Comments on: HomilyTerry Fitzpatrick 21st- Feb 2010 http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/2010/03/homilyterry-fitzpatrick-21st-feb-2010/ Community in Exile South Brisbane Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:57:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Cullen http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/2010/03/homilyterry-fitzpatrick-21st-feb-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Bob Cullen Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:28:16 +0000 http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/?p=451#comment-172 Thanks for your homily, Terry. By reading what you have written, I am enriched when reflecting on the scripture passage and I'm encouraged in my efforts to recognise God in me and to live in this awareness. Thanks for your homily, Terry. By reading what you have written, I am enriched when reflecting on the scripture passage and I’m encouraged in my efforts to recognise God in me and to live in this awareness.

]]> By: Perry Mason http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/2010/03/homilyterry-fitzpatrick-21st-feb-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Perry Mason Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:37:01 +0000 http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/?p=451#comment-171 Carmel, with all due respect, apart from the throw-away line about 'middle management' (which in any case is a gross misinterpretation of catholic teaching) - apart from that, there is nothing in Terry's speech which you wouldn't have just as readily found in a homily at a Catholic Mass. Carmel, with all due respect, apart from the throw-away line about ‘middle management’ (which in any case is a gross misinterpretation of catholic teaching) – apart from that, there is nothing in Terry’s speech which you wouldn’t have just as readily found in a homily at a Catholic Mass.

]]> By: Carmel Hanlon http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/2010/03/homilyterry-fitzpatrick-21st-feb-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Carmel Hanlon Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:30 +0000 http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/?p=451#comment-170 An amazing homily and so empowering. As a catholic now almost fifty years of life I very rarily heard the message that Terry shared in his homily particularly in the following words.: "All of us have equal access to God, there was no need for a religious middle management in order to access God. This presence of God was not a commodity that people with special religious powers could control, make possible, or deny" But at last alas I am learning that it is my right to this awesome truth. The divine spark in each and every one of us waiting to be ignited with or without "middle managment". (Or in my case with tough experiences of mis use of power within the priesthood despite "middle management" ) It is such a refreshing change and so wonderful to be able to log on to this website and read such wise wonderful words. We are all on a long road together and it is with insights like the ones Terry has shared with us we can move forward and become fully self realized. What great news!! An amazing homily and so empowering. As a catholic now almost fifty years of life I very rarily heard the message that Terry shared in his homily particularly in the following words.:

“All of us have equal access to God, there was no need for a religious middle management in order to access God. This presence of God was not a commodity that people with special religious powers could control, make possible, or deny”

But at last alas I am learning that it is my right to this awesome truth. The divine spark in each and every one of us waiting to be ignited with or without “middle managment”. (Or in my case with tough experiences of mis use of power within the priesthood despite “middle management” ) It is such a refreshing change and so wonderful to be able to log on to this website and read such wise wonderful words. We are all on a long road together and it is with insights like the ones Terry has shared with us we can move forward and become fully self realized. What great news!!

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