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		<title>Before Dawn Breaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resurrection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a particular moment at the beginning of the day that feels almost suspended in time. It is neither night nor morning, neither dark nor fully illuminated. Shapes emerge slowly, outlines become clearer, and you sense that something is about to change, even though it has not yet done so. It is a gentle [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Light That Leads Us Home</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/easter/triduum/a-light-that-leads-us-home/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Triduum]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is something deeply human about watching a small light shine against a gathering darkness. It captures our attention instinctively, almost tenderly, because it speaks to something we recognise within ourselves. A simple moment—a child watching a glowing kite rise into the evening sky—becomes a quiet parable of faith. What was once frustrating suddenly becomes [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279653</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>When the Church Falls Silent</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/easter/triduum/when-the-church-falls-silent/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Triduum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Friday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suffering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surrender]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bringing Our Burdens to the Cross If you’ve ever walked into an emergency department, you’ll recognise the strange sameness of it. It doesn’t matter whether it’s midday with the sun blazing outside or three in the morning with the streets empty and silent. The atmosphere is often the same: a room full of people waiting. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279648</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Passion and Community</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/lent/passion-and-community/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holy Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palm Sunday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacred]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Holy Week: From Worldly Power to the Way of Jesus Recently, while taking one of my regular walks through our neighborhood parklands, I paused to watch a group of young people playing basketball. It was fascinating to see them gathered on the old, weathered asphalt courts near the swimming pool, despite the shiny new courts [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279641</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Lazarus, Death, and Community</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/lent/lazarus-death-and-community/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 04:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resurrection]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Walking among graves between services, you learn to read the language of stone. Every headstone speaks in its own accent—dates and names and carved symbols trying to make sense of what refuses to be domesticated: death. Across Sydney’s cemeteries the differences are striking, yet the ache is the same. There is a pull to tidy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279630</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Darkness and Light</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/lent/darkness-and-light/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Son of Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anyone who has worn glasses knows the strange moment of panic when they cannot be found. We search the bedside table, pat down pockets, retrace our steps across the house—only to discover that the glasses were sitting on top of our heads all along. It is a small and ordinary experience, but it reminds us [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279613</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Quenching Our Thirst</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/lent/quenching-our-thirst/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 01:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barriers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thirst]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Encountering God&#8217;s Love and Breaking Barriers Usually, I like to be fairly well prepared when I go out on a bushwalk, making sure I have got enough water with me for the journey. Yet, there have certainly been times when I have been caught out. Perhaps it was a cloudy day, leading to the mistaken [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279590</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Mountain top</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/lent/mountain-top/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 07:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vulnerability]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Encounters on the Mountain: Embracing God&#8217;s Call and Grace in Everyday Life Key Takeaway:Mountaintop encounters in Scripture and in our lives are moments of divine grace and transformation. They remind us that God calls us not because of our achievements, but out of sheer love, inviting us to trust, be transformed, and share that grace [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279586</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Lent in the Fog: Empty Me, Fill Me, Use Me</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/lent/lent-in-the-fog-empty-me-fill-me-use-me/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Lent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something quietly disorienting about walking a path you know well in the dark. Fr Richard knows that feeling firsthand — years spent in Wollongong, regular walks along the foreshore and the lighthouse, the Blue Mile so familiar it barely registered anymore. Then one morning, an early start, a schedule that wouldn&#8217;t wait, and suddenly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279562</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Training Wheels</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-a/training-wheels/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 07:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commandment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first time you try to ride a bike, it’s rarely smooth. Parents or teachers might encourage you to look ahead and keep pedaling, but most of us started out with training wheels or perhaps even a tricycle, providing stability as we learned. These tools didn’t teach us to ride on their own, but they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279557</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Already Salt and Light</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-a/already-salt-and-light/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generosity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaiah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salt]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes a blackout to remind us just how powerful light is. When every appliance falls silent, when every tiny LED around the house goes dark, when the streetlights fail and entire suburbs dissolve into shadow, the world feels strangely exposed. It’s remarkable how a single candle—or even just the strike of a match—can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279528</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>How good is life</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-a/how-good-is-life/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leaning Into the Wind: Why the Beatitudes Aren&#8217;t a To-Do List There are houses perched on the Illawarra escarpment that offer views so stunning you&#8217;d pay good money just to stand on the deck for ten minutes. The coastline spreads out below you, city lights twinkling like scattered stars, the ocean stretching to the horizon. