by Fr Marcus Goulding | Sep 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Domenico Maggiotto (1713-1794), “Christ Healing a Deaf and Mute Man” The crowds bring a deaf and mute man to Jesus for healing. They ask Jesus to “lay his hand” on the disabled man. Instead, the Lord takes the man away from the crowds, breaths on him, sticks his...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 31, 2024 | Sunday Musings
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, There is a certain rhythm to the life of a parish across the year. From February to May, the parish was a hive of activity with Lent and Easter, the launch of our under-18 youth group, Alpha, RCIA and adult faith formation...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 24, 2024 | Sunday Musings
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, First, I have some news to share. On Friday 16th August, I received notice from Gudrun that she has accepted a new full-time role with Cultura as a refugee case manager in the Geelong region. This means that Gudrun’s time as our...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
In his first year at Corpus Christi College, the diocesan seminary for Victoria and Tasmania, Rhys Lowther was sent to visit a nursing home. There, he got to know an old nun, who gave him a copy of True Devotion to Mary by St Louis de Montfort. ‘She looked me in the...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Aug 3, 2024 | Sunday Musings
The fourth of August is the feast of the Frenchman, St John Mary Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests. St John was born on the eighth of May in 1786 and died on the fourth of August in 1859. He lived during a time of great political, cultural, and religious...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jul 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Did you know that Jesus performed the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes exactly one year before the Last Supper? Saint John tells us that the Last Supper was held “before the Feast of the Passover,” (John 13:1). As we hear today, Saint John...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jul 20, 2024 | Sunday Musings
Tissot, Jesus Commanding His Disciples to Rest After the apostles return from their work of preaching and healing, Jesus commands them to rest: “You must come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while.” Saint Mark tells us the apostles had been...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jul 13, 2024 | Sunday Musings
The last four weeks were a much-needed opportunity for prayer and rest after a busy start to the year. I am very grateful to Fr Brendan Lane for supplying Masses in the parish during my absence. I am also grateful to Jasna, Gudrun and Deacon Royden for their good work...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Dear parishioners of Corio and Lara, Before I commence my four weeks of annual leave on Monday, I wanted to share some thoughts on two important aspects of parish life. Mass schedule ideas. “If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do the builders labour,” (Ps...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Jun 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Ugolino di Prete Ilario, Pope Urban IV verifies the Eucharistic miracle of Bolsena Orvieto (Chapel of the holy Corporal of Bolsena, Orvieto Cathedral) The solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, dates back to the Middle Ages. From the...
