THE NEW YEAR BEFORE US, THE YEAR OF 2009, will be dedicated to a spiritual practice and sacred service beloved by mystics and initiates. It is an activity of the spiritual will, and the only means by which the knowledge of the head can become an experience of the heart. It purifies the astral and fills the etheric with spiritual substance. It is a selfless and sacrificial work and yet it strengthens the self and fills it with energy, power and understanding. It is the practice of prayer.

But what does it mean to have a year of prayer? Does it mean we have never prayed before, or never focused on prayer before, or that we shall cease to pray at the end of 2009? No. This dedication is an invitation to enter into prayer with greater mindfulness and focus and attention, and with a greater sense of playfulness and exploration. It will be a journey of discovery. And hopefully we shall discover what it means to become prayerful people.

At various times during the year, check out the page devoted to the practice of prayer. Addresses, prayers and images will be added at different times.

The industry and commerce of the soul
An address given by our Meritus, Rev Antoinette,
at the celebration in 2008 of the founding of The Centre and thanksgiving of our founders.

Accept that Christ is in you. Trust the Christ within you. Rely on the Christ within you. That is our work. Don't limit your vision of the future and of what is possible. Don't limit your vision of your own future, don't limit your vision of The Centre's future, don't limit your vision of this world's future. Don't take subtle account of age, physical weakness, mental inability, poor circumstances. Past mistakes. Social acceptability. They are all temptations to take you away from the real work of believing in the Christ in you.

To make the able more able
A fundamental spiritual principle of The Centre is 'to make the able more able'.
Read this challenging address by our Meritus, Rev Robert,
which explores this principle in our lives and as a spiritual community.

Searchable Addresses & Web Pages

• A new service: searchable addresses, searchable web pages and searchable CentreCOMMs
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Services in the New Year - 2009

There are no celebrations of the Cosmic Mass in January

Sunday 1 February 2009
The first Cosmic Mass for 2009
11am - Monash Community Inn

The Most Recent Address

Advent - time of fullness
Advent is the time of fullness, of purposeful waiting. It is a time for listening with our inner ear and responding to the quiet prompting of Spirit. Each day of Advent brings us the opportunity to choose inner stillness, to listen for the Spirit so that with glad and grateful recognition we will welcome the awakening of the holy child within us.
An Address for the Cosmic Mass
30th November 2008 Rev Heather
Lamentations 3:22-26, Luke 2:25-38

• Read the other recent addresses
• Read all the other addresses, arranged in themes.

Past Addresses for Advent

Preparing our gifts for Christ - Advent Sunday
An address for the Cosmic Mass 3rd December 2006 Rev Lukas
Matthew 1:18-25, Matthew 2:1-21

Worship and Christmas - Advent Sunday
An address for the Cosmic Mass 2nd December 2007 Rev Heather
Luke 1:26-56

Hearing the call of the shepherd - 2nd Sunday in Advent
An address for the Cosmic Mass 9th December 2007 Rev Grace
John 10:1-4, 11-15 & Luke 2:8-20

The Spirit of Mary - 3rd Sunday in Advent
An address for the Cosmic Mass 16th December 2007 Rev Max
Luke 2:8-20

The Song of the Angels - 4th Sunday in Advent
An address for the Cosmic Mass 23th December 2007 Rev Max
Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 & Luke 2:8-14

Read the synopsis of these addresses
on the page devoted to addresses on the Festival of Christmas.

Want to see all the major festivals and services for this spiritual year at a glance?
Then click here for an overview together with easy links to photographs and addresses.

For all services during the year, not just the major festivals, see the calendar for a few current months at a time.  

Come along to these meditative services of spiritual healing, a time for music, singing and teaching which enables us to become more conscious of how spirit works within us. The laying-on-of-hands and anointing is freely available to all.

We usually have these services on the third Thursday of each month. See the calendar to check for the details.

See the 'worship services page' for more details about this service.

The co-founder of The Centre, Rev Colin S. Read (1944 - 1999), was a forthright preacher and advocate of freedom and individuality.