Sunday, 1 February 2026
4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Questions for the Week:
FIRST READING: ZEPHANIAH 2:3,3:12-13
Zephaniah speaks of a “remnant” of Israel who will live humbly and seek justice. Are there people in your life who live this way?
SECOND READING: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26-31
Paul describes members of the Corinthian church as foolish, weak and despised. How would you characterize your faith community?
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 5:1-12a
Jesus begins his “Sermon on the Mount” with the many ways that people are blessed. What do you consider your biggest blessing?
©LPi
A Word from Fr Danny:
Today we hear the Beatitudes: “How happy are the poor in spirit.” Here is a simple test. How many of the Ten Commandments can you name, and how many of the Beatitudes can you name? For most of us, the Commandments come more easily, perhaps because they are concrete and measurable. “Thou shalt not” is clear and external. Yet if Our Lord gives us the Beatitudes, He is offering something more, something deeper.
A person could be keeping all the Commandments and still not have a heart that is truly converted. The Beatitudes, however, speak directly to the interior life. As St Paul reminds us, what matters is not what is merely outward, but what is written on the heart, something not of the letter but of the spirit (cf. Rom 2:29).
These two dimensions meet in the sacraments of the Church. Here Christ unites the physical, the external, and the spiritual. We confess our sins aloud and receive forgiveness, and we offer bread and wine and receive in return the Author of life Himself.
- Fr Danny
Candlemas – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Monday 2 February | 7pm Mass
Parishioners are warmly invited to join us for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, traditionally known as Candlemas. Please bring candles from home to be blessed during Mass.
This feast recalls Mary and Joseph presenting the child Jesus in the Temple, where he is proclaimed “a light to enlighten the nations” (Luke 2:32). The blessing of candles reminds us of Christ as the light of the world, and of our call to carry that light into our daily lives.
Following this feast, our Nativity scene will also be taken down, marking the close of the Christmas season.
All are most welcome. 🕯️
PARISH NEWS & EVENTS
Here’s what's happening
Sunday, 1 Feruary: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5pm Saturday Vigil Mass, Tūrangi | 9am Mass, Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
8.30am | Chapel | Taupō
Prayer for Life
After 9am Mass | Chapel | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Chapel | Taupō
Parish Movie Night | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
6.30pm | Cafe | Taupō
Monday, 2 February
Tim Tam Connect | Book Club
10am | Cafe | Taupō
Mass | Celebration of Candlemas
7pm | Church | Taupō
Tuesday, 3 February
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Wednesday, 4 February
Ave Connect | Rosary
11.30am | Church | Tūrangi
Mass | Tūrangi
12pm | Church | Tūrangi
Fair-Weather Gardeners
12pm - 3pm | Taupō
Mahjong Connect
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Ave Connect | Rosary
7pm | Chapel | Taupō
Thursday, 5 February
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Purl Connect | Knitting Group
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Endurance Connect | Men’s Group
7pm | Cafe | Taupō
Friday, 6 February
Mass
12pm | Church | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Chapel | Taupō
Holy Hour | Adoration, Confession & Benediction
6.30pm | Church | Taupō
Saturday, 7 February
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
9.30am | Taupō
Vigil Mass
5pm | Church | Tūrangi
Sunday, 8 February: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5pm Saturday Vigil Mass, Tūrangi | 9am Mass, Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
8.30am | Chapel | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Chapel | Taupō
Monday, 9 February
Mass
7pm | Church | Taupō
Tuesday, 10 February
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Healer’s Connect
9.30am | Cafe | Taupō
Community Lunch
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
Wednesday, 11 February
Ave Connect | Rosary
11.30am | Church | Tūrangi
Mass | Tūrangi
12pm | Church | Tūrangi
Fair-Weather Gardeners
12pm - 3pm | Taupō
Ave Connect | Rosary
7pm | Chapel | Taupō
Thursday, 12 February
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Purl Connect | Knitting Group
1pm | Cafe | Taupō
St Vincent de Paul Meeting
5pm | Cafe | Taupō
Endurance Connect | Men’s Group
7pm | Cafe | Taupō
Friday, 13 February
Mass | Anointing of the Sick
12pm | Church | Taupō
St Vincent de Paul Lunch
After 12pm Mass | Cafe | Taupō
Divine Mercy
3pm | Chapel | Taupō
Holy Hour | Adoration, Confession & Benediction
6.30pm | Church | Taupō
Saturday, 14 February
Mass
9am | Church | Taupō
Sacrament of Penance
9.30am | Taupō
Ministers for Sunday, 1 February
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Taupō
Tūrangi
THIS WEEK….
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry follows a recently retired, ordinary man who leaves his stagnant life in Devon to walk 600 miles to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Upon learning his former colleague, Queenie, is dying, Harold impulsively decides to walk to her hospice, believing his journey will keep her alive, sparking a journey of self-discovery, grief, and emotional reconciliation.
Don’t our gardens look beautiful?! If you’re keen to lend a hand on a casual basis, to pull a few weeds, come along on a Wednesday anytime between 12noon and 3pm and join some of our gardening team.
COMING UP…
RETREATS
Pilgrimage of Mercy | Women’s Retreat
Date/Time - Fri 29 May - Sun 31 May 5:00pm - 12:00pm
Being led by Grace to the River of Mercy
Come as you are; weary, wondering, or wide open. Journey with us into a sacred space of rest, reflection, and renewal.
Guided by Sr. Kat Stone (MGL Australia) and Retreat leader and coach Jen (Aust. Cert in leadership in Ministry), this Spirit-led retreat is an invitation to step away from the noise of life and walk gently toward the stillness of divine mercy.
Through prayer, silence, sacred conversation, and moments of still waters, you’ll be led – not by striving – but by grace, into the tender current of God’s healing presence.
This is a pilgrimage for the heart – a return to the mercy that was never withheld, only forgotten. You don’t need to earn it. You simply need to follow and allow God to minister to you.
Retreats
Tyburn Monastery, Ngakuru &
Cluny Retreat Centre, Tauranga
DIOCESAN NEWS & EVENTS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS & EVENTS
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