|
Addresses given at services or written for various publications. |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
. |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
Sharing in the Total Divinity of the Christ - Ash Wednesday
On this Ash Wednesday we stand at a portal, an opportunity, a choice that faces the gateway to Golgotha.
Paul writes about the journey from the first man Adam, who is given life, imbued with life, to the last Adam, who is life-giving, an imbuer of life. Ash Wednesday is about the first Adam - where we have chosen to incarnate into this physical life on Earth.
Tonight we bear again the image of the first Adam, the man of dust with a mark upon our forehead. We take up the purpose of our incarnation and we begin the walk with Christ in the forty days of Lent. On this journey let us consciously identify with the deed of Christ.
An address for the Cosmic Mass on Ash Wednesday  25th February 2004 Rev Trisha
Genesis :4-7, 1 Corinthians 15:42-49 |
| |
Called to Transformation - Ash Wednesday
On Palm Sunday last we received green palms in our hands - a conscious act of our commitment to our development, growth and transformation. This Ash Wednesday, these green palms which have turned brown and dry - much like our good intentions - are burnt and the ashes placed on our foreheads in the form of a cross. The words said to us are, ...remember that you are dust... and ...remember that the spirit of Christ dwells within you... Ash Wednesday asks that we hold together within us these two aspects of our being.
The grand overview of our evolution is that which Paul wrote, "Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven". The close-up view of our being is to use this time to contemplate this long work of transformation - to carry through our highest intentions.
An address for the Cosmic Mass on Ash Wednesday 1st March 2006 Rev Heather
Genesis 2:4-8, 1 Corinthians 15: 42-49 |
|
Follow me
Jesus calls the disciples out from ordinary moments in their ordinary lives. This is how he calls us too – right in the middle of our everyday lives, whether it is a convenient moment or not. And he asks us to leave that which is old behind, even though, unlike these first disciples, we still probably need that day job! But that’s not the end of it – perhaps it’s really just the start. To be chosen and to live in the presence of Christ is an ongoing action.
An address for the Cosmic Mass on Ash Wednesday 6th February 2008 Rev Grace
Mark 1:14-20 & Luke 9:51, 57-62 |
| |
Beauty for Ashes - Ash Wednesday
At the beginning of his ministry, Jesus went to the synagogue, was invited to read from the prophet Isaiah. In this passage he reads of the purposes of the Christ: ...to give them a garland instead of ashes... Some versions read ... to give beauty for ashes...
The ashes we receive on our foreheads on Ash Wednesday remind us we are beings on earth: ... to dust our body must return. This impermanence, as much of our lives are, often brings grieve and a sense of loss. What then enables us to rise up in times of "ashes" and to move forward to life and newness? It is the Easter mystery that reveals the possibility that something alive and beautiful can be born out the ashes.
An Address for the Cosmic Mass on Ash Wednesday 25th February 2009 Rev Heather
Isaiah 61:1-3, Philippines 4:8 |
Lent - Our preparation for entering into Holy Week. |
|
Continuing our preparation: the experience of Judas - 4th Sunday in Lent
How do we make ourselves more ready and able to enter into spiritual transformation that is available to us in
Holy Week?
An address for the Cosmic Mass 18 March 2007 Rev Louise
John 12:1-8 & John 13:21-32 |
|
Lent and the Gospel of St John - First Sunday in Lent
This story from St John's Gospel creates for us a setting and purpose for the beginning of this Lenten season. Jesus began by creating the space and conditions necessary so that the great deed of Golgotha could be lived and enacted - just as we can now create the space and conditions within our own being to enable a greater experience of the reality and power of Golgotha.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 10th February 2008 Rev Lukas
John 2:13-22 |
|
The Bread of Life - Second Sunday in Lent
This is the bread of life. A Christed substance given, which nourishes, sustains and
transforms – and which we give out. We give of ourselves and sacrifice this substance to
nourish and sustain others. We create this bread of life within us when we allow the bread of
life to become part of us and we become part of the bread of life, as John’s Gospel urges us
to do.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 17th February 2008 Rev Louise
John 6:4-14, 26-27, 32-35a, 47-51 |
| |
Developing Our Relationship with the Earth - second Sunday in Lent
Psalm 148 gathers us up into the heavens and with the spiritual beings and then connects us with the earth; we are of the heavens and of the earth.
