Liturgies

Sunday of Divine Mercy
Solemnity

Sunday 27th April 2025

Reflections from Rome

Before reciting the Angelus prayer at noon on Sunday, 20 July, Pope Francis explained the meaning of the previous week's Gospel reading and the parable of the wheat and the tares.

The parable, he said, is a teaching of Jesus which addresses "the problem of evil in the world and highlights the patience of God."

The Pope explained how the Devil sows evil amidst the good seed of the world, but God is patient, separating the wheat and the tares at his final judgment. He stressed that unlike mankind, which is "sometimes in a hurry to judge, classify, place the good here and the bad beyond, God knows to wait."

"He looks at the 'field' of every person's life with patience and mercy," the Pope said. "He sees much better than us the dirt and the evil, but He also sees the seeds of good and looks forward with confidence for them to mature. God is patient, he knows to wait."

He pointed out that it is thanks to this "patient hope" of God that the same weeds, in the end, can become good wheat.

But he cautioned that evangelical patience does not mean indifference to evil. "One cannot make confusion between good and evil," he said. Instead, the disciple is called to imitate the patience of God, "nourishing hope with the support of an unshakable faith in the ultimate victory of the good, that is of God."

Eventually, he concluded, the evil will be removed and disposed of. On the day of the final harvest, the judge will be Jesus "who sowed good seed in the world and who himself became a 'grain of wheat', died and rose again."

"At the end, we will all be judged by the same standards by which we judged: the mercy we gave to others will also be used with us," the Pope said. "Let us ask the Virgin Mary, our Mother, to help us to grow in patience, hope and mercy."

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LITURGY TIMES

Weekend Masses
Saturday: 6:30pm
Sunday: 8:30am
Sunday: 10:00am
Weekday Masses
Monday: No Mass
Tuesday:
(Holy Mass, Novena Devotion to St. Anthony, Eucharistic Adoration, Confession and Benediction)		 7:00pm
Wednesday:
(Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and Holy Mass)		 9:00am
Thursday:
(Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and Holy Mass)		 9:00am
During Fr. Joseph's absence Masses on Thursdays and Fridays will be at 8:00am.
Friday:
(Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary and Holy Mass)		 9:00am
Devotion To St. Anthony

Every Tuesday after 7:00pm Mass.

Divine Mercy Chaplet

Parishioners have expressed an interest in reciting the Divine Mercy Chaplet.

On the 1st Sunday of the month.

Our next Chaplet will be on
Sunday 4 May 2025 after the 8:30am Mass.

Join in a beautiful prayer time.

Reconciliation
Tuesday:7:45pm
Saturday:9:30am & 6:00pm
(Also before weekday Masses if requested and anytime at your request)
Holy Rosary
On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 8:30am, half an hour before morning Mass.

Everyone is invited to participate.

Baptism
Celebrated on the 2nd & 4th Sundays after the 10:00am Mass
Marriage
By appointment at least six months in advance of the wedding date.
Stations of the Cross

Every Friday at 7:00pm during Lent.

Come and join us walk the Way of Sorrows meditating on the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jesus said to St. Faustina:

"There is more merit to one hour of meditation on My sorrowful Passion than there is to a whole year of flagellation that draws blood; the contemplation of My painful wounds is of great profit to you, and it brings Me great joy."

(Compiled by Bishop Peter J. Elliott Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus, Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne)

IN THIS CHALLENGING TIME

Lord Jesus Christ, our true physician and healer,
be merciful to us and bring us your aid in these troubled times.
Heal all our sickness and every affliction of your people.
Drive out our infirmities of soul and body; free us from all disease and especially from this pestilence.
We place in your gentle Heart the elderly, the frail, people with disability, children, young people and families,
our indigenous peoples, those who are poor, lonely and isolated.
As you walk with us, free them from fear, and give them patience and hope together with our loving care.
In your mercy deal also with the causes of our pitiful condition, that in curing our lack of faith and spiritual weakness,
you may also remedy our bodily ills.
We place our trust in you, the risen Lord, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.

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