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Archbishop's Lenten Pastoral Message 2014
28 February 2014"The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and the lives of those who encounter Jesus": with these words, Pope Francis begins his Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel, which I want to be the charter of the Archdiocese of Brisbane as we shape the...Christmas Message from Archbishop Mark Coleridge
24 December 2013At Christmas, the words of the angel have echoed down through the ages: "Glory to God in the highest heaven and peace on earth to those whom he loves". They echo still in all their strangeness. If we think of God at all, we tend to think that the divine...Christmas Message from Archbishop Mark Coleridge
24 December 2013At Christmas, the words of the angel have echoed down through the ages: "Glory to God in the highest heaven and peace on earth to those whom he loves". They echo still in all their strangeness. If we think of God at all, we tend to think that the divine...Archbishop Coleridge's Advent Pastoral Letter 2013
27 November 2013The Bible is revolutionary in its understanding of the relationship between God and the human being. In answer to the question, "Why did God create the human being?" the standard answer in the ancient world was, "Because God needed slaves". God was like...Through Doors Wide Open - A Pastoral Letter as we move to the end of the Year of Grace and Faith
1 September 2013In these final weeks of the Year of Grace and Faith, a journey which began at Pentecost last year, I find myself thinking of doors. Older Australians sometimes speak of a time when people did not lock the doors of their homes, a time when there was more...Through Doors Wide Open - A Pastoral Letter as we move to the end of the Year of Grace and Faith
1 September 2013In these final weeks of the Year of Grace and Faith, a journey which began at Pentecost last year, I find myself thinking of doors. Older Australians sometimes speak of a time when people did not lock the doors of their homes, a time when there was more...- At Pentecost, the party is finally over. The fifty days of the Easter festival come to an end. The word "Pentecost" in Greek means "fifty days" to mark the seven weeks since the Passover feast. The feast of Pentecost has deep roots that take us way back...
Archbishop Coleridge's Easter Message 2013
26 March 2013In this part of the world, we've recently had rain enough to last a lifetime, to say nothing of floods yet again. Water is life, but too much is death; and at times we've had too much. Let's hope for lots of sun this Easter. And yet, water and Easter...Archbishop Coleridge's Easter Message 2013
26 March 2013In this part of the world, we've recently had rain enough to last a lifetime, to say nothing of floods yet again. Water is life, but too much is death; and at times we've had too much. Let's hope for lots of sun this Easter. And yet, water and Easter...Archbishop's Lenten Pastoral Letter 2013 - Visions of the Night
13 February 2013Dear brothers and sisters, In the end, the Bible is a gloriously jubilant book. But it doesn't begin that way, because it's also a grimly realistic book. Its pages are often full of darkness - the murkiness of human affairs, but above all the murkiness...