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Homily at the Solemn Pontifical Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
HOMILY 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...
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The 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...
Read MoreHomily at the Anzac Day Mass
The 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...
Read MoreHomily for Easter Sunday Mass 2022
Christianity 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....
Read MoreHomily for Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
Christianity 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...
Read MoreHomily at the Chrism Mass
The 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....
Read MoreHomily at the Episcopal Ordination of the Reverend Timothy Norton SVD
The 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...
Read MoreHomily from Installation Mass for ACU Chancellor Hon Justice Martin Daubney AM
It 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...
Read MoreHomily for Christmas 2021
THE 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...
Read MoreArchbishop Mark's Homily from the Ordination to Diaconate of Ernesto Villalba and Adrian Elridge
Last 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...
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