"In this passage the people are sitting by the waters of Babylon and longing for the temple in Jerusalem but Isaiah says do not remember the things of old, the new is emerging but you cannot see it."
Father Frank Moloney SDB said the future of Religious would not be like the past and Religious could not go on doing what they were doing so well.
Father Frank said that more than ever today, the light that should shine from religious life in Australia should not come from structures and institutions.