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UNITY

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                                                                 brought us joy, hope and the promise
                                                                 of new life. We identify with His
                                                                 story.  His drama is our drama!

                                                                 Eastertide is the period of fifty days
                                                                 spanning  from  Easter  Sunday  to
                                                                 Pentecost Sunday, the third part of
                                                                 the  Easter  season,  and  focussing
                                                                 on the resurrection. We see Jesus’
                                                                 resurrection symbolized by the
                                                                 Paschal  Candle lit at Mass  during
                                                                 the next fifty days until Pentecost.
                Dear Friends,
                                                                 Our faith is not a blind faith.  It is
                This is my second Easter Season                  based in real events and experiences.
                with you as Bishop. And the longer
                I spend in the Darwin Diocese the                Jesus did really DIE and RISE!
                more I feel part of this wonderful               The  Holy Spirit  did bless and
                Northern Territory community, and                enlighten the early Church.
                the deeper is my sense of belonging.
                                                                  At Easter, our faith is about HOPE.
                When we reflect on the Easter                    No matter what happens in life we
                Season, we note that it has three                are not alone!  God is with us, God
                parts to it.                                     will turn to good everything for us.

                Lent is the season of forty days of              Even death into Eternal Life.
                prayer and reflection; it unites us              2020 is a special year when the
                with the temptation of Jesus in the              Catholic Church in Australia will
                desert; and it is about deepening our            gather for the Plenary Council.  This
                response to God's loving invitation.             is a time for listening to, and seeking
                We look at all of our relationships:             the wisdom of the Holy Spirit as we
                with self, with others, with God, and            are called to live our lives as disciples
                all of God's creation.  It is a response         of Jesus in the loving service of all
                of love to God, our greatest 'lover'.            creation.

                Holy Week is the second part of this
                Season , so rich in symbolism!  In               God Bless You.
                this time we enter deeply into the               +Charles Gauci.
                passion, death and resurrection of
                Jesus.  Through His death, Christ set
                us free from the opression of  sin.
                God will always be there for us and
                not abandon us, just as He was there
                with Jesus as He faced His challenges.
                Through His resurrection, He



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