Catholic Parish of Pambula in Merimbula, New South Wales | Catholic Church

Catholic Parish of Pambula

Locality: Merimbula, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6495 1880

Address: 79 Main St 2548 Merimbula, NSW, Australia

Website: cg.org.au/pambula

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25.01.2022 Fr Pale's Message (Third Sunday in Easter) and Parish Bulletin, Please click on the link below: http://cg.org.au//Type1/Newsletter%20April%2026th,%2020.pdf... Click below for the Readings: https://www.catholicgallery.org/sunday-mass-readings-njb/

22.01.2022 Fr Pale's Message for 2nd Sunday of Easter and Parish Bulletin of 19 April 2020 Please click below links: Readings for 2nd Sunday in Easter. Please click the link.... http://cg.org.au//SECOND%20SUNDAY%20OF%20EASTER%20-%20Read Fr Pale's Message and Bulletin. Please click the link. http://cg.org.au//Second%20Sunday%20of%20Easter%20NEWSLETT https://www.catholicgallery.org/sunday-mass-readings-njb/

17.01.2022 ANZAC DAY AND EASTER - TIMES OF SACRIFICE I found this today and thought I would share: Often it is as if we humans instinctively understand sacrifice, our hearts know that sacrifice is crucial to salvation and we need to honour those who have made sacrifices in the service of others. The Christian understanding of redemptive suffering adds value to our interpretation of the Anzac sacrifice.... Redemptorist Priest, Fr Dom Carrigan CSsR draws some parallels between Easter and Anzac Day here: Easter and Anzac Day are inextricably intertwined. Anzac Day always falls in the Easter season. They have marked differences, yet have much in common. Both deal with suffering, sacrifice and death. At Gallipoli in Turkey, thousands of soldiers on both sides suffered terribly and died for their causes. At Calvary, Jesus, the Word of God- become-man, suffered terribly and died on a cross as a sacrifice for the world. At Gallipoli, the Australian and New Zealand troops rejoiced that they were going to war. They wanted to test themselves internationally on the battlefield. At Calvary, Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane that the ‘cup’ of suffering would be taken from him. Yet each faced the future with courage and conviction. At Gallipoli, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and, in general, a tremendous spirit of mateship. At Calvary, Jesus was deserted by his own disciples (except for a few, mainly women) and felt completely abandoned. At Gallipoli the soldiers had rifles, bayonets, guns, as well as other instruments of war to wound and to kill. At Calvary, Jesus was defenceless. He had even told Peter to put away his sword (John 18:11). Gallipoli was a military defeat, yet it was regarded as a victory for the Anzac spirit as well as for the brilliant way Australian Brigadier-General Brudenell White organised the withdrawal of the troops. It was feared in Britain that they would ‘lose 25,000 men and many guns’ in the withdrawal (FitzSimons, Gallipoli p. 616). In fact, unbelievably, there were no fatalities in the withdrawal. Calvary was seen as a defeat for Jesus and his followers. Instead it turned out to be the necessary way to his victory. Jesus had said to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, Was it not ordained that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory? (Luke 24:26). In this Easter Season, millions of Christians will celebrate the triumph of Jesus over sin and evil and death. What to all the world looked like a failure is acclaimed as the greatest success influencing generations to come. Jesus is the Christ, the ultimate sacrifice, the cornerstone rejected by the builders, who is the key to our salvation. He knows us personally, and those who are seeking the truth will recognise his voice and he will speak to their hearts. I pray that all Australians will embrace the truth of Easter and the ANZACS.

15.01.2022 We Remember This Week The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13 - 35) Would We Recognise Christ Today?

15.01.2022 Please click on Fr Pale's Message and the Parish Bulletin of 3 May: http://cg.org.au//U/Type1/Newsletter%203rd%20May,%2020.pdf Please find the Readings for this week:... http://cg.org.au//FOURTH%20SUNDAY%20OF%20EASTER%20-%20Read

05.01.2022 Something for the Family: Please click on link: http://cg.org.au//SECOND%20SUNDAY%20OF%20EASTER%20-%20Fami