The Christian Community in Australia Melbourne in Hawthorn, Victoria | Community organisation

The Christian Community in Australia Melbourne

Locality: Hawthorn, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9029 2769

Address: 319 Auburn Road 3122 Hawthorn, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.thechristiancommunity.net

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23.01.2022 A photo from lockdown! Grateful that the priests continue their work without a congregation

16.01.2022 Blind Bartimaeus And they reached Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho along with his disciples and a great crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus the blind man, was sitting by the road and begging. And having heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to call out: "Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!" And many in the crowd rebuked him, telling him to be quiet, but all the more he called out: "Son of David, have mercy on me!" And Jesus stood still and said: "Call him."... And they call to the blind man: "Take courage, rise up, he is calling you." And he threw aside his cloak and jumped up and came to Jesus. And in response to him Jesus said: "What do you want me to do?" And the blind man said: "Rabbouni, that I may have my sight renewed." And Jesus said to him: "Go forth; your power of faith has worked within you for for salvation." And at once his sight was renewed and he continued, following Jesus on his way. Mark 10 Most of those whom Christ healed we know only through their ailment, not through their name. And so we may look on the name of this blind beggar Bartimaeus with special interest. The name Bartimaeus is already unusual. The first part Bar is Aramaic: son of. But Timaeus is Greek, from the verb to give honor. One place where we may find the name Timaeus in Italian form is in Raphaels painting of the School of Athens. In the center of the painting stand two figures next to each other: the young Aristotle pointing outwards and the elderly Plato pointing upwards. Each of them is holding a book with its title in view. Both books are central to their teachings. Aristotles book is Ethics; Platos is Timaeus. In the Dialogue Timaeus, Timaeus is the main speaker, and what he tells of is the creation of the world out of the realm of Ideas. When we read the dialogue we may have an inkling of why the Jewish thinkers of that time, familiar with the first chapters of Genesis, felt close to the Greek philosophy and particularly to Plato. When we look closely at the painting, we may be surprised by the fact that he did not paint the eyes of many of the less important figures. The space of the eyes is for many figures just dark and empty. And perhaps we may sense how it is that one called the son of Timaeus should be blind. The dialogue Timaeus is perhaps a last attempt to catch something of the old wisdom, to which the people of the time were becoming blind. And the son of Timaeus, the blind beggar, can jump up, leaving his cloak behind, win back his vision and follow the bearer of the creative word which his father Timaeus had once attempted to describe. Michael Brewer, August 23, 2020 See more

11.01.2022 Happy Birthday to The Christian Community! 97 !Happy Birthday to The Christian Community! 97 !

05.01.2022 The 10 weeks between St Johns and Michaelmas began yesterday. Please join us at home during The Act of Consecration of Man (celebrated alone by the priest) or contact us for online study groups

01.01.2022 This weeks contemplation At the opening of each new phase of The Communion Service (The Act of Consecration of Man), the celebrating priest speaks of the Trinity and as they speak, makes the sign of the Celtic cross from head to waist: "The Father God be in us (vertical), the Son God create in us (horizontal), the Spirit God enlighten us (circle)." At the same time, people in the congregation themselves make three small signs of the true cross, before their forehead, thei...r chin and their sternum the same bodily places where a child is baptised with water (forehead), salt (chin) and ash (heart/sternum). These sacred gestures by priest and congregation are made 7 times throughout the Service, and everyone can make the signs as they actively participate in this liturgical prayer, in community. If you want to know more about the timing and gesture of the crosses, speak to one of our priests and they can go through the practice with you. See more

01.01.2022 Each Sunday from 4 Oct - 25 Oct, we will live-stream a talk from the USA, New Zealand, Sydney and Melbourne on the theme Wisdom, Sophia and the Holy Spirit - the spirit of fire and of truth. A weekly broadcasted pre-conference reading of Michael Debus book Maria and Sophia will warm us up to the theme. Congregations and groups will host or facilitate other activities on this theme as their local physical restrictions allow. Individual without access to a congregation can access the talks via Zoom. A donation to your local congregation will help us with the continuance of future activities.