Since it is unlikely that this letter will be posted on the Catholic Leader, we have posted it here.
Many people have written to the Catholic Leader over past six months to express an alternate opinion to the ones expressed in your paper regarding the parish of St Mary’s South Brisbane. But their views have not been honored or recognized in any way. We are only hearing from only one perspective.
St Mary’s South Brisbane – the heart of the matter
In Fr. Tom Elich’s article, The Heart of the Issue, he commented that, “many of our Mass texts come from the liturgical books of the sixth century.” We need to go back further. Why can’t we return to the more profound and simple celebrations of Jesus? He shared ritual meals with the outcasts of society. For Jesus, it was among these poor people that God was found and celebrated. I believe it was in these simpler celebrations that he was inviting us to, “Do this in memory of me.”
Fr. Terry Fitzpatrick
St Marys
South Brisbane
An elephant broke loose from the herd and charged across a little wooden structure that stretched across a ravine. The worn-out bridge shivered and groaned, barely able to support the elephant’s weight. Once it had gone safely to the other side, a FLEA that had lodged itself in the elephants ear jumped out and exclaimed in mighty satisfaction, ‘Boy, did WE shake that bridge’.
In much of our lives we can get lost in the belief that we are running the show. That we are in charge and running our lives, a bit like the flea who thinks it is in charge living in the ear of the elephant.