Reflection

"Challenging... Inspiring...Faith Building!"

Saints Mary and Joseph Cathedral Parish

Weekend Mass Times:

Saturday 9 am & 6 pm

Sunday - 8 am, 10 am and 5.30 pm

Christmas Mass Times

Friday 24th December 4 pm, 6 pm Family Mass

Saturday 25th December 8 am

REFLECTION

Advent has always been a happy season for many people, even in difficult times, because there is something about Christmas, the coming of the Messiah, the coming of the Lord, and the realisation of all the promises that God has made to His people. These things find their fulfilment in a stable, a little child, a poor young teenage mother and her gravely worried husband into whose care God had placed this most precious twosome.

There is something that stirs great hope in us. And so Advent is really a time for hope. It is a time when we put aside major worries in our life and realise that God is with us.

PRAYER

Lord,

we are so often overwhelmed

by the busyness of this time of year.

O come Emmanuel,

come into our hearts

and show us by your light the beauty of your way of love.

We are your people, Lord, and we are waiting for your return.

Come Lord Jesus.

Amen.