Advent 4

BLESSED AMONGST WOMEN           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 20th 2009                                                    Our children have just presented a portrayal of the meeting of Mary with the very pregnant Elizabeth, rather than the traditional nativity story. I want to focus briefly on that Gospel reading, in particular […]

Advent 3

REJOICE INDEED!           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 13th 2009                                                    Philippians 4: 7 “The peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”   These words are very familiar to us – being the first part of […]

Advent 2

PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 6th 2009                                                    Luke 3: 4 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord.”   Yesterday morning I walked across the Vermont Street bridge – the pedestrian bridge over University Ave […]

Blog – November 2009

Sun 1 All Saints’ Day Our festival – & 10 am High Mass was a musical extravanganza! As usual, we had bagpipes to take us in & out. They also accompanied “Amazing Grace” after Communion – a new innovation. We sang the offertory hymn (Hark the Sound of Holy Voices) to a tune […]

Christ the King

THY KINGDOM COME           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22nd 2009                                                    1 Corinthians 15: 20 “In fact Christ has been raised from the dead – the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.”   What do you imagine when you pray “Thy kingdom come”?   […]

Pentecost 24

THE END IS COMING!           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15th 2009                                                    Hebrews 10: 31 “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”   This week saw the release of another movie about the end of the world, called […]

Pledge Sunday

OFFERING OURSELVES, OUR SOULS & BODIES           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8th 2009                                                    Mark 12: 44 “She, out of her poverty, has put in everything she had.”   I once heard a story of a priest (who was probably an Australian!) who went to […]

Blog – October 2009

Thurs Oct 1 Tonight was the 1st adult confirmation class. A good group – 4 young men & a young woman. It will be interesting & enjoyable for them & me. I have been preparing adults for confirmation for 30 years & really like doing it. Fri 2 Holy Guardian Angels Tonight […]

All Saints’ Day

CHURCH EXPECTANT, CHURCH TRIUMPHANT SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON ALL SAINTS’ DAY, 2009 Rev 7: 9 “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, […]

Penetcost 20

THE SERVANT CHURCH           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 18th 2009                                                    Mark 10: 45 “The Son of Man also came, not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”   Occasionally I will be sitting at my […]