Aug 4:00pm Monthly Filipino Mass

AT ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL

St Mary’s Cathedral and Parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Perth welcomed thousands of worshippers for Holy Week celebrations this year.

The Chrism Mass saw more than 120 Archdiocesan priests joined Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Bishop Don Sproxton for the Blessing of the three Holy Oils - Oil of Catechumens, Oil of the Sick and Oil of the Chrism. The Holy Oils are used in Parishes for the Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation

HOLY THURSDAY

At the Washing of the Feet on Holy Thursday, His Grace said: “Our faith is a precious gift, given to us, not for ourselves alone, but so that we might be signs and bearers of the love of Christ to and for others.”

Archbishop Costelloe addressing the congregation said: “Tonight, as your priests renew the commitments they made at the time of their ordination, please pray for them – pray for us – for we need you to help us be the priests God has called us to be. Remind us that we are called to live, in imitation of Christ, in humility, in obedience, and in generous self-sacrifice for your sake. Remind us that we are called to be living images of the one who is the face of the Father’s mercy. But remember, too, that we, like you, are in need of compassion, of forgiveness, of understanding and of patience.”

Following the Stations of the Cross, at the Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Archbishop Costelloe invited the congregation to remember the image of Mary at the foot of the Cross, “which invites us to remember, and to pray for, all those mothers who are grieving the loss of their sons and daughters, of their husbands, and of their brothers and sisters, in the dreadful conflict which is engulfing Ukraine,” he said.