Liturgies
Monday, March 8th
Liturgy, March 7, 2021
First Nations people invite us to truth telling about our history as a nation. However hard it is to face. In the words of James Baldwin, 'Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.' Homilist: Terry Fitzpatrick
Monday, March 1st
Liturgy February 28, 2021
At the centre of Jesus' teachings is the message to love our neighbour as ourselves, to see them as equal to ourselves. Our liturgy today invites us to see that despite viewing ourselves as a Christian country, we ignored Jesus' teaching and treated the First Peoples of Australia as unequal and inferior to ourselves. Therefore we were able to exploit them and steal their land. Homily by Terry Fitzpatrick
Friday, February 19th
Liturgy February 21, 2021
This year during Lent we will be taking up the invitation of the first peoples of this country to reflect on what an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will mean as we prepare to vote on its possible existence in a referendum some time in the near future. We will be assisted by an Anglican 8 week program called ' Voices of the Wilderness'.
Friday, February 12th
Liturgy, February 14, 2021
Friday, February 5th
Liturgy, February 7,2021
The world we live in is a hurried world of schedules and rushing and cramming. There’s almost too much to do and seldom any time to stop. In this week’s Homily, Narelle reminds us that Jesus and his disciples knew something of this. Everywhere they went crowds pressed in on them asking for healing, prayer or wisdom. They were so busy they barely had time to eat, says the scripture.
Thursday, December 24th
Christmas Liturgy 2020
In today’s homily, Terry will be reminding us that the nativity story shows us that love can be born in the most unlikely places.
Friday, December 18th
Liturgy December 20, 2020
In today’s homily, Margaret Clifford unpacks the third requirement of Micah to Walk Humbly With Your God. She suggests that humility, which is a misunderstood word in our culture, is a virtue of great strength and is the key to walking with others, with the Earth and with all its species for that is where God is, working with us, to create wholeness and unity in love.
Friday, December 11th
Liturgy, December 13, 2020
As Christmas approaches we return once again to a theme which has been an anchor for us as a community. Narelle Mullins continues our Advent reflection on acting justly, loving tenderly and walking humbly with God. She will be sharing what it means to love tenderly.
Friday, December 4th
Liturgy December 6, 2020
This week we celebrate the second of our Advent liturgies. Our Advent theme this year seeks to return us to our roots and to re-centre ourselves at the end of a rather different year. Last week Terry spoke on Preparing the Way and this week we are looking at a familiar quote from the Old Testament prophet, Micah: Act justly, Love tenderly and walk humbly with your God. Over the next two weeks Narelle and Margaret will explore Loving Tenderly and Walking Humbly. Today, we'll reflect upon Acting Justly.
Saturday, November 28th