Sacred Heart Parish Murwillumbah

Easter Ceremonies in our Parish

We invite you to share in the various Easter ceremonies in our Parish

Holy Thursday - 6 April

7:00 pm - Celebration of the Lord’s Supper followed by Adoration

Good Friday - 7 April

9:00 am - Stations of the Cross

3:00 pm - Solemn Celebration Lord’s Passion

Easter Vigil - 8April

7:00 pm - Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday - 9 April

9:00 am - Mass

All Easter Ceremonies will be celebrated in the Sacred Heart Church, Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah. May all our hearts be lled with hope, peace and love this Easter as we remember the sacri ce made by Jesus Christ our Saviour for every one of us. e Sacred Heart Catholic Community wishes you a gentle, quiet and relaxing Easter. Spend time with your loved ones and let the sun shine on your face. May God bless you. Fr Peter Wood | Parish Administrator

Anglican Parish of Murwillumbah Easter Services

All Saints, Murwillumbah

Anglican Parish of Murwillumbah

Palm Sunday 2nd April at 8.30 am

Holy Communion

Easter Services

Maundy ursday 6th April at 7 pm

Looking for Jesus in all the wrong places.

As an absent-minded child, I frequently misplaced things. I can remember my mother’s constant refrain each time I told her I had lost something; “where did you last leave it?” I always thought this was a silly question, for if I knew where I last le it, it wouldn’t be lost! I’ve since realized that what mum was trying to do was to get me to retrace my steps, in order to relocate whatever it was I had misplaced.

Looking for Jesus in all the wrong places.

Holy Communion

All Saints, Murwillumbah

Good Friday 7th April at 8.30 am

Service of the Nails

Maundy Thursday 14th April at 7pm

Holy Communion

Easter Sunday 9th April at 8.30 am

Service of the Light

Good Friday 15th April at 8 30 am

Service of the Nails

Holy Trinity, Uki

Good Friday 7th April at 9.00 am

Easter Day 17th April at 8 30 am

Now whilst this is typically an e ective way to nd what has been lost, it is not always the case. e women who went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ body with spices and ointments (cf. Luke 24:1), whom they had lost to the cruel cross of cruci xion, took this exact approach. ey retraced their steps back to where they saw the tomb in which the body of Jesus was laid (cf. Matthew 27:61), but to their astonishment, the tomb was empty, for he had risen from the dead!

As an absent -minded child, I frequently misplaced things. I can remember my mother ’s constant refrain each time I told her I had lost something; where did you last leave it?” I always thought this was a silly question, for if I knew where I last left it, it wouldn ’t be lost! I’ve since realized that what mum was trying to do was to get me to retrace my steps, in order to relocate whatever it was I had misplaced.

2000 years a er this earthshattering event, many are still looking for Jesus in all the wrong places. For example, there are those who regard Jesus as one of the greatest religious teachers who has ever lived, even as one who lived the most in uential life the world had even known, but then he died, and that was that. is simply will not do.

Jesus is not dead, for he has risen and his resurrection con rms that he is not merely an historical gure, but the living Lord over the entire universe.

Now whilst this is typically an effective way to find what has been lost, it is not always the case. The women who went to the tomb to anoint Jesus’ body with spices and ointments (cf. Luke 24:1), whom they had lost to the cruel cross of crucifixion, took this exact approach. They retraced their steps back to where they saw the tomb in which the body of Jesus was laid (cf. Matthew 27:61), but to their astonishment, the tomb was empty, for he had risen from the dead!

A er numerous other failed attempts to locate the so-called ‘real Jesus’, it is not surprising to nd him right back where we le him, as the risen, living Lord of the universe, just as the eyewitness accounts of the New Testament testify. It seems my mum was right a er all.

Service of the Light

Easter Sunday 9th April at 9.00 am

St John’s, Tyalgum

Easter Sunday 17th April at 10 00 am

Holy Trinity, Uki

2000 years after this earthshattering event, many are still looking for Jesus in all the wrong places. For example, there are those who regard Jesus as one of the greatest religious teachers who has ever lived, even as one who lived the most influential life the world had even known, but then he died, and that was that.

Easter Blessings, Rev Lyndon, Anglican Rector of Murwillumbah

This simply will not do. Jesus is not dead, for he has risen and his resurrection confirms that he is not merely an historical figure, but the living Lord over the entire universe. After numerous other failed attempts to locate the so -called ‘real Jesus’, it is not surprising to find him right back where we left him, as the risen, living Lord of the universe, just as the eyewitness accounts of the New