Liturgies

In our homily this week, Liz explores the concept of grace and its place in our Christian lives.

This weekend we will have the privilege of hearing about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict through the eyes of Christian peace activist Mazin Qumsiyeh. Mazin is a scientist and activist Professor and founder and Director at the Palestine Museum of Natural History and author of numerous books including Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of hope and empowerment.

This week’s homily is an edited version of a published article written by Michael Morwood. He is a faith educator who is internationally acclaimed for his work on the need for Christians to reshape religious thinking and imagination. In this article, Morwood examines the role of scientific knowledge in informing our image of God.

Heather will unpack The Ancient Prayer with us. It is another variation on Jesus teaching. It was at St Mary’s in Exile that she first learned of this translation from the original Aramaic – the language Jesus spoke. It speaks to her of the deeper inclusive language of the Cosmic Christ.

This week, Liz’s explores the religious truth of the Resurrection story. The homily is based on the work of Pastor Dawn Hutchins.

We commemorate Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity to Ireland and by extension, celebrate the heritage and culture of the Irish in general. When so many Irish immigrated to Australia they bought with them this rich heritage and culture thus contributing to the forming and shaping of our Australian identity.