The Three Days of Passover
March 5, 2021 - by CBD Parish
The celebration of Christ’s death and resurrection is called the Paschal Triduum. The word ‘Triduum’ is a Latin word meaning the three days. This term is used because this feast…
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Bread and Wine
March 5, 2021 - by CBD Parish
It is no accident that we celebrate the Eucharist in bread and wine. The Eucharist takes them over from Jewish religious meals but in both cases there are…
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Lent, Easter and Symbolic Numbers
February 26, 2021 - by CBD Parish
In the first centuries of Christianity, Sunday was called both the first day of the week and the eighth day of the week. In both terms what underlay…
Easter Season Faith Reflections
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My Body Given for You
February 26, 2021 - by CBD Parish
In last week’s Parish Notices, the small article on the Eucharist looked at the structure of the Eucharist as shaped by the actions of Jesus at the Last…
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Homily – First Sunday in Lent, Year B
February 19, 2021 - by Trac Nguyen
Today in the Eucharist, we celebrate the First Sunday of Lent. Last Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, we began the liturgical season that commemorates the forty days that Our Lord, Jesus, spent…
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The Sunday Gospels of Lent
February 19, 2021 - by CBD Parish
In each year of the three-year cycle of readings in the Lectionary, we have different gospel readings for the Sundays of Lent. This year, we are in Year B, in…
Easter Season Faith Reflections
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The Structure of the Eucharist
February 19, 2021 - by CBD Parish
At the centre of each Eucharistic Prayer, we have the account of Jesus’ words and actions at the Last Supper. This is a solemn part of the Mass which embodies…
Easter Season Faith Reflections Sacramental Life
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Ann Rennie
February 19, 2021 - by CBD Parish
The days are cooling a little as Autumn swings in and our summer selves are packed away till early December. It is time to pause and ponder and to take…
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The Old Testament Readings at Mass
February 12, 2021 - by CBD Parish
Except in Eastertime the first reading at Mass each Sunday is from the Old Testament. Many of these readings are striking, others can be really puzzling. But their…
Faith Reflections Sacramental Life
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Ashes to Easter
February 12, 2021 - by CBD Parish
“Remember you are dust and unto dust you will return”. This is one of the phrases that is used when people are sprinkled with ashes on Ash Wednesday. …
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