Sixth Sunday of Easter

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you.”

This part of John's Gospel comes at the beginning of Jesus’ long farewell discourse at the Last Supper. He is going to die the following day and so Jesus instructs his Apostles that true discipleship is neither shaped by His physical presence or physical absence, but by God's abiding spiritual presence through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

It happens that through loving God with our whole heart, and by obeying Jesus by whose generosity that we have life eternal, the Godhead makes his home within us! For the Apostles this presence would overcome any anxiety about Jesus’ Ascension and would help them discover that the present holds in it the seeds of a fresh future shaped by the Love of God indwelling their hearts.

Fifth Sunday of Easter

“As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another”

John's Gospel does not present a sentimental view of love. This is a type of love that is shown in service and sacrifice. It is difficult to choose to love when faced with hatred and anger. Jesus tells the disciples that all will know that they are his disciples because of the love they show for one another. This description of the early Christian community will be repeated in the Acts of the Apostles: “See how they love one another.” Christian love is the hallmark of Christianity. We see it lived in the witness of the martyrs. We see it in the example of the lives of the saints. We see it in the holy women and men who live and love daily, making small and large sacrifices for others. https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/fifth-sunday-of-easter-cycle-c-sunday-connection

Fourth Sunday of Easter - Mother's Day!

“My sheep listen to my voice”

The 4th Sunday of Easter is the both Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day of Prayer for Vocations. On this day we publicly fulfil the Lord's instruction to “pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers into his harvest” (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). Please pray that young men and women hear and respond generously to the Lord’s call to the priesthood, religious life, and other forms of consecrated service.

Third Sunday of Easter

WE CONTINUE TO LOOK at the experience the disciples had of the Risen Jesus. The readings speak of the meaning of discipleship both in our internal attitudes and in our relating with other people. The Gospel and, to some extent, the Second Reading speak of recognising the presence of God and of Jesus in our daily life while the Second Reading calls us to witness to our faith with consistency and courage. One flows from the other. To be a genuine disciple of Jesus, it is not enough just to be “holy”, to be good but to have the courage, when the call comes, to do difficult things and perhaps even to suffer. In sharing the suffering of Jesus we also share in his glory https://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/ec031/

Divine Mercy Sunday

John Paul II, moved by the consideration of the Father of Mercy, has willed that the Second Sunday of Easter be dedicated to recalling with special devotion these gifts of grace and gave this Sunday the name, "Divine Mercy Sunday" (5 May 2000).
On the 29 June 2002, the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See promulgated a decree creating new indulgences that may be gained by the faithful in connection with the celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday.
Plenary indulgence
I. The usual conditions for every plenary indulgence:
• sacramental confession [according to previously issued norms, within about 20 days before or after]
• Eucharistic communion [according to previously issued norms, preferably on the day, or the days before or after]
• prayer for the intentions of Supreme Pontiff [certain prayers are not specified]
II. The specific conditions for this Indulgence
On Divine Mercy Sunday
• in any church or chapel, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, take part in the prayers and devotions held in honour of Divine Mercy
• or, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed or reserved in the tabernacle, recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding a devout prayer to the merciful Lord Jesus (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!")

Special Calendar Events

Moora
• 1st Reconciliation 9am Wednesday 29th May
• Ascension Mass 9am Thursday 30 May
• Fr Chris clergy seminar 2nd to 6th June
• Reconciliation for Confirmation Candidates 9am Friday 14 June
• CONFIRMATION MASS 10.30am Sunday 23rd June
• Mary McKillop Mass 9am Thursday 8th August
• Assumption Mass 9am Thursday 15th August
• School Reconciliation 9am Tuesday 20 August
• 1st Holy Communion Mass 10.30am Sunday 25th August
• All Saints Mass 9am Thursday 1st November
• School Reconciliation 9am Thursday 12 December
• School Mass 9am Friday 13th December

Fr Chris' annual holidays: 3rd September-3rd October 2019

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Holy days of obligation

What are the Holy Days of obligation in Australia? Is missing Mass a sin?

Do you know the five precepts of the Catholic Church?

Is Missing Mass a Mortal Sin?

Given how precious the Mass is the Code of Canon Law (#1246) proscribes, "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church." Moreover, "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass..." (#1247).

Therefore, the Catechism teaches, "Those who deliberately fail in this obligation commit grave sin" (#2181), and grave sin is indeed mortal sin. http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/is-missing-mass-a-mortal-sin.html

Preparing for Confession

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