MELBOURNE: 14th October 2007 -- Despite his energetic preaching
of the Word, one preacher would not wish to attach Mt 18:21-22 to this
news item (As often as seven times? Jesus answered - not seven I tell
you but seventy-seven times!). After a year of taking on not only
the confreres' annual retreats in the Australia-Pacific Province, but
also similar retreats in Hua Hin for Thai confreres, and elsewhere, the
Australian Provincial, Fr Frank Moloney, thinks this might be just
enough for one year.
Fr Moloney had already accepted the commitment for
the Thai retreats before being appointed provincial, and after putting
it off for one year, decided to honour the commitment. He also decided
that it might be useful, at least once in his period office, to preach
the usual series of annual retreats for his own province rather than
ask another or others to do so. His comment: "Everyone who did
this retreat - including the preacher (7 times) - felt the power
of the Word. It was an important experience for the Province".
No surprise that he built the retreats around a
range of biblical themes: call to discipleship, the mission of
the disciple, formation of the disciple, restoration of failing
disciples, Peter and Judas: contrasts in discipleship, a Gospel
portrait of Mary, the man born blind, Mary, Martha, the
disciples and the Jews at the resurrection of Lazarus, the challenge of
the life, teaching, death and resurrection of Jesus (2 talks).
No doubt the text of these talks will be
available at some stage. Should this be the case, they will be
traceable in due course on SDL or Bosconet.
Earlier this year Fr Moloney republished his The
Living Voice of the Gospels, in the light of continuing biblical
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