting nations to pieces without limit. For he has said: ‘By the strength of my

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4:28

"Pay attention, keep calm, have no fear..." Stand...

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2022/07/12

Homily for Tuesday in the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time (Feast of Saints Zélie and Louis Martin, the parents of the the Little Flower), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Razon the king of Aram went up against Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to lay siege to it; but he was unable to capture it. The news was brought to the House of David. ‘Aram’ they said ‘has reached Ephraim.’

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14:27

Our church altar is in fact in your own heart, where...

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2022/07/10

Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."Moses said to the people: Obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping those commandments and laws of his that are written in the Book of this Law, and you shall return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. For this Law that I enjoin on you today is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven, so that you need to wonder, 'Who will go up to

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4:27

Your Word is the unlimited fruitfulness of the...

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2022/07/08

Homily for Friday in the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "The Lord says this: Israel, come back to the Lord your God; your iniquity was the cause of your downfall. Provide yourself with words and come back to the Lord. Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity away...' I will heal their disloyalty, I will love them with all my heart, for my anger has turned from them. I will fall like dew on Israel. He shall bloom like the lily, and

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4:38

God has one thing to give us, and it is nothing other...

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2022/07/07

Homily for Thursday in the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Memorial of Saint Peter To Rot), delivered at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld. "Thus says the Lord: When Israel was a child I loved him,and I called my son out of Egypt. But the more I called to them, the further they went from me; they have offered sacrifice to the Baals and set their offerings smoking before the idols. I myself taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in my arms; yet they have not understood that I

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10:08

Each of us is Elisha - called to sacrificial love,...

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2022/07/06

Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2022, delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea, Gladstone, Qld."The Lord said to Elijah, ‘Go, you are to anoint Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel Meholah, as prophet to succeed you.’ Leaving there, Elijah came on Elisha son of Shaphat as he was ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth. Elijah passed near to him and threw his cloak over him. Elisha left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and

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13:36

Let us make for Jerusalem, calling down the sacral...

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2022/07/06

Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2022, delivered in St Agnes Church, Agnes Waters, Qld."The Lord said to Elijah, ‘Go, you are to anoint Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel Meholah, as prophet to succeed you.’ [Elisha] followed Elijah and became his servant." (cf. 1 Kngs 19:16-21)."You are my inheritance, O Lord. Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God. O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize.’" (Ps

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10:25

Speak, John, the flock gathered now in the one you...

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2022/07/06

Homily for the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, (Readings from the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart), feast day Mass for St John the Baptist Primary School, Gladstone, Qld."The Lord God says this: I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherd keeps all his flock in view when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my sheep in view... I myself will pasture my sheep, I myself will show them where to rest – it is the Lord who

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7:31

Where can the world's love be sustained? Surely in...

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2022/07/06

Homily for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, (Friday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time), delivered in Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Gladstone, Qld."The Lord God says this: I am going to look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view. As a shepherd keeps all his flock in view when he stands up in the middle of his scattered sheep, so shall I keep my sheep in view. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered during the mist and darkness. I shall bring

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7:10

Beware mere, unmeritorious work. Rather, be fruitful...

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2022/07/06

Homily for Thursday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time, delivered Chanel School Chapel, Gladstone, Qld."Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. He did what is displeasing to the Lord, just as his father had done..." (cf. 2 Kngs 24:8-17)."Jesus said to his disciples: ‘It is not those who say to me, “Lord, Lord,” who will enter the kingdom of heaven, but

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