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- Author: Archbishop Mark's HomiliesIn my seventy-fifth year, as I move to the end of my working life as priest and bishop, I speak words of farewell to the man who more than any other led me to the priesthood; and I do so in this cathedral where I was ordained deacon, priest and bishop...
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Homily on Anzac Day 2023
25 April 2023The Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane On a calm spring day many years ago I made my first visit to one of the great war cemeteries of northern France, near the city of Amiens. In so peaceful a setting, it was hard to imagine the horror of the battle that... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily at the Easter Vigil
8 April 2023The Gospels are full of gaps and silences. There are so many things we would like to know but about which the evangelists say nothing. What did Jesus actually look like? What was he doing through all the years of his so called hidden life? And so on ad... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily for the Mass of the Lord's Supper
6 April 2023The Cathedral of St Stephen In the time of Jesus, foot-washing was the most menial of tasks, and it fell to the lowest ranking servant, the lowest of the low. No-one would choose to be a foot-washer; it would fall to them only by force of circumstance... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily at the Chrism Mass
30 March 2023The Cathedral of St Stephen At times we call this celebration the Mass of the Oils; and it is about oil. But it's not just about oil, because if it were we'd be wasting our time. The words that ring out over this gathering come from the prophet Isaiah:... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily at the Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
7 January 2023HOMILY AT THE SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI The Cathedral of St Stephen 7 January 2023 Readings: 1 John 5:14-21; John 2:1-11 Joseph Ratzinger was Pope for not quite eight years, but he was influential... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily for Christmas 2022
25 December 2022The Cathedral of St Stephen Thirty years ago the poet and song-writer, Leonard Cohen, released a song called Anthem that became one of his best known. It contained a line which also became one of his best known: "Ring the bells that still can ring. /... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily at the Anzac Day Mass
25 April 2022The Cathedral of St Stephen "Church bells pealed, long separated family members and friends fell into each other's arms and complete strangers embraced": so wrote the New York Times in November 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down, bringing the Cold War... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily for Easter Sunday Mass 2022
17 April 2022Christianity can be described in many different ways. In the first of his Encyclical Letters, way back in 1979, the then new Pope John Paul II offered one remarkable description. He wrote that Christianity is not a religious system or even a religion... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily for Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
14 April 2022Christianity has been an undeniably creative power through history, but not always. At times Christianity has identified not with the victim but against the victim or with the victimiser. The Church itself has been at times the victimiser, often seeing...