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279522</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Light in dark places</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-a/light-in-dark-places/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Call]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disciples]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Light in the Darkest Places: Jesus Starts Where You&#8217;d Least Expect The Map of the Forgotten When you&#8217;re reading Lord of the Rings or watching Game of Thrones, you need the map. Where&#8217;s Westeros? Where&#8217;s the Shire? You need to visualize the geography to understand the story. Today&#8217;s Gospel gives us geography too: Zebulun and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279502</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Point the way</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-a/point-the-way/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Blogpost: The Art of Getting Out of the Way We’ve all experienced two types of &#8220;guides&#8221; in life. There’s the one who loves the sound of their own voice, making the journey more about their ego than the destination. Then there’s the expert—the one who is deeply informed but remains humble, standing aside so that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279496</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>God waits in line</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/god-waits-in-line/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Season of Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baptism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John the Baptist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Messiah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waiting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The God Who Waits in Line We all know the frustration of waiting in a long queue. Whether it’s at the airport, Centrelink, or the shops, standing in line makes us feel like just another number. Usually, if you are a VIP, you don’t stand in line—you get an express pass or a back entrance. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279482</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Looking Up</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/solemnity/looking-up/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solemnity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epiphany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salvation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sign]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding God Beyond Our Comfort Zones A Reflection on the Epiphany The Blue Dot and the Star We&#8217;ve all done it—pulled out our phones, waited for that reassuring blue dot to appear on the map, and confidently set off toward our destination. It&#8217;s convenient, reliable, and decidedly modern. But Fr Richard&#8217;s recent homily invites us [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279458</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Navigating Family Together</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/christmas/navigating-family-together/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walking]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Mountain, The Family, and the Journey We Share 6 AM at the Trailhead It&#8217;s barely light. A father and his teenage son stand at the base of a mountain neither has climbed before. The son&#8217;s done his research—scrolled through reviews, noted the challenges, studied the trail maps on his app. The father? Classic dad [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279439</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>True Gift</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/christmas/true-gift/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Gift Inside the Boxes: What Mary Treasured at Christmas The Present That Kept Unwrapping Between Christmas Eve Masses, Fr. Richard heard a wonderful story about a family&#8217;s Christmas morning. A young boy had his eye on this massive box under the tree. When present-opening time came, he went straight for it. Inside the big [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279434</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Mess and Vulnerability</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/christmas/mess-and-vulnerability/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding God in the Mess: Why Jesus Wasn&#8217;t Born in a Palace The Tale of Two Births My friend is one of those people who has life completely sorted. When he travels, everything is color-coded, spreadsheets are involved, contingency plans have contingency plans. It&#8217;s impressive, really. And honestly? I think Caesar Augustus would have loved [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279425</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>A silent Yes</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/advent/a-silent-yes/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 09:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Advent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconciliation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Mercy That Acts: Learning from Joseph&#8217;s 3am Decision When Righteousness Meets Compassion We&#8217;ve all been there—wide awake at 3am, mind racing, turning over problems that seem insurmountable in the darkness. Fr. Richard Healey invites us into Joseph&#8217;s sleepless nights after hearing the devastating news: Mary, his betrothed, was pregnant, and he knew the child [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279423</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Joy and Waiting</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/advent/joy-and-waiting/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John the Baptist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding Joy in the Wait: A Gaudete Sunday Reflection When God Doesn&#8217;t Show Up the Way We Expected We&#8217;ve reached the midpoint of Advent—Gaudete Sunday, when we break out the rose-colored vestments and celebrate joy. But let&#8217;s be honest: how many of us are actually feeling joyful right now? Maybe you started Advent with good [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Remembering