12 April, 2020. Easter Sunday
Through the power of the resurrection, we can all have hope and joy, and go out to share them by our way of living…
Presider’s Page for 12 April 2020 (Easter Sunday in Pandemic)
This Easter morning we gather for a most unusual Easter celebration. Pandemic threatens to overwhelm, yet the Church insistently proclaims: Christ is risen! We still celebrate the central mystery of our faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He suffered on the cross and died for us, but now he has conquered death and fear! Filled with the spirit of Easter joy, let us proclaim the might and glory of God at this celebration!
11 April, 2020. The Easter Vigil
Jesus is more than a historical personage from the past; he is a person alive today. We encounter him not in history books but in life…
Lockdown: the Holy Saturday experience
This year millions of us are locked in our homes. We are not going out to work, not going out to play, going nowhere to socialise. It is a bit like a big blank space, a shapeless empty time between BTV (‘Before the Virus’) a few weeks ago (aka ‘normality’) and ATV (‘After the Virus’) . . .
Celebrating Good Friday locked down at home
Disciples not only pray for one another, but seek to present the needs of suffering humanity before the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here is a set of intercessions specially for this coronavirus year…
10 April, 2020. Good Friday
The power and the presence and promise of God are now accessible to us in our suffering and in our need…
Presider’s Page for Thursday 9 April (Holy Thursday)
The liturgy that begins this Tursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. We journey from the Last Supper to Gethsemane tonight, from there to Calvary tomorrow, and from the tomb to resurrection and new life at the Vigil of Easter Sunday.
09 April, 2020. Holy Thursday
In St John’s understanding of the Last Supper, when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet it was part of what he meant by “Do this in memory of me.”
Celebrating Holy Thursday in the home
This is not a ‘normal‘ Holy Thursday, but we may have discovered new aspects of our discipleship – and recovered long-forgotten parts of our tradition – through celebrating in this very unusual way.
08 April, 2020. Wednesday of Holy Week
The Judas story invites us to pray especially for all those who have tragically taken their own lives, trying to escape from the depths of despair…
07 April, 2020. Tuesday of Holy Week
Remember his words, “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love…”
06 April, 2020. Monday of Holy Week
Mary of Bethany offers Jesus a loving service that mirrors what he himself does for all of us…
Presider’s Page for 5 April (Palm Sunday)
Today’s liturgy gives us a preview of the events of Holy Week. The passion, death and resurrection of Jesus are the focus of this and every Sunday celebration.
05 April, 2020. Palm Sunday, [Passion Sunday]
Christ was no stranger to hardship, privation and suffering. Being in the form of God, from the moment he came on earth, Jesus emptied himself…
05 April, 2020. Palm Sunday, (Passion Sunday)
Christ was no stranger to hardship, privation and suffering. Being in the form of God, from the moment he came on earth, Jesus emptied himself,..
04 April, 2020. Saturday of Week 5 of Lent
God’s gifts are meant to be shared so that each of us can make a difference for good during our time in this life….
03 April, 2020. Friday of Week 5 of Lent
The will of God the Creator will always be mysterious to us, and particularly in a time of worldwide disaster such as the Covid pandemic or the dire state of our global environment. But Jesus has partially unveiled that mystery, in order to draw us into the life of God. He has revealed that God is, ultimately, mysteriously, infinite love….
02 April, 2020. Thursday of Week 5 of Lent
Jesus means even more to us than Abraham “our father in faith”. He is the Son who was with the Father before the universe was made…
01 April, 2020. Wednesday of Week 5 of Lent
True freedom allows us to love and share ourselves with others as Jesus himself did – he who was "The man for others."