This is a time when the earth is changing and many respond with fear and anxiety. Our response is to not become infected, our thoughts and feelings must be of a Christed understanding. We do, however, know of the grief of what has been done to the earth and Paul's words in Romans places the responsibility with us as sons of God for creation and for the task of seeing it through.
Our longing for the earth to be made whole is also our longing for ourselves to be fully united with Christ. The changes that are happening in an outward form are happening also in an inward way.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 8th March 2009 Rev Kate
Psalm 148, Romans 8:19-23 |
| |
Following Christ without Reservations - third Sunday in Lent
St Luke tells of three short encounters Christ has with people who wished to follow him. In these encounters Christ shows an unerring ability to see the truth of a person's soul and know the forces at work there - as he does with us.
The reply to the first aspirant for discipleship was "foxes have holes...", indicating that we must think through the consequences of our commitment and this includes not relying on the material aspects of our lives - it is Christ in whom we rely.
The second person is called by Christ to follow him, and the man replies, "Let me bury my father." Here our wiling is wanting and shows another potential weakness in our discipleship; we want to get our lives in order prior to fully committing.
Lastly, the third man replies '.. let me first say farewell..." Our emotions call us to cling to our past; we need to disentangle ourselves from our past ways of thinking, acting, motivations'... to follow him.
An Address for the Cosmic Mass 15th March 2009 Rev Heather
Mark 1:14-20, Luke 9:57-62 |
| |
Preparation for entering into the Mystery of Golgotha
An Address for the Cosmic Mass on the Fifth Sunday of Lent
28th February 2010 Rev Lukas
Luke 1-20; Revelations 21:1-5; Ephesians 4:11-16 |
The Festival of Easter - Holy Week |
|
|
A Life-Giving Mystery - The Ride of Destiny: Forward Resolutely
In our journey with Christ through Lent, we have reached Jerusalem, and we stand at its gates. This is a day of entry. It is the beginning of Holy Week. The events of Holy Week now unfold before us, and will unfold within us, as we enter the deepest places of our souls. For Christ, it was the entry to the final drama that would make it possible for our world and for all of us to be transformed. It was therefore a day of destiny – for Christ and for all of humanity.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 16th March 2008 Rev Heather
John 12:12-28a |
|
|
A Life-Giving Mystery - Destiny Revealed: Decision Time
Each unfolding moment reveals the unique destiny of a person. Each moment throws light on why you were born. Each unpredictable meeting shows up what challenges must be faced.
Why are we alive today? Why do we keep on going from day to day?
Is it that there a is spirit that makes you to see the real truth about yourself, makes you to see that you are here on the earth to live an unconquerable life?
A meditation for Holy Week 19th March 2008 Rev Max
Luke 22:39-46 |
|
|
A Life-Giving Mystery - The Deed of Destiny: Life without Reservations
The quiet soul responds to whatever speaks of the reality of life. The quiet soul: the soul that is free of concern about the meaning of life, the soul that does not strive to solve the mysteries of life in a brief moment of time, the soul that is not threatened by the storm clouds, that is not compressed by fear.
On this Friday, this Good Friday, there is a man who remains as his beloved dies. He is the beloved disciple, John, The Beloved. He remains present. He remains, and therefore is able to take into himself the mighty spirit of the one who suffers and dies.
An address for Good Friday Agape 21st March 2008 Rev Max
Isaiah 53:1-12 & John 19:17-42 |
|
|
A Life-Giving Mystery - The Search of Destiny: Healer of Souls
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.
There is a light that shines! Then let it shine! Know that in the darkest moment when all your efforts have failed, when all strength has gone, all is definitely not lost. In the words of a song:
'When we come to the end of our hoarded resources, The Father's full blessing has only begun.'
An address for the Veneration of the Light 22nd March 2008 Rev Max
1 Peter 3:18-20 |
|
|
A Life-Giving Mystery - Destiny Fulfilled: In the Light
In your everyday life you meet all kinds of people. Some are sensitive, flexible, receptive. You are in the presence of a heart of flesh. Others argue, fight, harden themselves. You may be in the presence of a heart of stone. The longing to be free of a stony heart is strong. For many centuries it has been a pained longing.
