July 14, 2020
While reading at the evening Mass at the Cathedral on Sunday night, I was once again struck by St Paul’s words to the Romans (8:18-23)
July 09, 2020
A reconciled community is one in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians work together in a spirit of respect, honesty, humility, mutual care, accountability and trust to bring about hope, healing, love, justice and peace.
July 07, 2020
During the past week, I attended an online Refugee Rally to demand freedom from detention, an activity conducted by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). It was a powerful show of solidarity from across the nation with at least 900 log-in participants, meaning that more than 1000 people attended.
June 30, 2020
For me, the readings for Mass on the weekend (the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time) were about hospitality. In the reading from the Book of Kings (4:8-11, 14-16) we have a woman who recognises the prophet Elisha as a holy man, as she and her husband invite and welcome him to stay with them, as he travels past their home each year. In the Gospel from Matthew (10:37-42), Jesus is instructing on welcoming.
June 23, 2020
Our winter solstice has now passed (yeh!) and once again our days will begin to get longer.
June 16, 2020
I imagine that it is not lost on many of you that we began to return to Mass/Eucharist on the feast day of the Body and Blood of Christ.