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Truth with a smile
Did you know a hearty chuckle is good for your health? Apparently a study by an American University has found that humour and laughter can lower blood pressure, protect the heart, burn calories, increase attentiveness, as well as bring much joy to our lives. Click here to read more
Posted in Sermons |Outlook Spring 2008
Click here to download the Spring 2008 edition of the parish magazine: Outlook Spring 2008
Posted in Outlook Magazine |Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us
Some years ago now, a priest was caught up in the preparations for Christmas. One day he went on an expedition to do two things: to make his Christmas confession, and to pick up something a tradesman had promised many times to have ready by Christmas. The priest made his confession, received absolution, and on his way home popped into the tradesman’s shop to pick up the article. It wasn’t ready, the tradesman had not only broken his promise but had lied; and the priest lost his temper. He told the tradesman in a few choice words exactly what he thought of him, stalked righteously out of the shop, and was half-way home before he realised to his horror what he had done. He had just re-lived the parable of the Unmerciful Servant. I find this story rather painful because that priest happened to be me. Click here to read more
Posted in Sermons |The Prophet Ezekiel
Welcome to the Vatican. More precisely, to the Sistine Chapel, and to Michelangelo’s masterpieces in it. Michelangelo painted the ceiling of this chapel in the early 16th C. Down the centre are narratives from the book of Genesis - the creation stories and the story of Noah and around them he painted the prophets and sibyls as well as representations of Christ’s ancestors.
Why are we here? To look at the prophet Ezekiel who is one of the seven OT prophets depicted around the edges of the ceiling. The others are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Zechariah, Jonah, and Joel. Click here to read more
Mission Sunday ‘08
Over the last few weeks the children at St Alban’s have been getting themselves ready for our Parish Mission Day, including making bookmarks and decorating crosses. On the day (31 August) the children helped with a coin trail and sold the items they had made. In total they raised more than $500 towards the project we support in Fiji!
