Liturgies

Hello everyone; the homily today is for my sister, Heather Jan Easton and the repercussions her death has had on my family for the past forty-two years. It was 10 December 1974 when Heather fell...

[audio mp3="http://stmaryssouthbrisbane.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Homily-Adele-Rice.mp3"][/audio] When introducing last year's Australian Bishops' social justice statement, Bishop Vincent Long, himself a refugee, and a boat person, wrote: Australia rose to the challenge in the past with its generous embrace of migrants and...

'I found within my narrative interviews with parishioners that there is such a vast plurality of beliefs within the community that the uniting factor is practice (what you do is more important than what you...

At a wedding ceremony, the pastor asked if anyone had anything to say concerning the union of the bride and groom. It was their time to stand up and talk, or forever hold their peace....

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...