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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... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily at the Chrism Mass
7 April 2022The Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane Olives are everywhere in the Mediterranean world, and the human communities which gather round the Middle Sea float on a sea of olive oil. The oil of the olive is a marvellous thing, given the many uses to which it... - Author: Archbishop Mark's HomiliesThe Cathedral of St Stephen 22 February 2022 The appointment of Tim Norton as bishop was a surprise to many, including himself. So too was the prophet Jeremiah's call, not least to himself. When the call comes to Jeremiah, he protests that he is too young...
- Author: Archbishop Mark's HomiliesIt is not by chance that we install the fifth Chancellor of Australian Catholic University on this day, 11 February. It happens to be the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes on the date of the first apparition to Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle...
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Homily for Christmas 2021
25 December 2021THE CATHEDRAL OF ST STEPHEN A great promise had been made to Mary by the angel Gabriel: she was to be the mother of the royal messiah - she a young woman who was a nobody from nowhere. It was almost incredible, but still she spoke her word of faith: "Let... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Archbishop Mark's Homily from the Ordination to Diaconate of Ernesto Villalba and Adrian Elridge
18 November 2021Last Saturday, Archbishop Mark ordained two deacons, Ernesto Villalba and Adrian Elridge at the Cathedral of St Stephen. In his homily, the Archbishop mentioned, "Deacons are called and graced by God; given everything they need for what lies ahead - and... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily from the All Souls Day Mass 2021
4 November 2021All Souls Day responds to one of life's deep experiences. When those we love die, the love lives on and becomes the prayer of this day, reaching out to embrace the dead, who are still with us, albeit mysteriously. The post Homily from the All Souls... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily at the Launch of Synod 2021-23
24 October 2021THE CATHEDRAL OF ST STEPHEN, BRISBANE Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52 Through the two millennia of Christian history there have been 2 Ecumenical Councils, roughly one every century, though it hasn't been as neat as that. The first of them... - Author: Archbishop Mark's Homilies
Homily from the Multicultural Mass 2021
30 September 2021Archbishop Mark Coleridge's Homily from the Multicultural Mass 2021 from the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane. The annual Multicultural Mass is all about living St Francis' words 'fratelli, tutti'; we're all brother and sister together. The post Homily...