Come and join us tomorrow 16 March at 10.30 a.m. as we celebrate the 2nd Sunday of Lent at our Parish Mass. In the Gospel Jesus talks about the murders of some Galileans, whose blood has been mingled in the sacrifices of Pontius Pilate.... Jesus is a Galilean whose blood will not be mingled with other human sacrifices, but will stand on its own as the full, perfect and sufficient sacrifice, oblation and satisfaction for the sin of the whole world. The collect of the day echoes this foreshadowing of the Cross and invites us all to follow in the way of the Cross with him:

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified:
mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.