Liturgies

[soundcloud] https://soundcloud.com/stmarys/peter-kennedy-whats-in-a-name[/soundcloud] “Wot’s in a name she says And then she sighs And clasps her little hands A rose, she says, by any other name Would smell the same Wot’s in a name she says??”From The Sentimental Bloke by C.J. Dennis Is it...

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/stmarys/ingerid-meagher-remembering[/soundcloud] Let me tell you a story by Mulla Nasruddin a 13th cent visionary Sufi and mystic jester from Akshehir in Turkey. His teaching stories reveal the paradoxes of conditioned living with humor. THE ROYAL PIGEONMulla Nasruddin...

s Anthony de Mello says: ‘Religion is not necessarily connected to spirituality.’ Yet, is one’s own conflict with religion the catalyst for spiritual growth? [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/stmarys/annie-collett-waking-to-god-25[/soundcloud] Early this year, the Sydney Morning Herald reported a study published in the British...

“Anything less than the death of the False self is useless religion. The False Self must die for the True Self to live or, as Jesus himself puts it,” Unless the I go, the Spirit...

I pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders, our First Nations People. Specifically I remember Queensland Elders, including Sam Watson and thank him for his support in my sharing with you today. On...

When I say the words hope, inspire, lead I wonder who or what you think of? Hi everyone, my name is Loretta Crombie and I was first introduced to St Mary’s when my parents became part...

Afghanistan is a landlocked country of rugged mountainous beauty, with bitterly cold winters, and blisteringly hot summers. A land with a rich history of poetry (writing poems is considered the province of every person, not an elite...

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/stmarys/chris-harkin-where-is-god-in[/soundcloud]For just a moment, can you imagine Philip saying to Jesus: ‘hey listen mate, show us the Father, and we’re all gonna be satisfied’.  You see, Jesus has been talking about his Father so much...

My name is Brian O’Hanlon, and Angela, my wife and I coordinate the St Mary’s ‘Understanding Meditation gatherings’. In recent homilies there has been the theme of connecting to the true self/real self, the ‘I am’. This homily...

In Richard Rohr’s marvelous book, “IMMORTAL DIAMOND, the Search for our true self” (Richard for those who may not know is a Franciscan priest and author of many books). He tells a story about a young...