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I ask you, my brothers and sisters, to pray to the Lord our God for Lilian Lander who has lost most of the use of her legs at age 88 and needs much nursing care and to pray for David whose brother Steven died on Easter Monday at age 60 and shall be buried on Friday, 13th May 2022.

If we love Jesus, we sense a growing desire within ourselves to know the life-giving experience contained in his words. The life- giving experience comes, in part, through our service to others, in imitation of Jesus. But what kind of service can there be without a recollected...

We could pray for one another. I pray for nearly all of you, I admit to forgetting some occasionally. I appreciate it when any of you prays for me. Some of my prayers are meditative. Some spoken. Some read and recited. I imagine that each of you has various approaches that suit your beliefs and...

300 people were killed in an attack against a mosque in Egyptian Sinai. Their families will be in shock and grief. Pray for them to the Lord our God.

In the practice of the Sacrament of Penance, four acts of the penitent are required: Sorrow for sins committed A resolution or firm purpose of amendment, The sincere confession of sins. Satisfaction or sacramental penance An examination of conscience should precede the reception of the...

Thursday 25th May 2017 INTRODUCTION O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluia. Examination of Conscience This is an...

Hymn Light’s glittering morn bedecks the sky, Heav’n thunders forth its victor cry: The glad earth shouts her triumph high, And groaning hell makes wild reply. While he, the King of sovereign might, Treads down death’s strength in death’s despite, And trampling hell by victor’s right, Brings...

Hymn O Christ, the heavens’ eternal King, Creator, unto thee we sing, With God the Father ever One, Co-equal, co-eternal Son. Thy hand, when first the world began, Made in thine own pure image man, And linked to fleshly form of earth A living soul of heavenly birth. And when the envious crafty...

Bob Dylan's song. I like it. What do you think. https://vimeo.com/61070918 They ask me how I feel And if my love is real And how I know I'll make it through And they, they look at me and frown They'd like to drive me from this town They don't want me around 'Cause I believe in you They...

Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. You do not ask for sacrifice and offerings, but an open ear. You do not ask for holocaust and victim. Instead, here am I. Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. In the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will. My God, I...

In tonight's mass (Sunday evening mass) one of our readings went something like this: How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me...

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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ I will begin this day. I thank you, Lord, for having preserved me during the night. I will do my best to make all I do today pleasing to You and in accordance with Your will. My dear mother Mary, watch over me this day. My Guardian Angel, take care of me. St...

Mass from Rockhampton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn4Wi1PWkmU

Biblical Background of Liturgical Texts: The words spoken by the priests and the people during the Catholic Mass and other Christian liturgies are not only based loosely on the Bible; many of them are direct quotations from particular biblical texts: Introductory Rites: Sign of the Cross: "In...

Sunday, 5th June 2016 I hope you are blessed by this mass. If you are unwell, housebound, or for other reasons were unable to attend mass today then this mass is for you. God be with you.

Psalm 15 (in the Hebrew numbering) 1 Within thy tabernacle, Lord, who shall abide with thee? And in thy high and holy hill who shall a dweller be? 2 The man that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, And as he thinketh in his heart...

This is the magnificat in English, it is quite beautiful and always makes me feel deep gratitude to God for the goodness he shows to his people.

Tuesday, 14th July 2015 Morning Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Matt. 12:34 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. Col. 3:16 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Prov. 4:23 Death and life are in the power of...