Two of Jesus' followers were walking together, discussing his arrest and crucifixion. In their grief their hearts were tight. A man walks with them. They share the breaking of bread and recognise him. They then remember what happened to their hearts as they walked with him on the road.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 23rd March 2008 Rev Max
Luke 24:13-32 & Ezekiel 36:26-27 |
The Mystical Interval - The time between Easter and the Ascension: 40 days. |
|
My Lord and my God
The encounters with Thomas in the gospels can help us to build up a picture of him and get to know some of his characteristics and maybe explore what motivated him. Some of the important qualities where devotion, love, courage and a passion in his discipleship. He certainly had a level of faith in Jesus, which would be tested.
It is important to know the Thomas is not just a character in the Gospels but he is in us. He is a spiritual power in you and me, the mind power of understanding. Thomas is trying to understand what is real for him in his life and relationship with Christ. And this questioning draws the wonderful truth from Christ, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life.”
When he was able to see Christ, of course he had no need to put his hands in the wounds. He understood who Christ was, and who he was. He just dropped to his knees with that beautiful prayer of faith, “My Lord and my God.”
An address for the Cosmic Mass 20th April 2008 Rev Kate
John 20:19-29 & John 14:1-7 |
|
You are a child of the universe
You are a child of the universe, No less than the trees and the stars... We don’t belong just here on earth in these earthen vessels. We belong in cosmic realms as well. We are citizens of the whole cosmos, or as Mario used to say, spiritual beings in physical bodies. The Full Moon reminds us not to think small, not to get caught in earthly material thinking. It reminds us not to forget we are citizens of the whole cosmos, not just humans in physical bodies developing our capacities to think, feel and will, dwelling here on earth.
An address for the Full Moon Festival 20th April 2008 Rev Grace |
|
The Seed of Transfiguration: Developing the Mystical Life of the Soul
The mystical interval is drawing to a close and we are about to celebrate Ascension Day. This day heralds in a new response, a changed orientation, a working apprenticeship of a Christ-centred awareness without his physical and tangible presence.
This is the secret of awakening to the mystery of spiritual life: to keep our eye on that tiny shiny seed of glory that has been placed within the centre of our being - to remain alive to it, to ponder its presence and recognise its newness and altering and quickening rhythm it brings with in our being.
The spiritual worlds are opened to us through Christ, and this is possible through the work we do ourselves in the mystical life of our soul. It is a connection with him which must be sustained; the mystery of his glory revealed with our own heart and soul.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 27th April 2008 Rev Trisha
Luke 9:18-36 & Acts 1:1-11 |
|
Seeking his kingdom and his righteousness
When we feel we are being pulled here and there by the forces of the world it is good to be reminded of our goals and purposes, the ideal of our lives.
An address for the Cosmic Mass 20 May 2007 Rev Lukas
Matthew 6:25-34 |
|
|
No addresses as yet. |
|
|
Receptivity to the Spirit
The experience of the disciples at Pentecost is described in pictures: the sound of a rushing mighty wind that filled the house where they were, and to tongues of fire resting upon each person present.
We can imagine them being shaken and transformed by the power of this experience. Something of the future is shown in the picture where the tongues rest on each individual. This Holy Spirit is the spirit of individuality. The inspired speech of the apostles broke down racial and language barriers and brought a shared understanding among peoples who had been separated. This demonstrates the purpose of Spirit in that we human beings will become true individuals and that the divisions between up will disappear.
An address for the Cosmic Mass at Pentecost and Mother's Day
11th May 2008 Rev Heather
Acts 1:12-14; 2:1-4 & Romans 8:14-17; 22-23 |
|
Knowing the spirit of the future - the journey of Pentecost
The words of Joel, spoken by Peter in Acts, speak of the sons and daughters of a spirit-filled age where the connection between the heavens and earth are no longer hidden. This is the promise of our becoming.
More and more, in the work of the future, we will be required to discern spirit that is operating in us and about us and to work out for ourselves whether this is the spirit of Christ which we can bring forth and raise up. We will truly be able to say that statement of Pentecost: we know...the dweller...in the inner most spiritual sanctum of our being...
An address for the Cosmic Mass at Pentecost 20th May 2008 Rev Trisha
John 1:1-11; Acts 2:14-21 |
| |
You Shall Receive Power
When The Holy Spirit Has Come Upon You
An Address for the Pentecost Meritus Mass  31th May 2009 Rev Robert
John 19:17-18a, 25b-30 (amended); 20:19-23;
Acts 1:6a, 7b-8b; 2:1-6, 12-24, 37-38 |
|
|
| |
Last updated: 30 April 2010 |
