Karyn Walsh 09.05.10
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25/05/2010 at 12:29 pm Permalink
I am grateful for the opportunity to listen to this homily as I missed it on Mother’s Day. It is a reminder of the importance of Micah as part of the community of SMIX. I am proud to be associated with such an organisation with “heart” and one in which the values aspired to are acted upon in so many ways. Thank you Karen and your team for your great efforts in working with and for the vulnerable of our society.
08/02/2012 at 1:33 pm Permalink
I’ve mentioned to Terry, and he agrees, that a book could be published of homilies 1980 – recent. In fact, I would say “must” – homilies were such an important part of our St Mary’s community and oft mentioned as the reason people attended in the 80s, 90s.. different times.
Of course, the 1980-2009 homilies should form the majority of a book to be titled “St Mary’s Homilies”, altho some SMX homilies should be included. This is definitely one of those! Karyn’s talk here gives a wonderful overview of the tenure of the St Mary’s community from 1980s to the changes of 2008-2010. Whilst some of the homily must be viewed as specific to 2010 (e.g. “All we have lost is a building”). It would be a BIG book – hardly a 150 page job, to be inclusive. It should not simply be an archive, but a book that charts the course of a community, with key homilies such as this one from Karyn.
The editorial process would indeed be lengthy. It would involve considering every homily during this period, consulting broadly in the community (not just SMX and not even just the old church – but past St Mary’s members too) as to homilies people have found significant.
The problem with this book may be that the homilies included will not be from the old church April 2009 – current. That is a great shame, and loss for SMX. I can think for example, of a Jesuit priest, giving a homily reflecting on that Sunday’s gospel reading on the words of Christ, and talking about the uniqueness of the individual, all different yet made in the image of God. How current science, e.g. DNA, supported this. Perhaps that Jesuit could be contacted at Ormiston to ask if his homily could be included in the book. It made me realise, that Peter at his best, was not far from this.
Homilies are of great importance. They are one of the few opportunities where someone stands up and gives personal reflection to their whole community – they bring a level of humanity to the mass that is indispensable, and us St Mary’s parishioners have loved deeply, at times with some avante-guarde theology either been inspired by, disagreed with, or been bored by, in the times Peter repeated ideas from week to week, even in the 1980s. Which is not to say we didn’t not support our priest!
I have been criticised myself for being critical of the former archbishop – in fact, I do respect Bathersby’s statements on theology and liturgy, both in 2008-09 and more recently. What I questioned were 2 things – (1) the notion the idea of ‘sin’ was not present in the teaching at St Mary’s – Karyn in this homily explains social justice on both the insitutional and personal level; (2) the proposal that St Mary’s community being included in the discussion on the issue of the future of our community. For a protestant community (e.g. my Anglican tradition), there would be some consultation (tho yes, the bishop has the final say), for example, on the appointment of a new priest.
To me, mass would not have been the place for this consultation. A special series of parish council meetings – imagine dear old Doc, Marg, Karyn, not respecting the arch, or his representative in a series of meetings to address specifically issues of liturgy, the appointment of a new priest, if it had happened over a reasonable timeframe – say 8 months. We needed our archbishop to be there in 2008-2009 in our time of hardship. We needed care, and leadership.
So I await a wonderful book of homilies.