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St John's Cathedral, Brisbane

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3835 2222

Address: 373 Ann St 4000 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.stjohnscathedral.com.au/

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04.05.2022 Good Morning, Here is the link to this week’s update: https://youtu.be/tR-uscnjho8 We are hosting a magnificent exhibition featuring the creatures that depend on the Toondah Harbour wetland in Moreton Bay. The wetland and a number of vulnerable species are under threat by a proposed development. Increasingly we are having to wrestle with how we live I harmony with the rest of God’s creation.... Other topics covered in the update include the reintroduction of the common cup, the Cathedral Visioning Day and The Lord Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Peace, Peter+

25.04.2022 How does the weather affect our thoughts and feelings?

25.01.2022 Which relationships in our lives need attending to today?

24.01.2022 This week we had brilliant fun welcoming Rob Bell and his son, Trace to the podcast to talk about Rob's new book, "Everything is Spiritual." Look out for the audio episode very soon from your favourite podcast app.

23.01.2022 Hi, Greetings as we honour the Baptism of Jesus and prepare to come out of our sudden but effective lockdown. ‘In person’ meetings have resumed for the year. We meet in the Cathedral tomorrow night for our meditation group, 6.45pm to 7.30pm. It is still possible to join the group using Zoom. Please enter via the (North West) door the door with ramp access that enters the Cathedral from the northern (larger) carpark. ... A Covid-safe meal of soup and bread will also be available from 5.30pm. This will also be offered in the Cathedral. Please note that you are required under the current health directive to wear a mask while in the Cathedral other than when you are eating. We will have masks available for those who do not have one. Pre-registration for both the meal and the meditation session is advisable to ensure that we can accommodate you. Please email Julia if you intend to be present in person for the meal and/or the meditation session. To join by Zoom click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/278417931 To join by phone ring (07) 3185 3730 and enter these details: Meeting ID: 278 417 931# Passcode: 042853# Participant:# Here is the poem I am meditating on this week: Mine is the good cause If lost. I revolve still Among persons, give them names, join, bury them. One comes into the world Like a violet, so soft The unseeing eyes. I brush Them with water, the Church's Sublime dew. He grows tall, Absent, but will return Soon with his bride, asking The favour of the candles And music. Always They go, and always The hole in the ground waits. The stone pages go on With their story. God, I Tell them, will read this. Together We mend the edges of Our amens. The planes roar In the sky. Science repeats Its promises. Against times That infect I offer my Priceless inoculation. Vocation, R S Thomas (Uncollected Poems) Peace, Peter+

22.01.2022 A Life of Failure Homily offered by The Rev'd Kate Ross on Sunday 20th September https://drive.google.com//1vkQE3Q0JPND9ezIkPMdeqL3dB/view

21.01.2022 Catch up on last night's Peace Lecture featuring Gillian Triggs and our Local Agents of Peace https://youtu.be/vALYZ5QlaWE

20.01.2022 What brings serenity to our lives?

19.01.2022 Does it do us good to feel silly?

19.01.2022 And before the Christmass story began, there was a stable in Bethlehem..........and yes it did have a chimney ......... and curtains on the windows...... and some cute Christmass decorations

19.01.2022 Righteous Saviour, who came to free the oppressed, use us to challenge social injustice with a clear voice, in a world where the vulnerable strive to be heard. Amen We join with the MU for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

19.01.2022 Hi, Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to the life... we have refused again and again until now. Until now. David Whyte, Enough Elegant words for these days of Creationtide. May our meditation open us to a profound acceptance that we do, indeed, have enough and are enough. We will once again be meeting in person in the Cathedral for our mediation group, 6.45pm to 7.30pm. It is still possible to join the group using Zoom. Please enter via the (North West) door the door with ramp access that enters the Cathedral from the northern (larger) carpark) A Covid-safe meal of soup and bread will also be available from 5.30pm. This will also be offered in the Cathedral. Pre-registration for both the meal and the meditation session is advisable to ensure that we can accommodate you. Please email Julia if you intend to be present in person for the meal and/or the meditation session. Following the meditation time there is the opportunity between 7.30pm and 8.30pm to participate in the Engaging the Gospel study. Details can be found on the Cathedral website and FaceBook page. To join by Zoom click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/278417931 To join by phone ring (07) 3185 3730 and enter these details: Meeting ID: 278 417 931# Passcode: 042853# Participant:# Peace, Peter+

18.01.2022 What makes us loveable?

18.01.2022 God of righteousness, we pray against regimes that endorse violence against women and girls. Replace their evil influence with a rule of justice and decency. Amen We join with the MU for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

18.01.2022 Hello and welcome back to kids@stjohns. Remember that we like to hear what you are doing and love seeing pictures. See you here every Thursday and Sunday (posted on Saturday for use on Sunday)... Miss you lots. Ann You can also find these videos on our YouTube channel.

