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 […]