In less than two weeks’ time, we enter once again into the season of Lent. We typically think of Lent as a season of penance. Yet it is firstly the season when we focus on the preparation of those seeking Christian Initiation. Those of us already baptised engage in penitential practices so that we may … Continue reading 27/1/08 – God Calling People to Conversion
Category: Liturgical Seasons
On 15 August, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. “I didn’t think we had those any more!” I hear you say. Well, we still do. What’s more, we shouldn’t see them as a burden, but rather an opportunity to celebrate some … Continue reading 5/8/07 – Holy Days of Obligation
"Lent is a preparation for the celebration of Easter. For the Lenten liturgy disposes both catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the paschal mystery: catechumens, through the several stages of Christian initiation; the faithful, through reminders of their own baptism and through penitential practices." General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, article … Continue reading 18/2/07 – Beginning Lent
“What Jesus himself did, he also commands us to do. He often said, ‘Pray’, ‘Ask’, ‘Seek’,‘in my name’. He gave us the Lord’s Prayer to teach us how to pray. He instructed us on the necessity of prayer,and told us to be humble, watchful, persevering and confident in the goodness of the Father, pure in … Continue reading 11/2/07 – Lenten Evening Prayer
This weekend we approach the end of the Christmas season, which concludes with Monday’s feast of the Baptism of the Lord. In today’s feast, The Epiphany, we celebrate Christ revealed to the world, symbolised in the story of the three wise men. We often sing the carol We Three Kings on this feast. The … Continue reading Epiphany – 7/1/06
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