17.01.2022 Good morning. Here is my weekly update. It contains news about streamlining the registration process for worship. We are also offering an easy way for you to download the Service Notes to your phone or other device so that we can reduce the number of printed copies of our services. Peace, Peter+ https://youtu.be/2Xb1KJTPNQ4

16.01.2022 Weaving. Homily offered by Jane Francis at Evensong on Sunday 20th September https://drive.google.com//1HBM2p5b8XOOrgjTvYa_pu7N6H/view

15.01.2022 Steadfast God, give us resolve to work tirelessly to change attitudes that promote, accept and perpetuate all forms of violence and abuse. Amen We join with the MU for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

15.01.2022 Alert or Alarmed Homily offered by The Rev'd Canon Julai Van Den Bos on Advent 1 https://drive.google.com//1Hyb8Uqs_gve25fOdyJaR_1skV/view

15.01.2022 Our latest Podcast is a conversation with Rob Bell about his work and his new book, 'Everything is Spiritual'.

15.01.2022 Does the spirit move in our lives?

15.01.2022 Hi, In the current cycle for the Season of Creation today is designated River Sunday. Our worship has been shaped by imagery rich in water symbolism. Moses quenches the peoples thirst with water from the rock I the wilderness. Richard Fay likened the self-emptying (kenosis) that God undergoes in Christ to the gathering flow as a stream descends towards the ocean and becomes a broad river in the process. He also used the image of Eschers perpetual waterfall (pictured in the... attachment) to remind us that a deepening spirituality sees us descending rather than soaring. Laurence Freeman reminds us of the same movement in many of the refelctions we listen to on a Tuesday night. Through meditation we descend into a deeper sense of self-knowledge and in the process deepen our apprcaition of God. We will once again be meeting in person in the Cathedral for our meditation group, 6.45pm to 7.30pm. It is still possible to join the group using Zoom. Please enter via the (North West) door the door with ramp access that enters the Cathedral from the northern (larger) carpark) A Covid-safe meal of soup and bread will also be available from 5.30pm. This will also be offered in the Cathedral. Pre-registration for both the meal and the meditation session is advisable to ensure that we can accommodate you. Please email Julia if you intend to be present in person for the meal and/or the meditation session. The Engaging the Gospel study has now concluded. The next Tuesday evening be the Women in The Bible: The Old Testament study led by The Revd Kate Ross which will commence on 20th October. Details can be found on the Cathedral website and FaceBook page. To join by Zoom click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/278417931 To join by phone ring (07) 3185 3730 and enter these details: Meeting ID: 278 417 931# Passcode: 042853# Participant:# Peace, Peter+

15.01.2022 Righteous God help those who administer justice for victims and survivors of gender-based violence to make decisions with integrity and compassion. Amen We join with the MU for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

12.01.2022 Are the things that distract us, good for us?

11.01.2022 #BetterLaws4SafeQld

10.01.2022 What makes us feel guilty? Should it?

10.01.2022 How well are we supporting others?

09.01.2022 Hello and welcome back to kids@stjohns. Look at what we created to celebrate Outback Sunday Remember that we like to hear what you are doing and love seeing pictures.

09.01.2022 Called to the Water Homily offered for The Baptism of Jesus by The Rev'd Canon Julia Van Den Bos https://drive.google.com//1WM98pn4-ReQ0szQpHXLJwC0UQ/view

08.01.2022 What is stopping the Light of Christ filling our lives?

08.01.2022 Which rivers have had the most impact on our lives?

07.01.2022 Overcoming the Binary Bias Homily offered by The Dean at the Pride Sunday Evensong. https://drive.google.com//1t72JXzdNOckCbpPug0GoGT63O/view

