- Thomastown Parish

St Michael’s Prayer Group will have their monthly Holy Hour of Exposition in the Mercy Chapel, off the main altar, Thomastown Parish Church, on Tuesday, 6th August, Feast of the Transfiguration, from 8.00-9.00pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Reflection

The Eucharistic Bread is the Real Presence. This speaks to us of a God who is not distant, who is not jealous, but close and in solidarity with humanity; a God who does not abandon us but always seeks, waits for, and accompanies us, even to the point of placing himself, helpless, into our hands. And his real presence also invites us to be close to our brothers and sisters wherever love calls us.
Brothers and sisters, our world desperately needs this bread, with its fragrance and aroma, which knows about gratitude, freedom and closeness! Every day we see too many streets that were once filled with the smell of freshly baked bread, but are now reduced to rubble by war, selfishness and indifference! We urgently need to bring back to our world the good, fresh aroma of the bread of love, to continue tirelessly to hope and rebuild what hatred destroys.

Pope Francis