Liturgies

In our first reading from the Pope’s Encyclical letter ‘Laudato Si ‘ (On Care For Our Home) the Pope does what the mystical saint St Francis, (the name which the present Pope took for his...

I got a new understanding of the story of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem by becoming friends with a donkey. As many of you will have experienced, Peter has a rainforest block with cabins in Numinbah Valley....

This not a prescriptive homily, giving answers to the questions raised. It is raising issues for a discussion we need to have. Recently during the Republican Primaries campaign Pope Francis responded to Donald Trump's proposal to...

Birth and death are the two most momentous events in anyone’s life, yet we don’t consciously remember either of them. Both are for others to remember. Like most mothers, my mother remembered everything about my birth....

 Today, January is almost over. “How’s your New Year’s Resolution going?” Someone once asked. “What exactly is a New Year’s Resolution?” some wise crack responded. “It’s a TO DO LIST for the first week of January”. Or another piece...

  The previous Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, had a reputation of being a misogynist. The famous speech by Julia Gillard, where she begins: “I will not be lectured about sexism by this man…” and she continued...

“Peeling Onions” Or “The Problems Progressives Have with Prayer” By Bob Aldred St Mary's in Exile has given us the freedom to exercise intellectual integrity. To bring under the microscope all that we have been taught about...

My friends, like all of you I was horrified and sickened by the recent events in Paris last weekend. Like many, we wondered why the world is such a violent brutal place, seemingly devoid of love...

Introduction In traditional liturgical communities across the city and around the world people will be observing today as the feast of St Luke. That is not a custom that has survived in our exile from the...

Last week Terry set the context for the homily today. And I myself felt quite nostalgic listening to him when I was not even a member of this community at the time of all the...