The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. (1 Corinthians 10:16-18) … Continue reading 8/2/09 – St. Paul Writes on the Eucharist
Category: Celebrating Mass
Last week we celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. This officially brought to a close the season of Christmas, when we celebrated the incarnation; Christ's becoming one like us Our parish's celebration of Christmas required the assistance and hard work of many parishioners. My sincere thanks go to all of the liturgical … Continue reading 18/1/09 – One Season Ends, Another Begins
If you're thinking that the colours in the church seem to be changing every week at the moment, you'd be right. After months of green during this season of Ordinary Time, we changed last week to violet for All Souls Day. Today's feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica uses white, as does Christ … Continue reading 9/11/08 – Changing Colours
The twelve month period from 29 June 2008 (as I’ve mentioned previously) is the Church’s Year of St. Paul. It celebrates the 2000th Anniversary of the birth of Paul. For many Sundays of the year, we hear the words of Paul. His letters make up many of the second reading excerpts that form part of … Continue reading 21/9/08 – St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
“So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, ‘Go and prepare the Passover meal for us that we may eat it.’” (Luke 22:8) The Liturgy Committee would like to invite parishioners to consider volunteering for the role of Altar Server, which we wish to re-establish. The role of Altar Server is an important one. Servers assist … Continue reading 14/9/08 – Altar Servers
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