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      • Walking the Stations of the Cross this Lent
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      • Let the Dead Have November
      • Why We Pray for the Faithful Departed
    • Lay Liturgical Ministry >
      • Talents for Ministry
      • Nine Steps to Becoming a Better Lector
      • Ministers of Communion​
    • Music Matters >
      • Repertoire and Renewal
      • Liturgical Song and Evangelisation ​
      • 5 tips for effective music ministry
    • 50 Days of Easter >
      • Celebrating Easter's 50 Days
      • Aspects of the Ascension
      • Reflections for Pentecost Sunday
    • Saint Joseph >
      • Patris corde (With a Father's Heart)
      • Celebrating St Joseph in the Liturgy
      • St Joseph in Scripture
    • Christmas 2020 >
      • On the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene
      • Botticelli - The Mystical Nativity
      • The Season of Christmas
    • Planning for Christmas 2020 >
      • Planning Christmas Masses 2020
      • Re-emerging With Purpose
      • Beyond Welcome: Show, Don't Tell
    • Signs and Symbols >
      • Sacramental Signs and Symbols
      • The cross reminds us of the sacrifices of the Christian life
      • Signs & Symbols: A Reflection
    • Looking Forward >
      • Solemnities on Saturdays
      • Our Family at Mass in the Age of Technology
      • Is your RCIA open all year-round? - Embracing 'Pyjama Catechesis'
    • Eucharist as Living Memory >
      • Memory is not Something Private
      • So what's wrong with a Virtual Mass?
      • The Middle of Nowhere
    • What have we learned from lockdown? >
      • Church After Coronavirus - New Understandings of Social MIssion
      • Virus and Vocation
      • Real Presence and Virtual Liturgies
    • Celebrating Holy Week in COVID times​ >
      • Coronavirus and the Eucharist
      • How to celebrate the liturgy when there is no Mass
      • Holy Week At Home
    • Solidarity and Unity >
      • Taking Communion to those who Self-Isolate
      • Peace and Solidarity
      • United to Christ We Are Never Alone
    • Preparing for Lent >
      • The Weeks of Lent in the Australian Imagination
      • How to Prepare for Lent
      • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lent
    • Liturgy with Children >
      • Using the Lectionary for Masses with Children
      • Praying Morning Prayer with Primary School Children
      • Directory for Masses with Children
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      • National Drought Prayer Campaign
      • Praying for Rain - Prayer Resources
      • A Ritual of Lament
    • Christian Initiation >
      • CATECHUMENATE - Rolling Year Round
      • Inculturating Christian Life in the Digital World
      • Tweens and Teens in the RCIA
    • Season of Creation >
      • Season of Creation September 1 - October 4
      • The Cosmic Song of 'Laudato Si'
    • Ordinary Time >
      • The Season of Ordinary Time
      • Sunday - The Original Feast
      • Luke's Gospel
    • Saints and Feasts >
      • Mary and the Saints
      • Saints and Martyrs
      • Who Are the Saints?
    • Eucharist >
      • The Centrality of the Eucharist
      • Space Matters
      • Can you drink the cup?
    • Altar Servers
    • Ministers of the Word
    • Children's Liturgy of the Word on Sundays
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    • Communion
    • A pastoral map to baptism
    • The Role of the Deacon
    • Music Ministry
    • Reconciliation
    • Women Deacons, Music Choices and Lent
    • Data Projectors
    • The Christmas Season >
      • The Book of Blessings
      • Formation in Liturgy
    • The Year of Youth
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    • ANZAC Day
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Symbol & Sacrament

Greetings to all from Liturgy Brisbane.

In this edition of LitEd, we journey together through the manifold ways in which our liturgy reveals the glory of God and the dignity of every believer.
We begin by reflecting on the rich symbols that shape our worship and guide our hearts toward the mystery of Christ. From there, we encounter the Transfiguration—not merely as a moment on Mount Tabor, but as a living grace that lifts our everyday lives into the light of God’s presence.
We move next to the Assumption of Mary, celebrating how her singular dignity foreshadows our own destiny in the communion of saints.
Finally, we draw near to the Cup of Communion, where Christ offers himself that we might be drawn more fully into the saving Paschal mystery.
Together, these four insights weave a tapestry of transformation: symbols that speak, feasts that beckon, dignity that uplifts, and sacraments that unite. We hope these articles will inspire you to see anew the signs of God’s grace at work in the living liturgy of your community.

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Pilgrims of Hope: Transformed Through Sacrament & Song.
This is an unparalleled opportunity for formation in liturgy and music, whether you’re a clergy member, musician, cantor, chorister, composer, liturgist, teacher, or lay minister.

Visit pilgrimsofhope.com.au to learn more and secure your place.

All are warmly welcome!

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Symbols​

This article traces how our inherently symbolic humanity is richly expressed  in Catholic liturgy, where every gesture, object, and ritual word becomes a living sign of Christ’s presence and the identity of the Church.
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Mary’s Assumption and Human Dignity

The upcoming solemnity of the Assumption of Mary ​powerfully affirms the exalted dignity of every human person, and reminds us that Mary is a profound symbol of hope and healing for body and soul in a broken world.
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The Reality of the Transfiguration

The love of God, dramatically unveiled in Jesus’ glory on Tabor and experienced in modern Christian experience, calls us into a transformative encounter with God that empowers us to love and be transfigured in turn.
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Communion from the Chalice​​

Bishop Paul Bird reminds us that Communion from the chalice gives an opportunity to contemplate the rich symbolism of the Eucharist and to participate more fully in Christ’s sacrifice .

