UNITED IN PRAYER A PRAYER RESOURCE FOR FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.Holy Trinity (Year A) Pause Take a moment to still yourself. Take a deep breath and ask God for a renewed sense of presence with you in this moment. Opening Prayer God our Father, who by...
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The New Zealand National Liturgy Office indicates that the second period of Ordinary Time which "runs like a great river through the middle of each year, carrying us through the winter and spring months." Our journey through the seasons of Lent and Easter have been...
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Yet You Love Him | Prayer for 2nd Sunday of Easter
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He is Risen l Prayer for Easter Sunday
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WHAT DOES ‘HOPE’ REALLY MEAN?
BISHOP PETER CULLINANE Address given in Johnsonville in 2018 Our reflections at this time are on HOPE. What does hope mean in situations that sometimes seem hopeless? To address this question, it helps to have some sense of what hopelessness feels like. We...




