The Advent Wreath is a symbol of life and light. The wreath is a circle with neither a beginning nor end, just like God’s love for us. The four candles on the wreath represent the four Sundays in Advent. We light one candle on the Advent wreath every week as we prepare for Christmas. By […]
The season of Advent offers us a wonderful time of prayerful reflection as we prepare once more to welcome Christ into the centre of our lives. In all the hustle and bustle surrounding us, we might personally miss out on the gift of the Advent season itself. There are many websites with resources to help […]
The New Church Year begins on the First Sunday of Advent. As we will be in Year A in the three-year cycle of Sunday readings, for the next year we will be hearing mainly from the Gospel of St. Matthew. John’s gospel will feature very strongly in Lent with the stories of the Woman at […]
Lord, give us the certainly that beyond death there is a life where broken things are mended and lost things are found; where there is rest for the weary and joy for the sad; where all that we have loved, exists, and where we will meet again our loved ones. We ask this through Christ […]
O Angel of God, My Guardian dear, To whom God’s love Commits me here, Ever this day Be at my side, To light and guard, To rule and guide. Amen.
This Communion Reflection was read during the Mass for the Deceased on Sunday 3rd November 2019 Relatives and friends, it is my time to leave, my last breath does not say “goodbye”, for my love for you is truly timeless, beyond the touch of death. I leave myself not to the undertaker, for […]