National Liturgy and Liturgical Music Conference 


https://www.pilgrimsofhope.com.au/ ​​
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Sacramental Preparation Resources


OUR FAMILY PREPARES
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These bright and colourful workbooks are designed to be used in a family setting with the child and parents working together.
​It enables the parish to view the record of the journey and receive the parents' discernment of their child's readiness to receive the sacrament.


The newest addition to the series prepares 4-7 year old children, and their families, to celebrate the sacrament of Baptism.

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OUR FAMILY PRAYS provides rites for home and parish to support the celebration of the sacraments.
There are many simple ideas for prayer in the home.
It is a companion book for the OUR FAMILY PREPARES series.

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  • Archive
    • The Gift of Christian Hope
    • 2025 Jubilee Year
    • Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying
    • Liturgy Committees
    • Liturgy and Community
    • RCIA - The Power of Accompaniment
    • Liturgy with Children and Teens
    • Liturgical Music - Some Considerations
    • A Co_Responsible Church
    • Blessings
    • Christ with us in the Eucharist
    • Celebrating Advent
    • Sacramental Preparation
    • Mystery and Mission
    • Conversion, Healing, Penance
    • Desiderio Desideravi
    • In Search of Peace
    • Word of God Sunday
    • Living Lent >
      • Forty Lenten Ideas
      • Lent is a time to grow in the faith
      • Walking the Stations of the Cross this Lent
    • Saints and Souls >
      • Saintly Endeavours
      • Let the Dead Have November
      • Why We Pray for the Faithful Departed
    • Lay Liturgical Ministry >
      • Talents for Ministry
      • Nine Steps to Becoming a Better Lector
      • Ministers of Communion​
    • Music Matters >
      • Repertoire and Renewal
      • Liturgical Song and Evangelisation ​
      • 5 tips for effective music ministry
    • 50 Days of Easter >
      • Celebrating Easter's 50 Days
      • Aspects of the Ascension
      • Reflections for Pentecost Sunday
    • Saint Joseph >
      • Patris corde (With a Father's Heart)
      • Celebrating St Joseph in the Liturgy
      • St Joseph in Scripture
    • Christmas 2020 >
      • On the Meaning and Importance of the Nativity Scene
      • Botticelli - The Mystical Nativity
      • The Season of Christmas
    • Planning for Christmas 2020 >
      • Planning Christmas Masses 2020
      • Re-emerging With Purpose
      • Beyond Welcome: Show, Don't Tell
    • Signs and Symbols >
      • Sacramental Signs and Symbols
      • The cross reminds us of the sacrifices of the Christian life
      • Signs & Symbols: A Reflection
    • Looking Forward >
      • Solemnities on Saturdays
      • Our Family at Mass in the Age of Technology
      • Is your RCIA open all year-round? - Embracing 'Pyjama Catechesis'
    • Eucharist as Living Memory >
      • Memory is not Something Private
      • So what's wrong with a Virtual Mass?
      • The Middle of Nowhere
    • What have we learned from lockdown? >
      • Church After Coronavirus - New Understandings of Social MIssion
      • Virus and Vocation
      • Real Presence and Virtual Liturgies
    • Celebrating Holy Week in COVID times​ >
      • Coronavirus and the Eucharist
      • How to celebrate the liturgy when there is no Mass
      • Holy Week At Home
    • Solidarity and Unity >
      • Taking Communion to those who Self-Isolate
      • Peace and Solidarity
      • United to Christ We Are Never Alone
    • Preparing for Lent >
      • The Weeks of Lent in the Australian Imagination
      • How to Prepare for Lent
      • It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Lent
    • Liturgy with Children >
      • Using the Lectionary for Masses with Children
      • Praying Morning Prayer with Primary School Children
      • Directory for Masses with Children
    • Praying For Rain >
      • National Drought Prayer Campaign
      • Praying for Rain - Prayer Resources
      • A Ritual of Lament
    • Christian Initiation >
      • CATECHUMENATE - Rolling Year Round
      • Inculturating Christian Life in the Digital World
      • Tweens and Teens in the RCIA
    • Season of Creation >
      • Season of Creation September 1 - October 4
      • The Cosmic Song of 'Laudato Si'
    • Ordinary Time >
      • The Season of Ordinary Time
      • Sunday - The Original Feast
      • Luke's Gospel
    • Saints and Feasts >
      • Mary and the Saints
      • Saints and Martyrs
      • Who Are the Saints?
    • Eucharist >
      • The Centrality of the Eucharist
      • Space Matters
      • Can you drink the cup?
    • Altar Servers
    • Ministers of the Word
    • Children's Liturgy of the Word on Sundays
    • Advent Issues >
      • Advent Resources >
        • Advent
        • Music in Advent
        • Advent BOB
      • The Season of Advent
    • Liturgy Preparation
    • Communion
    • A pastoral map to baptism
    • The Role of the Deacon
    • Music Ministry
    • Reconciliation
    • Women Deacons, Music Choices and Lent
    • Data Projectors
    • The Christmas Season >
      • The Book of Blessings
      • Formation in Liturgy
    • The Year of Youth
    • Should we celebrate Australia Day?
    • Marriage
    • Easter Triduum
    • ANZAC Day
    • Funerals
    • The problem of translation
    • Advent resources for families
  • Subscribe