Palm Sunday

PEOPLE OF THE PASSION           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON PALM SUNDAY 2009                                                    Mark 14:3 “As he sat at table, a women came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.”   I […]

Blog – March 2009

Sun Mar 1 – Lent 1 A busy morning: Baptism at 10 am, Holy Unction after & several people wanting to chat. Good attendances. The lovely warm SD weather is finally here again Tues Mar 3 My very good friend from St Mark’s, Val Fraser, arrives from Melbourne today for […]

Lent 5

THROUGH DEATH TO LIFE           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON MARCH 29th, 2009                                                    Hebrews 5:8 “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death.”   Many of you will […]

Lent 4

CHRIST OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON MARCH 22nd, 2009                                                    John 6:11 “Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed them.”   The feeding of the 5,000 is one of the best known stories in the […]

Lent 3

A NEW TEMPLE OF GOD           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON MARCH 15th, 2009                                                    John 2:20 “It has taken 46 years to build this temple, and you will raise it up in 3 days?   But he spoke of the temple of his body.”   As a teenager […]

March 8 2009

THE SACRIFICE OF THE SON           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON MARCH 8th, 2009                                                    Mark 8:31 “He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed; and […]

Lent 1

WHAT SHOULD LENT MEAN?           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON MARCH 1st, 2009                                                    1 Peter 3:21 “Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you…through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”   The first Sunday of Lent traditionally focuses on Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness.   It reminds us […]

Blog – February 2009

Sun Feb 1 I attended the 10.30 am Solemn Mass at St Peter’s. About 300 of us gathered before the marvellous reredos. Lovely Latin Mass with dignified ceremonial. A choir of 20 sang the Mass & antiphons beautifully. 40 concelebrants, mostly younger than me, & 20 old cardinals in choir. “The see […]

Ash Wed

ASH WEDNESDAY           SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON FEBRUARY 25th, 2009                                                      I love the challenge of Lent!   It first began about 10 years of age in Sunday School when (as some of you may remember) we were given little boxes with a slot in the top […]

February 22

FROM MOUNT TABOR TO MOUNT CALVARY   SERMON PREACHED BY FR. TONY NOBLE ON FEBRUARY 22nd, 2009                                                    Mark 9:9 “And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no-one what they had seen, until the Son of Man should have risen from the dead.”   This […]