Posted: 10 April 2020
Thank you to all who were able to join us on Zoom last night - it was a very special way of commemorating the Last Supper and our communion with the Body of Christ. His Body was broken so that we might be made whole - healed and forgiven.
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Posted: 09 April 2020
Good morning - blessings for this great feast of Maundy Thursday, the feast of the great mandate, the command to love and serve one another as Christ himself showed us. The Master goes on his knees to wash the feet of his disciples and in doing overturns the whole notion of who is the servant, of who serves whom.
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Posted: 08 April 2020
I hope you are keeping well and relatively sane during these hard times. Please let me know if there’s anything we can do to help individuals or families in need.
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Posted: 08 April 2020
Pope’s Holy Week message: ‘Creativity of love can overcome isolation’
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Posted: 08 April 2020
This Holy Week has certainly been unusual but it has seen parishioners around our diocese exercising their personal faith, as we follow Jesus on his journey.
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Posted: 07 April 2020
Pope Francis urges us not to lose hope during these stormy days. The exposure of our fragility is a moment for us to reassess what is important for us - ‘to get our lives back on track’.
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Posted: 06 April 2020
This is going to be a very strange Holy Week. We will celebrate the ceremonies as best we can but that vital component of sharing in church is not possible. This is a real test of faith in the hidden mysteries revealed.
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Posted: 05 April 2020
Such a lovely morning to begin our Holy Week - a week when we would normally see a great deal of each other for our wonderful liturgies.
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Posted: 04 April 2020
Yesterday was my first day out of quarantine and sadly it was for the funeral of Anne Grant; following government and Church guidelines very few people were in attendance.
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Posted: 04 April 2020
Many of us are housebound or self-isolating at this time. The Lord’s Day at Home prayers can help us to unite ourselves with the worship of the Universal Church, and your own Parish each week.
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Posted: 04 April 2020
In response to the decision that all public Masses are to cease, Redemptorist Publications are delighted to be able to bring the Sunday Holy Mass, celebrated by Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R. into your home every Sunday.
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Posted: 03 April 2020
Well I forgot to light my Candle of Hope at 7pm but I was proud to share with the residents of Trinity Crescent and Barnside Avenue at 8pm as they expressed their gratitude for the NHS and all those who are supporting us during these difficult times - however, I didn’t bang a saucepan.
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