May is the month of Mary! We encourage everyone to renew and deepen your relationship with our spiritual mother. We welcome everyone to join us and participate in the May Devotion after 9am Mass at St Lawrence Church during this special month! Try to pray Rosary daily and remember: your heavenly Mother loves you!

PRAYER FOR ANZAC CENTENARY

Gracious and loving God, as we mark the ANZAC Centenary, we remember all who lost their lives through Australia's involvement in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. On ANZAC Day, we especially remember the courageous actions undertaken by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the First World War. On this national day of commemoration, we pray for the airmen, sailors and soldiers who died in battle, sacrificing their lives while on duty. We commemorate their bravery and pray for the families who lost loved ones. As we strive for peace in our country and world, help us to become instruments of your peace. We ask this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Adult Bible Study on the Gospel of Mark (5 week series) starts on 22 April at 7.30pm in the Parish meeting room. Please bring a notebook and Bible. Queries: Anne-Marie on 92073691 after 6pm.

Jesus said to St Sister Faustina, "…tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon the souls who approach the Fount of My Mercy. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet.... Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy". (Diary 699)

Our Lord said "When you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flows down upon your soul…" and "Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I Myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I Myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy" (1602) Make your confession before Me. The person of the priest is… only a screen. Never analyze what sort of a priest that I am making use of; open your soul in confession to Me, and I will fill it with My light." (1725)

We will say the Chaplet before Italian Mass at 10am and after 5.30pm Mass during Healing Hour. There will be an opportunity for Reconciliation as well.