Fr Luiz is Away on Sabbatical Leave

by | Nov 1, 2019 | Uncategorised

As you are aware. Fr Luiz is away from the parish from 14 October until 19 April 2020. During this time a number of priests will be looking after the parishes and saying the masses: Mgr. Branson from 14 October until 17 November 2019; all weekend and weekday masses;...

Stand erect hold your heads high…

by | Nov 16, 2019 | Gospel Reflections

Today’s gospel begins with the disciples marvelling at the glory of the Temple; it must have been truly wonderful to see.  It had taken fifty years for Herod to rebuild the Temple.  Solomon’s original Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 588 BC, when the...

Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord…

by | Nov 9, 2019 | Gospel Reflections

Both books of the Maccabees teach us that eternal life belongs to those who have lived for the Lord and of the necessity to pray for the dead.  We are all imperfect and need healing from the results of our sins, even if those sins are forgiven.  The wounds of sin do...

No longer lost…

by | Nov 2, 2019 | Gospel Reflections

Sometimes we can feel as though we are just going through the motions of living a proper Christian life.  Perhaps in such moment today’s Gospel can help us.  When we walk in through the doors of the church, we are taking steps to try to get a fresh glimpse of Jesus. ...

Let us see, O Lord, Your mercy…

by | Oct 26, 2019 | Gospel Reflections

The parable in today’s Gospel hits home with all of us.  Sometimes, we can have an overwhelming feeling that we are just not good enough; yet we are afraid that if we don’t approach God, we might get even worse.  On such occasions we have to remind ourselves that God...