Who We Are</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/solemnity/remembering-who-we-are/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Solemnity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Remembering Who We Are: The Gift of the Immaculate Conception Reflections on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception If every feast day of Our Lady is ultimately a feast day about Jesus—about the work he has done, the salvation he offers—then by extension, it&#8217;s also a solemnity of the whole Church, the whole Body of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279396</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>The Shoot from the Stump</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/advent/the-shoot-from-the-stump/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Call]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaiah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John the Baptist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surrender]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding Hope in the Wilderness Reflections for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A There&#8217;s something powerful about witnessing resurrection with your own eyes. At the back of my parents&#8217; farm, one of the big old oak trees got hit by lightning years ago. It was completely obliterated—nothing left but a blackened stump. For all [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279389</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Advent Hope</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/seasons/advent/advent-hope-2/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[ALERT, NOT ALARMED—ADVENT AS INVITATION First Sunday of Advent, Year A Think of the last time you were at an airport gate waiting for a flight. The atmosphere is fascinating, isn&#8217;t it? Some people pace nervously. Others slump in those terrible seats trying to catch a few moments of sleep. Some are glued to their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279381</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Remembered King</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/solemnity/remembered-king/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Solemnity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kingdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Servant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surrender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vulnerability]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Cross: Embracing the True King of Service A Childhood Crown vs. The King on the Cross Most of us carry a very powerful, perhaps childhood, image of what a king looks like: purple robes, a magnificent crown, and the power to command. Fr Richard beautifully recalled the extreme measures his mother took to prepare [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279375</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Don’t Be Overwhelmed, Be Faithful</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-c/dont-be-overwhelmed-be-faithful/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerusalem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temple]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Antidote to Digital Overload We live in a time of overwhelming information. From 24/7 news channels to constantly buzzing social media feeds, we are bombarded with rumors of wars, stories of sickness, and all kinds of trials. This deluge often leaves us feeling stressed, anxious, and searching for the &#8220;signs of the times.&#8221; We [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279348</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Let the River Flow</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/solemnity/let-the-river-flow/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Season of Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solemnity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Called]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not Just Bricks and Mortar: You Are the Living Temple A Solemnity with a Profound Truth Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the Pope&#8217;s cathedral in Rome. It&#8217;s a day to honour a magnificent, historic building. But as Fr Richard Healey beautifully reminds us, the real focus of this [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279341</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>The God Who Stops for Funerals</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/solemnity/the-god-who-stops-for-funerals/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 01:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Solemnity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funeral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gospel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mercy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surrender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Widow]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve all been there. That moment at a funeral when the silence is deafening. That sound of dirt on a coffin. That visceral, final feeling that this is the end. We’ve all watched someone we love cry and felt that profound sense of loss, asking ourselves, &#8220;What now? Is this it?&#8221; On this Commemoration of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279330</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Honest Prayer</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-c/honest-prayer/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 09:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Core Overview&#8211; Background/objective: The speaker uses Leo Tolstoy’s short story “The Three Hermits” and Jesus’ parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector to teach that authentic prayer and transformation come from humility and dependence on God, not from external religious performance.&#8211; Overall conclusion: True justification and spiritual change flow from recognizing our need for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279298</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Perseverance and Community</title>
		<link>https://rmhealey.com/ordinary-time/year-c/perseverance-and-community/</link>
		
		
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Year C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Example]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exodus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perfection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Widow]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Perseverance in Prayer — Lessons from a Marathon, the Persistent Widow, and Moses 🎯 Core Overview&#8211; Background/objective: A sermon-style reflection that uses three narratives — the 1968 Mexico City Olympic marathon, the persistent widow parable (Luke), and Moses’ intercession against the Amalekites — to encourage persistent prayer, mutual support, and finishing what we begin.&#8211; Overall [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">279285</post-id>	<dc:creator>richard@rmhealey.com (Fr Richard Healey)</dc:creator></item>
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