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Homily on the Death of Fr Gerald O'Collins SJ
I first met Gerald O'Collins in 1971 when I was a seminarian at Corpus Christi College Glen Waverley in what was then called first year Theology and he was a...
Read MoreHomily on the Solemnity of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Mary MacKillop was by all accounts a peaceful woman who, it has been said, "respected and loved people even when they were at their worst". Yet she was no stranger...
Read MoreHomily at the Sesquicentenary Celebration of the Cathedral of St Stephen
It was Winston Churchill who said, "We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us". He echoed the words of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright, "We create our buildings and then...
Read MoreArchbishop Coleridge Anzac Day homily 2024
Warfare has changed dramatically in the span of time we remember on Anzac Day. Perhaps the greatest emblem of that change was the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima...
Read MoreHomily at the Easter Vigil
A large stone was rolled across the entrance of the new rock-hewn tomb where Jesus was laid. It was the custom to seal a tomb of this kind, not only...
Read MoreHomily on Good Friday
In his letters, the Apostle Paul speaks of the two Adams - the first Adam of the beginning and the second Adam, Jesus, of the new beginning, the man of...
Read MoreHomily for the Mass of the Lord's Supper
In the story we tell tonight and through these Easter days, there's a lot of movement up and down, especially by Jesus. He goes up to Jerusalem for the Passover;...
Read MoreHomily at the Chrism Mass
The Cathedral of St Stephen This evening we are drawn deep into the mystic triad of the Mediterranean world - the grain, the grape and the olive. The grain and...
Read MorePodcast Series on the New Testament - The Words that Make the World
None of us can remember life without the New Testament, it's always been there. In this podcast series "The Words that Make the World" hosted by Archbishop Mark Coleridge, we...
Read MoreHomily for the Feast of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
I'm not normally inclined to quote myself, but I do so here today. Not long ago I was invited to preach at the funeral of Fr Bob Maguire, a well-known...
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