at mass in the glorious cragginess of St Peter’s Eastern Hill, I what I consider the archaic language Of Charles Wesley’s “O Thou Who Camest From Above” to become:
MIGHTY GOD DOWN FROM THE SKY
WITH HEAVENLY HEAT FOR US,
START A FIRE OF SACRED LOVE
TO PURIFY MY HEART.
Geoff Fox,
May 2, 2026
Melbourne, Australia
Today is Mother’s Day.
Anglican priest Venerable John Webster made this a great Mother’s Day for me by describing our inclusion in God’s love as something that I take to be like a being in the womb experience, as something holding us.
Geoff Fox, former Registered Midwife, Drouin, Victoria, Mother’s Day, 2026
Parts of East Melbourne are sacred to St Mary of the Cross, who established schools for the poor.
This saint proves that the harshness of Australian life can lead to extraordinary goodness from Australian women.
Ways Of Being Christian 