The Fourth Sunday of Easter is often called “Good Shepherd Sunday” because the Gospel always focusses on the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd.

Since 2022 the Carmelites of Sacred Heart Church at Kayutangan, Malang, Indonesia, have welcomed Muslims for Eid prayers.

“Peace be with you” - so important are these words of Jesus that we hear them three times in the Gospel.

The Gospel of each Sunday of Easter is a meditation on Jesus as: the resurrected Christ.

You can download and save the scripture texts, reflections and prayers for Lectio Divina for each day of this month. Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures. Visit our Lectio Divina page for more information about how to pray using Lectio Divina. Join our Lectio Online group. We meet every Friday at 10am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) [You are welcome to join from other time zones, eg. Perth/Singapore/Philippines: 7am; Timor-Leste/Tokyo: 8am; New Zealand: 12pm; Los Angeles: Thursday 4pm; New York/Toronto: Thursday 7pm] to prayerfully reflect on the Gospel of the coming Sunday. 

When someone dies, one of the things we often feel is their absence.

Our afternoon liturgy is a meditation on the passion and death of the Lord.

At mass tonight we recall Jesus’ commandment to love one another, his washing of the disciples’ feet and the breaking of the bread of his own life.

Br Marcolino Gomes was awarded the Master of Theological Studies at the recent University of Divinity Graduation Ceremony.

In the person of Jesus, God emptied himself into a fragile, naked, tortured human being at the mercy of civil and religious authorities.