Liturgies

Peter agreed to launch my poetry collection on the condition that I would give a homily. Not being very keen, I had come up with several excuses - but I’ve run out. So here I...

[audio mp3="http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Homily-Terry-re-NADOC.mp3"][/audio] We reflect on the words of Celeste Liddle an Arrernte woman and a National Indigenous Organiser. "The legal fiction of Terra Nullius is the basis on which this country was founded and, despite having been long overturned, it...

[audio mp3="http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Homily-Susan-Ientile.mp3"][/audio] As I look back at our story I think the importance of our catholic faith has been the fellowship it has given us. The friendships we have formed the communities we have belonged to....

My parents’ schools had them memorize poems and great works. For me it was mostly dates and places. Today memory has been outsourced to Google. We are slowly but surely “outsourcing the human mind.” First...

What might we say if Malcolm or Bill or Richard were here today? In my dreams I imagine that – and before I say anything I say to them: “I trust that being here at...

Once upon a time, we didn’t call art, art. There was no need to name it. The creation and passing down of stories through dance, singing and painting was as natural and vital a part...

I am not sure how many of you would remember your first brush with the law. Or if any at all. I remember mine. I was about four and half years old and I had a...

Earlier this year we considered how our sacred scripture contributes to our concept of gender equality.  We looked at the Old Testament and at the Gospels.  Today I want to look at what the letters...

Today I am going to talk about choice and it will be centred around the true stories of two men, the choices they made and the consequences it had on their lives and the lives...

  Tonight we celebrate the great act of love and teaching of Jesus. He knows his time is nearing an end. Time is precious. There is a need to dramatize and get the message home more clearly...