THERE’S a lot of death around these days – I guess there always is. We’ve had abortion and now euthanasia in Queensland, and right around the world the shadow of death seems long. In such a moment, it can seem forlorn to celebrate life as we do at Christmas. But it’s all the more necessary as the ... Read More »
This is Archbishop Mark Coleridge’s homily from the celebration of the Vietnamese Martyrs at the Vietnamese Catholic Centre, Inala, on November 19. THE Gospel we have just heard speaks of the paralysing effect of fear. Each of the servants is given funds to invest while the master is away. One makes five more, another two more but the ... Read More »
This is Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge’s Lenten message ON Ash Wednesday we heard the prophet’s words: “Come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning” (Joel 2:12) – words which echo one of the key themes of Scripture, the theme of lament. Ancient Israel had to make sense of the blood, sweat and tears that so often marked ... Read More »
THE Year of Mercy has come to an end, and I want to thank all who helped to make the Jubilee a gift to us all – Pope Francis for offering it to the whole Church, but also the many who have conceived and organised the many activities that have been part of our archdiocesan journey into God’s merciful love. ... Read More »
By Archbishop Mark Coleridge AUSTRALIAN-born Margaret Somerville is Professor of Law at McGill University in Canada and a world-renowned ethicist. In Sydney recently she said “euthanasia is not an incremental change to current end-of-life practices but a radical and massive shift in our society’s and civilisation’s foundational values”. Her words could be adapted to same-sex marriage, which is not “an ... Read More »
This is Archbishop Mark Coleridge’s homily from the Mass of priestly ordination for Fr Odinaka Nwadike and Fr Paul Eloagu at St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane, on June 29. EARLY in life they would have seemed two ordinary enough young Jewish men – one a budding businessman, the other a promising rabbinic scholar. One had been born in far-flung Galilee and ... Read More »
RECENTLY I’ve been studying up on the history of marriage – in part because of the same-sex marriage debate but also because of the Synod later this year. One thing is clear – the profile of marriage has been anything but consistent through history. Marriage has been many things down the centuries; and this warns against a static, classicist view ... Read More »
This is Archbishop Mark Coleridge’s welcome to the Dalai Lama and others gathered for a multifaith service for world peace at St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane, on June 11. EACH religion speaks of the divine in its own way. Like many others here, I am a child of the Bible, and I welcome Your Holiness to this cathedral which is a ... Read More »
This is a homily ARCHBISHOP MARK COLERIDGE gave at a Solemn Mass for the Brisbane Oratory in Formation on the feast of St Philip Neri at the Church of Mary Immaculate at Annerley, Brisbane, on May 26. LIKE all the saints, Filippo di Neri – or Philip Neri as we know him – doesn’t quite add up. There’s a strangeness ... Read More »
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