SYDNEY - HEALING MASSES - JAN 2013
Let's continue with the Christmas Joy - EVERY day of our life and not just on 25th December.
ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND. Please spread the message to those in the surrounding areas as per scheduled dates and the Church.
Healing is understood not in the narrow sense of bodily well-being, but as the love of God flowing into the brokenness of man to make him whole.
The Healing Masses begin with the joyous proclamation of the forgiveness and salvation of the Heavenly Father, who "so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). Salvation in Jesus is experienced through a radical turning away from sin and turning to God in repentance. This offer of salvation was the first message preached by Jesus Christ as well. "Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand" (Matt 4:17).
In the Sacrament of Confession, the faithful are convicted of their
sin by the Holy Spirit (Jn 16:8), their sins forgiven by the Holy Spirit
(Jn 16:8), in the power of the same Holy Spirit through the ministry of
the Church (Jn 20:22-23), and given a share in the victory of Jesus
over sin (Jn 16:11).
From the resulting radical conversion, people are led to total
self-surrender, that results in an intimate union with Jesus in the Holy
Spirit, as experienced in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. "He
who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him" (Jn
6:56). In this intimacy, the love of God is "poured into their hearts
through the Holy Spirit" (Rom 5:5). The heart melting under this overwhelming outpouring of love, opens up in turn to love and forgive everyone.
This intense experience of love heals all wounds and soothes all the
strains in family relationships. The bond of marriage is renewed as
sacrament of grace is incorporated into the spousal relationship between
Christ and His Church.
In this powerful way the word of the Lord kept spreading and growing stronger (Acts 19:20)
On 26th Dec, 2012 - Celebrating the Feast day of First Catholic Christian Martyr St Stephen - Pray for us.