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Homily at the closing Mass of the Archdiocesan Synod

Oct 14, 2024

As we come to this point of rest on the synodal journey, we go to the mountains. The first is Mount Nebo where, after the flight from Egypt and the wandering in the wilderness, we find Moses finally glimpsing the Promised Land across the Dead Sea. Gazing...

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Homily at the Opening Mass of the First Assembly of SYNOD24

Sep 10, 2024

The theme of this Synod, "I am making all things new", are words of the Risen Christ taken from the Book of Revelation (21:5). They were spoken into a world wracked by the old demons of brutal power and bitter persecution. They embodied a divine promise...

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Homily on the Death of Fr Gerald O'Collins SJ

Aug 27, 2024

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 young and rather glamorous teacher of theology who seemed to know everything and everyone. Those...

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Homily on the Solemnity of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Aug 12, 2024

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 to conflict through her life. She didn't seek conflict, but it seemed to seek her. Mary's...

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Homily at the Sesquicentenary Celebration of the Cathedral of St Stephen

May 20, 2024

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 they create us". In this sesquicentenary celebration we tell the story of...

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Archbishop Coleridge Anzac Day homily 2024

Apr 25, 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 on 6 August 1945. We have all seen images and read stories of the apocalyptic devastation...

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Homily at the Easter Vigil

Mar 30, 2024

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 with a large stone but with other seals as well to prevent the incursions of grave-robbers and wild animals...

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Homily on Good Friday

Mar 29, 2024

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 earth and the Man of heaven, as today's Opening Prayer has it. The first Adam fell because of disobedience,...

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Homily for the Mass of the Lord's Supper

Mar 28, 2024

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; he goes down to wash the disciples' feet; he then goes back up to the table for the meal;...

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Homily at the Chrism Mass

Mar 21, 2024

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 the grape will become the bread and wine which we bring to the altar to become, by the Spirit's...

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