Newsletter for Sunday 29 May 2016

27 May

CORPUS CHRISTI

Do you want the Lord to give you many graces?
Visit Him often.

Do you want Him to give you few graces?
Visit Him rarely.

Do you want the devil to attack you?
Visit Jesus rarely in the Blessed Sacrament.

Do you want him to flee from you?
Visit Jesus often.

Do you want to conquer the devil?
Take refuge often at the feet of Jesus.

Do you want to be conquered by the devil?
Forget about visiting Jesus.

My dear ones, the Visit to the Blessed Sacrament is an extremely necessary way to conquer the devil. Therefore go often to visit Jesus and the devil will not come out victorious against you. St. John Bosco

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Newsletter for Sunday 22 May 2016

20 May

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

Whether “an ordinary” member of the congregation or a first class honours theology graduate, the most difficult thing we can try to do, is to explain the Christian concept of The Trinity. Yet definitions lie at the heart of our Creeds and are rooted in the Bible which, though they teach the oneness of God, present Him as three Persons, equal but distinct (c.f. CCC 232, 234, 237-267 et seq). The Father, the Son and the Spirit are ONE GOD, whom we worship. Since before the beginning of creation, as CREATOR, WORD and SPIRIT, God existed and will exist for ever. Through faith in him we can have abundant life, and grow to understand more and more his goodness and love.

Artists such as Albrecht Durer (1471 – 1528) in his The Adoration of the Trinity, El Greco (1755-78) in his The Holy Trinity and Andrei Rublev (1360 – 1427) in his equally famous Trinity icon, have all tried to capture this central part of our faith. As we celebrate Trinity Sunday let us commit ourselves to participating more in the life of the Triune God.

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Newsletter for Sunday 15 May 2016

13 May

PENTECOST SUNDAY

Pentecost (from the Greek: “fiftieth day”), like Easter, was originally a Jewish agricultural feast, Shevuot or the ‘Feast of Weeks’ (Tob 2:1) which occurs 50 days after Passover and commemorated the giving of the Law on Sinai.

We speak of Pentecost as the ‘birthday of the Church’ because the Church was made manifest to the world on the day of Pentecost by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1-41) (CCL 1076). Now, with the presence of the gift of the Spirit, Christ lives and acts in and with and through his Church, through the sacraments and through you and me. Hence for us, as for Luke, Pentecost means the start of a mission to the entire world – a mission in which all of us have an important role. Just as by the power and activity of the Holy Spirit, Mary carried and gave birth to Christ, and the Apostles and early disciples brought Christ into their world, so, by the same Holy Spirit, we have been anointed to bring Jesus into our homes, our work places and to all whom we encounter.