Dear friends – The image on the cover of our Parish Blog post today is a desert portion of the Jordan River. This is the birthday of John the Baptist in the cycle of our worship. No doubt this environment would’ve been very familiar to John, who, as we are told in today’s gospel, lived…
Read MoreDear friends – Happy final full week of June! Can you believe the year is just about half done? And what an unexpected year it’s been. Hearts and prayers for places and nations for whom COVID is on the exponential rise! I bumped into someone yesterday who told me she’d felt impatient with a couple…
Read More(cover image credit: Unsplash collection) REFUGEE WEEK reminds us that those fleeing their homes are real people After a series of weekend Masses with special feast day focuses all in a row – Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity and Corpus Christi – this weekend is simply back into the ordinary cycle. I always feel a bit positively…
Read MoreDear friends – Today in the church I’ve got the Year 1 parish school children and their wonderful teachers. The children are learning about baptism. So, below in the blog post, you’ll see the normal day’s readings for those leading the liturgy in their own homes. And in the meantime, I’ll have a simple liturgy…
Read MoreDear friends – IS THE CHURCH BEING POLITICAL? In today’s Parish Blog post, I’ve reprinted the article from TIME MAGAZINE from a few days ago. It is a commentary on Pope Francis’ response to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ and associated demonstration movements currently sweeping the world. The article mentions Pope Francis’ concern about the violence…
Read MoreWelcome and Greetings everyone as we gather for Mass this weekend. Today we celebrate what’s known as the feast of CORPUS CHRISTI; the Latin words for BODY OF CHRIST. We celebrate that God is present with us in the Sacrament that we call the Eucharist – and we celebrate also that we can be Eucharist…
Read MoreDear friends – (cover image credit: Unsplash collection – connecting to the fire theme in the first reading) As written about last week, with the 50 people guideline for religious gatherings, we’re reserving the physically present Wednesday time slot for connection with our parish school children. From 9.45am the church will be open again for…
Read MoreGreetings everyone – Hope you were able to enjoy a different kind of day in some way with the holiday Monday. I was able to have a welcome free day and catch up with a couple of friends as well as take a motorcycle ride in the glorious winter sun. As you might have seen…
Read MoreWelcome from us in the Emu Plains area to anyone from other places joining us in prayer this weekend. And welcome to anyone from other faith backgrounds too. Thank you for enriching us with your presence. In our Christian tradition it’s this weekend on which we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity – that central…
Read MoreDear friends – Welcome to the 70th Parish Blog post on the day we also welcomed people to morning Mass – It’s only by chance that this big round number is also the blog post to say that we’ll begin reducing the blog frequency. It’s been five posts each midweek plus one or two posts…
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