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Author: host Created: Monday, 1 October 2007
The blog below is updated fortnightly, and uses reflections from the Pilgrimage Books prepared by Sr Anna Nicholls RSM, of Villa Maria College, as discussion starters.

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By host on Wednesday, 21 November 2007

In the ancient morning, noon and evening prayer, the Angelus, we celebrate the moment of Incarnation. Mid-conversation and mid-task, the bell brought people to their knees. As this tolling interrupted the work-day routine, so too the Incarnation interrupts our busy apathy with the offer of new life and hope.

Today, let the Incarnation be a sacred ‘interruption’ to your day.
The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
Be it done unto me according to thy Word. Hail Mary…

And the Word was made Flesh. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary…


Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray...
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By host on Wednesday, 7 November 2007

Our Christian faith began in a single moment of time and space. In a stable, in a troubled land, God became human.

God in Jesus is incarnate among us. Such wondrous love has the power to change everything. Emmanuel, God-with-us, is the Christmas greeting. How is your life changed in the knowledge that God is with you?

By host on Wednesday, 24 October 2007

‘In the beginning God created …’ (Gen 1: 1).

From this first moment, the creative action of God has shaped our earth and all that lives.

The ultimate in God’s creative activity was the formation of men and women in the divine image. Even before we came into being, we were carried in the mind and heart of God (Ps 139).

In the fullness of time God sent His Son. In Jesus, God has come to us. In Jesus, God walks with us. In Jesus, God’s creative action is renewed. In the Mass Jesus comes to us again.

In the Eucharist Jesus comes into us, to dwell in us. In this event, in the midst of our unworthiness, we become once again the daughters and sons of God.

And so the divine life is forever unfolding anew in our midst.

 
Pilgrimage Booklet
Have you enjoyed these excerpts from A Pilgrimage: Thirty Days of Worshipping Under Southern Skies: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Mass, prepared by Sr Anna Nicholls RSM? Copies of this booklet for Module 1 and also for Module 2 may be purchased from:

The National Liturgy Commission
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P.O. Box 4353
Hamilton 3247

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The Liturgy Centre
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Please include payment of $6.00 with your order OR $10.00 for both books.
 
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