You may have read last weekend in Carmel that we are looking to refine some of our procedures at Mass for those who are taking communion to the sick. Communion of the Sick is one of a number of rituals that form the Church liturgical document Pastoral Care of the Sick. It also includes the … Continue reading 14/6/09 – Communion of the Sick
Category: Celebrating Mass
Last Saturday, a number of our parishioners began their period preparation to minister in the parish as Altar Servers. You may remember last year that we announced the restoration of this ministry to the parish. For many years we have gone without acolytes or altar servers. What, then, has prompted us to restore altar service? … Continue reading 15/3/09 – Why Altar Servers?
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
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
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