In last week’s segment on the Mass, we quoted the words from the Introduction to the Missal concerning the four ways in which Christ is really present in the Mass.
Participation Sacramental Life
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On a cold, windy Sunday morning a number of us gathered at St Thomas the Apostle Parish Hall for a book launch by the MSC Community. It wasn’t the usual…
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For Catholics in the past, the presence of Christ at Mass was seen as only being in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. With the fuller recovery of our tradition preceding…
Faith Reflections Participation Worship
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Over the last few weeks we have been looking at various issues regarding the month of November as the month during which we pray for those who have died. We…
Faith Reflections Participation
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“You get your own seat with a good view.” After many months of separation and being unable to celebrate the Eucharist together, our parish communities are gradually returning to…
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Each month, in association with Pauline Books & Media in Camberwell, Sr Joanna Coleiro fsp gives book recommendations for parishioners, both big and small. Pauline Books & Media is run…
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Our Parishes of Camberwell, Balwyn, Deepdene and Surrey Hills Wattle Park are made all the more vibrant by the many organisations and groups that were created to serve the needs…
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The final part of the Mass is the Concluding Rite. Notice that it is still called a rite; it is not just a tail pinned onto the donkey – it…
Read more Some of us will remember sermons being given about the sufferings of Purgatory as a deterrent to committing sin. Those sufferings were not as bad as those of Hell but…
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In the book, Woman Wisdom: Women of the Hebrew Scriptures, Merriam T. Winter described the situation of widows in ancient Israelite society during biblical times. “Widowhood was an extremely vulnerable…
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