Celebrating integrated Eucharist creatively

Fr Patrick Flanagan, Victoria, has written many introductions, prayers and eucharistic prayers for the Mass based on the scripture texts and feast of the day. He describes this process and the benefit to good liturgy. 

The number of a person: 666 (Rev 13:18) 

Francis J Moloney SDB, Sunbury VIC, explores the meaning of 666 in the Book of Revelation.

Over recent years I have devoted attention to Revelation. This devotion has led to three publications in the ‘apocalyptic’ year of 2020: The Apocalypse of John. A Commentary (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic), Reading Revelation at Easter Time (Collegeville: Liturgical) [written to accompany the Easter Office of Readings], and A Friendly Guide to the Book of Revelation (Mulgrave: Garratt Publications). 

Ministry after COVID: thinking with Pope Francis 

Nihal Abeyasingha, a Sri Lankan theologian discusses the challenges facing ministry. What possibilities are there to face these challenges? The present article is an abridged form of the original, which is available at www.amazon.com 

The Sydney Statement: an interfaith charter 

Rev Dr Patrick McInerney SSC, Director of the Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations and Columban priest writes about the shaping and content of the text. The Sydney StatementBuilding Bridges Between Believers from Different Religions, is a new interfaith charter published in 2021. Although named after its city of origin, The Sydney Statement is relevant to multi-religious societies around the world. 

The right to the rite

Harry Moore SM is a retired Marist priest who has worked in Papua New Guinea, Mexico and Norfolk Island. He stills helps out in local parishes when the need arises.