Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche. Freud saw the psyche structured into three parts (i.e., tripartite), the id, ego, […]
I’ve noted in previous blogs on the parish website that the Gospel of Mark is acknowledged by the majority of scholars to be the first gospel written. It is believed to have been written shortly before or after the destruction
One of the beliefs of Christianity is the “Second Coming of Jesus” the time when Jesus will return to the world to judge who is and isn’t worthy to enter the kingdom of God, which implies that the kingdom has
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The gospel reading for Sunday 29 September (the 19th Sunday after Pentecost) begins with one of his disciples telling Jesus that he and the other disciples had witnessed a man performing exorcisms in the name of Jesus, and they had
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We know that for the longest time in human history, women were not afforded the same rights and/or opportunities as men. Perhaps the best example of this was the right to vote in political elections, which was only granted as
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Most of us are probably following a number of traditions in our lives without necessarily being aware that we are doing it. Such traditions could include celebrating Anzac Day each year, eating Vegemite on toast, buying a meat pie at
I think it’s fair to say that one of the key themes of the Bible (both in the Old and New Testaments) is the battle in the world between the forces of evil and the forces of good. To put
The Greek word for giving thanks is εὐχαριστῶ (eucharisteo), which is where we get the name for our Sunday service of worship – Eucharist. So the Eucharist is basically a service of thanksgiving. Traditionally, the church, through its liturgy, has
In the Gospel of John, the author attributes the following statement to Jesus, “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for
I think I’m safe in saying that more books have been written about Jesus Christ than any other person in the history of humankind. And what do we know about Jesus? The truth is, not that much. We are almost
