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24/12/2025

Looking for something to listen to this Christmas?Holy Eucharist Parish has shared a new recording of O Holy Night, sung by the St Francis Choir. English and Samoan sit side by side, reflecting the Pasifika presence of the parish. https://www.commonhome.tv/interview/o-holy-night-le-po-paia/

22/12/2025

Proud to see many from our Bread 4 Today prayer community involved in this release, both singing and producing. Congratulations to everyone at Holy Eucharist Parish Church🙏

Please add it to your playlists. Available now on Spotify, Apple Music and 150+ platforms.

Holy Eucharist Parish has shared a new recording of O Holy Night, performed by the St Francis Choir, one of three choirs that help give voice to this community’s prayer. Two of those choirs are Samoan, reflecting the Pasifika presence that has long shaped the life of the parish. In this recording,...

22/12/2025

“When you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:40)

At St Teresas Parish in St John’s, Newfoundland, members of the St Vincent de Paul Conference have been putting this Gospel into action, welcoming around 400 people to the church to receive Christmas hampers.

As the tragedy and injustice of poverty in our communities continues to deepen , crying out for genuine solutions, so too does kindness, as hearts and hands open in faithful response.

We are proud to see members of our Bread 4 Today prayer community in action, serving others with generosity and love.

Lord, help us never to look away, especially as we wait for Him.
Amen.

21/12/2025

Happy Hanukkah 🕯️
In the days following tragedy, light matters.

The lights of Hanukkah shine beside the towers of St Mary’s Cathedral, a sign of solidarity.

May the candles of Hanukkah honour those who were lost.
May they bring comfort to those who grieve.

From all of us at Bread 4 Today, wishes the Jewish community peace, strength, and light this Hanukkah.

20/12/2025

This Christmas, we are invited to step out of the endless flow and return to the real, to choose presence over performance and encounter over noise.

From all of us at Common Home TV, may this Christmas draw you closer to what is real, what is human, and what is holy. Merry Christmas to all!

18/12/2025

For our art lovers:
New York Winter Window
Frederick Childe Hassam | 1918-19
For our meme lovers the text.

16/12/2025

Help me, guide me, Lord. Help me to set priorities around doing those things that will bring me closer to you. Maybe my house really is clean enough, or maybe I can ask my family for help. Can the cards wait until a quiet afternoon after Christmas? Can my house decorations be simpler? Is there more than a little ego involved when I want so desperately to have my house "magazine perfect" for the holidays?

Help me rediscover the joy of simplicity, Lord. Help me to remember what I am celebrating. Help me to find it in my heart to call out, "Come, Lord Jesus."

- Creighton University's Online Ministries

15/12/2025

Lord, we name before you the scourge of antisemitism
an ancient hatred that wounds your people
and corrodes the soul of our common life.

We reject the lies that dehumanise, divide, and incite violence.
Give us the courage to confront hatred wherever it appears,
in words spoken casually, in ideologies spread online,
and in acts that harm and terrorise.

Full prayer in comments.

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11/12/2025

Lord, how can I enter into this season of joy? In my head I celebrate your birth into this world, but in my everyday life, I am filled with a grief that runs so very deep.

Tears are so close to the surface all the time and helpful friends who want to "keep me busy" don't seem to really understand that I need to embrace my grief. I am afraid of letting go of the sadness and losing the deep love connection I had.

Instead of entering into the Rejoice of Christmas, I long for the sorrow of Lent. I beg you Lord, show me how the two are connected. I ponder the name Emmanuel and know that it means "God with us." With us. With me in this world, in this sorrow. If I look beyond my pain, I know that you, too, suffered so much in this world. I never understood so clearly before that Emmanuel is what your nativity is really about. You are in my world, in my pain.

Thank you, Lord, for the loved one you blessed my life with. Grant me now in my grief, a peace. Give me a comfort that might not make the tears go away, but that lets me feel your presence as you take up a place deep in my heart, with me

10/12/2025

It was beautiful to see so many people gather for the Advent Retreat at Holy Eucharist Parish Church in St Albans, and especially moving to know that many were members of our Bread 4 Today prayer community. 💜🕯️

We’re grateful to the Redemptorists of Oceania for sharing these images, and for the faith and hope carried by everyone who came together in this season of waiting.

The weekly Advent Retreats and Reflections are now available to watch on Common Home TV. Click through to join us as we prepare our hearts in prayer this Advent.

https://www.commonhome.tv/interview/advent-retreats

10/12/2025

Advent Retreats created by members of your own prayer community, how good is that!

Produced by the Redemptorists of Oceania , we’re pleased to share weekly Advent Retreats and Reflections from Holy Eucharist Parish in St Albans, Victoria.

Join us each week as we prepare our hearts with hope, stillness, and faith throughout this Advent season. 🕯️🕯️🕯️

Watch: https://www.commonhome.tv/interview/advent-retreats

Produced by Redemptorists of Oceania, we are pleased to offer weekly Advent Retreats and Reflections from Holy Eucharist Parish in

09/12/2025

🇱🇰In Sri Lanka, members of your Bread 4 Today prayer community have been on the ground sorting supplies and distributing aid after the recent floods.

We’re incredibly proud of, and we stand with them in prayer and solidarity.🙏🕊️

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