We have recently upgraded our visual display system to support our participation in liturgical celebrations: “To promote active participation, the people should be encouraged to take part by means of acclamations, responses, psalmody, antiphons, and songs, as well as by actions, gestures, and bodily attitudes. And at the proper times all should observe a reverent … Continue reading Avoiding screen addiction
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Recently, thanks to generous parishioner donations, the help of volunteers and the initiative of a parish priest who isn’t afraid of crawling under the church or using power tools, our visual display system in the church has had a much-needed and long-overdue upgrade. The nearly twenty-year-old data projector (and around fifty-year-old overhead projector screen) made … Continue reading Our new visual display system
Recently, Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney (and formerly of Parramatta) spoke about the Eucharist, saying “The greatest Eucharistic miracle is the everyday one, and it happens quietly and faithfully, at Mass after Mass, parish after parish.” God takes ordinary bread and wine and offers it to us as the Body and Blood of Christ. This … Continue reading It will become for us our spiritual food and drink
While there is an obvious degree of commonality between the Gospels we hear in Ordinary Time each year, each also has its own unique characteristics that offer us a deeper insight into the person of Jesus and his teaching. You may have heard the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke referred to as “synoptic” gospels, … Continue reading How is it that the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke have so much in common?
The Gospel readings of the Sundays in Ordinary Time invite us to walk with Jesus as he lives out his mission, from his baptism to his final journey towards Jerusalem and his passion, death and resurrection. The Gospel readings, therefore, are arranged each week in what we call a semi-continuous fashion. Apart from some excerpts … Continue reading Walking With Jesus in the Scriptures
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