Parish Post

Saint Mark’s Church | Saint Anne’s Chapel | Saint Mark’s School

Anglican Parish of Opawa-St Martins

The Steadfast Love of God
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The Steadfast Love of God

This Sunday, the 4th Sunday of Lent the Gospel reading is that of the Prodigal Son, that great parable that gives us enormous hope and much to ponder.

Read More
Annunciation of the Lord
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

Annunciation of the Lord

In early medieval times it was called the “Annunciation of the Lord” or the “Conception of Christ,” indicating its focus as a festival of the Lord.

Read More
The Daily Office
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The Daily Office

The church has at its core offered a daily cycle of prayer what is known as the daily office.

Read More
To Meet with Christ
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

To Meet with Christ

It is to Christ, the focus of our faith and worship, we direct our silence. Therefore an important part of our services is to be silent, as we open ourselves for Christs revelation.

Read More
Grace, Love and Fellowship
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

Grace, Love and Fellowship

“May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Love of God and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all. Amen” (NZPB p52).

Read More
Continually Sustained by God
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

Continually Sustained by God

Will we make the choice to live as those who love the way of God and therefore find the depth, refreshment from the true source of life? Or do we choose a life of being blown around in the breeze avoiding the true source of life that provides us with rootedness, security and life?

Read More
The Prophet Isaiah
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The Prophet Isaiah

Isaiah has been called by God to bring the people to account for their actions. They had turned away from God and that was being shown in how they were treating their brothers and sisters. Isaiah recognises his own faults and he is forgiven by God.

Read More
The Service of Candlemas
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The Service of Candlemas

Light is a powerful symbol that represents everything that is in opposition to the darkness that we experience as humans. Light is a symbol of the presence of Christ, the hope (trust) that we have in Jesus and the Good News, that which he both proclaims and embodies in human form.

Read More
The Magnificat, Mary’s Song of Praise
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The Magnificat, Mary’s Song of Praise

In the Middle Ages Mary's Song inspired the Feast of Fools celebrated after Christmas usually around New year. This feast was a literal acting out of the Magnificat as a rather strange way of witnessing to God’s kingdom that inverts human power structures and raises up the oppressed to places of honour.

Read More
The Advent of Jesus
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The Advent of Jesus

We are to give up our insatiable desire to consume and replace it with the expectation of the coming of Jesus.

Read More
The virtue of Hope
Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish Parish Opawa-St Martins Parish

The virtue of Hope

What we look to is the theological virtue of Hope. A virtue that helps us grow our relationship with God.

Read More