Author Archives: John McKenna
Christmas 2013
Wishing you a Happy and Holy Christmas 4th Sunday of Advent. 22nd December 2013 Masses this week Prayers of the Church Week 4 Mass Week Saturday 6.30pm Gilbert Stanley Ormisher Sunday 8.30am Max & Eunice Jessop 10.30am Hilda Hitchen … Continue reading
Christmas Mass 2013
Christmas Masses. Dec 24th – 9.15am, 8.30pm. Dec 25th – 10.00am. Dec 26th – St Stephen. 10.00am
3rd Sunday of Advent (15.12.13)
3rd Sunday of Advent (15.12.13) DOUBT – The Less Appreciated Disability Doubt is an inescapable human experience. Non-rational beings are not subject to it. Did ‘Adam’ and ‘Eve’ experience doubt? Yes, but only subsequent to their loss of the ‘Garden of … Continue reading
The voice that cries from the wilderness:
2nd Sunday of Advent (08.12.13) The voice that cries from the wilderness: Advent is the time when we are reminded that we have to wait for God. We cannot grasp God. We cannot possess Him. We cannot see Him. We can only … Continue reading
The False Lure Of A Costless Christianity The first Sunday of Advent
The False Lure Of A Costless Christianity Looking for ‘freebees’ is a behavioural hallmark of our time. What’s not free, we want for the lowest price. People become accustomed to this behaviour applying the ‘me first and last’ outlook even to … Continue reading
November 2013 — Liturgical Calendar
November 2013 — Liturgical Calendar Day Date Celebration Rank Day Date Celebration Rank Day Date Celebration Rank Friday 1 All Saints solemnity Saturday 2 The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Sunday 3 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time … Continue reading
Advent
Advent 2013 We can have hope because God is faithful and will keep the promises made to us. Our hope comes from God. Isaiah says, A descendent of Jesse will come who will rule the pagan nations and they will hope in him.’ May God, the … Continue reading