07.01.2022 Hi, Jesus’s teaching on the question of finding oneself doesn’t put it just in terms of finding oneself but in following him. This puts a different spin on it. To follow him means what? Say you are driving in two cars somewhere and the first car knows where he is going, you don’t. So they’ll say ‘Just follow me.’ What does that mean? It means there’s trust, trust that they know where they are going. It also means you have to be very careful that you don’t lose the other pers...on, you have to make sure that another car doesn’t come in between you and the car you are following. It’s a small example of what it might mean to follow: to pay attention, to be faithful, to stay connected, to keep going in the spirit of trust or faith. And it means to take the attention off ourselves: ‘Whoever wants to follow me must deny himself’. It sounds very negative, but we can see it in a better light if we see it in the light of meditation taking the attention off ourselves. That is what it means to leave self behind. Laurence Freeman, Loosing Oneself We will once again be meeting ‘in person’ in the Cathedral for our meditation group, 6.45pm to 7.30pm. It is still possible to join the group using Zoom. Please enter via the (North West) door the door with ramp access that enters the Cathedral from the northern (larger) carpark. A Covid-safe meal of soup and bread will also be available from 5.30pm. This will also be offered in the Cathedral. Pre-registration for both the meal and the meditation session is advisable to ensure that we can accommodate you. Please email Julia if you intend to be present in person for the meal and/or the meditation session. The next Tuesday evening study will be held on Tuesday 1st of December when we will be offering Engaging The Gospel for Advent. Details can be found on the Cathedral website and FaceBook page. To join by Zoom click this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/278417931 To join by phone ring (07) 3185 3730 and enter these details: Meeting ID: 278 417 931# Passcode: 042853# Participant:# Peace, Peter+

06.01.2022 The River of Kenosis Homily offered by Richard Fay on Sunday 27th September https://drive.google.com//1fRzaUrv4rETWJBcSV8Yb7UHMZ/view

05.01.2022 Hi, Moments of great calm, Kneeling before an altar Of wood in a stone church... In summer, waiting for the God To speak; the air a staircase For silence; the sun’s light Ringing me, as though I acted A great rôle. And the audiences Still; all that close throng Of spirits waiting, as I, For the message. Prompt me, God; But not yet. When I speak, Though it be you who speak Through me, something is lost. The meaning is in the waiting. Waiting, R S Thomas On Sunday we entered the Season of Advent. It is the Season with which the Church Year commences. It is a countercultural season in that it asks us to begin this new year by waiting and paying attention, rather than acting. Waiting is something that tends to draw out of us the feeling of impatience: the doctor is running ten minutes late, the delivery is delayed, the must-have item is out-of-stock, the traffic light has turned red. With ‘pay later’ lending we don’t need to wait for that next treasured purchase. Our culture leads us to think that meaning is to be found in the getting, the achieving, and the possessing. R S Thomas suggests that the meaning is in the waiting. It is an Advent idea. Meaning is found in and through being, and ‘to be’ we have to practice being present, to attending, to noticing, and to watching. Many of the readings we use in the early days of Advent invite us to ‘wake up’. In our days it invites us to escape the trance that busyness induces. Peace, Peter+

05.01.2022 This week at St John's Cathedral

05.01.2022 Lord of life, thank you that many women and girls are now free from abuse and violence. Thank you for your healing power which brings hope to survivors. Amen We join with the MU for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

04.01.2022 Where is our wilderness?

03.01.2022 Troubling Interpretations Homily offered by The Rev'd Dr Ann Solari on Sunday 15th November https://drive.google.com//1NWq89k2D4OG8ZvZGjtf0peOIj/view

03.01.2022 What does peace mean to us?

02.01.2022 This week at St John's Cathedral. Please click on image for full program.

02.01.2022 What is exciting us today?

02.01.2022 Loving Lord, you have called us to love our neighbour as ourselves. Help us to treat all with dignity and respect as we follow Christ’s example of selfless love. Amen We join with the MU for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence

02.01.2022 Good morning. Here is my weekly update. It includes news on the distribution of palm crosses and the opportunity to renew our baptismal covenant. Peace, Peter+... https://youtu.be/U_N2S-Yd6ZU

01.01.2022 What are we feeling today?

01.01.2022 As I see it, a helpful piece of synchronicity sees International Day of Peace (IDP) (21st September) fall within the Season of Creation (September 1 to October 4) . One of the themes The Season of Creation invites us to reflect on is our interrelationship with all that is; that we are part of nature, and not separate from it as our culture tends to suggest. Being part of nature means that we live within and are knitted into the web of life. When one string in the web is pulle...Continue reading