LITURGY MATTERS: Mysta what? IMAGE Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Mysta what?

April 12, 2021 Louise Gannon rsj

While society thinks Easter is over, we Christians know that it has only just begun. We have a church given mandate to celebrate (party) for 50 days, right up to Pentecost Sunday. So, what are you and your faith community doing to maintain the celebration?!

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From Chrism Mass to Easter Sunday: Good things being fulfilled even as we watch and listen

April 06, 2021 Sharon Murphy

It began with the much-awaited 2021 Chrism Mass celebrated on 30 March in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, and came to fulfillment in the Easter Ceremonies. It was a journey that reminded us of Christ’s enduring and life-giving presence among God’s people – healing, baptising, anointing.

LITURGY MATTERS: Easter is no mere historical remembering IMAGE Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Easter is no mere historical remembering

March 29, 2021 Louise Gannon rsj

Holy Week has begun. And the good news of 2021 is that we can participate in the Holy Week liturgies in accord with the registration arrangements in parishes. Given that we were unable to have a public celebration of Easter last year, I am wondering what it will be like this year.

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LITURGY MATTERS: Chrism Mass in on!

March 16, 2021 Louise Gannon rsj

Last year’s COVID-19 lockdown meant we had no Chrism Mass in 2020. Well, it’s back in 2021 but with the necessary COVID restrictions.

LITURGY MATTERS: Rituals Remind Us IMAGE Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Rituals Remind Us

March 02, 2021 Natasha Brotherton

There is something about rituals that connects people. Rituals provide us with a sense of belonging to something bigger than ourselves and the everyday routines and habits that we develop. Rituals retell the story of our culture, our past, our common beliefs and values that unite us and give depth and meaning to our lives.

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LITURGY MATTERS: Grief Matters

February 16, 2021 Louise Gannon rsj

In the past couple of years, we have experienced three miscarriages in our family. Beyond the grief of the present moment, this took me back more than thirty years to when one of my brothers and sisters-in-law experienced two miscarriages before having my now grown and larger than life, almost infamous nephews.

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LITURGY MATTERS: Initiation Matters

February 02, 2021 Louise Gannon rsj

At the Vigil Mass at the Cathedral on Saturday night (Jan 30) a young man named Travis celebrated his first communion. I was surprised at how that moment, and our communal acknowledgment of it in the Concluding Rites, lifted my heart and brought a smile to my face.

LITURGY MATTERS: Ponies, Gregorian Chant and COVID-19 IMAGE Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Ponies, Gregorian Chant and COVID-19

December 15, 2020 Anne Millard

There is a famous joke about a child who, on Christmas morning, finds a pile of horse manure under the tree instead of the expected presents. Yet, far from disappointed, the child gleefully shovels the manure (by hand, no less), because with all that manure, there must be a pony! I could be that child.  Frankly, I always try to be that child.