18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 31ST JULY, 2016 (YEAR C) GOOD SHEPHERD PARISH MULGRAVE 34 Academy Ave., Wheelers Hill 3150 (Waverley Deanery) Parish Priest: Fr. Kaz Trawicki, C.R. 9560 4511 Parish Secretary: Mrs. Cheryl Rogers 9560 4511 Parish Fax: 9561 7819 Email: [email protected]Website: www.goodshepherdpar.org.au Parish R.E. Co-ordinator: Mrs. Kath Andraczke 9560 4511 Pastoral Worker for the Sick, Lonely & Elderly: Ms. Rebecca Nuttall 9560 4511 Good Shepherd School: Mrs. Ruth Jones 9562 0229 School Fax: 9562 0186 ROSTERS FOR NEXT WEEKEND COMMUNION TO THE SICK: O. Cotta & K. Clement. CHURCH CLEANING: C. Peacock, T. Mather, M. Sessa, M. Da Gama. FLOWER TEAM: M. Chavarria. COUNTERS TODAY: Team 15: L. Grantham, L. Hawkins, N. D’Lima. COUNTERS: (7th August) Team 16: B. Delaney, H. & L. Baars, I. Sestan. MASS TIMES 6.00 p.m. 8.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m. LECTOR COMMENTATOR P. Le Grand O. Cotta P. Sorgini F. Aiello B. Menezes D. Sampson S. Natoli H. Baars M. Rodrigues C. Cramer EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS C. Keogh O. Cotta D. Ryan M. O’Kane G. Kelly F. Mason P. Neys L. Di Gregorio G. Russell J. Walker S.V.D.P STALL V. Egan T. Hodges N. Cleven M. Hobkirk R. Ayala R. Pereira E. & A. Ranatunga ENTRANCE ANTIPHON: O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay. RESPONSORIAL PSALM: In every age, O Lord, You have been our refuge. 1. You turn men back into dust and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’ To Your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone, no more than a watch in the night. 2. You sweep men away like a dream, like grass which springs up in the morning. In the morning it springs up and flowers: by evening it withers and fades. 3. Make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of heart. Lord, relent! Is Your anger for ever? Show pity to Your servants. 4. In the morning, fill us with Your love; we shall exult and rejoice all our days. Let the favour of the Lord be upon us: give success to the work of our hands. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs! Alleluia! COMMUNION ANTIPHON: You have given us, O Lord, bread from Heaven, endowed with all delights and sweetness in every taste. READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C): Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48. THE TEMPTATION TO ACQUIRE MORE: The feeling of discontent and restlessness that afflicts us because we have looked to consumerism as a path to happiness and self-worth has been called 'affluenza'. Although the word is new, the situation affluenza describes is perennial. At its root is one of the 'capital sins' identified by the Christian tradition, namely, greed. So, Jesus warns us to “beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions”. The Desert Fathers recognized that greed created false needs, thus leading to discontentment and restlessness, and modern advertisements rely on this weakness to tempt us to buy more. When we succumb, our hope for salvation from our current dis-ease is mistakenly placed in a lesser good. Hence Saint Paul called greed an “idolatry” because no temporal good can ever satisfy our fundamental longing for God, for whom our hearts are made, and in whom we find our rest. Today's readings, then, challenge us to examine whether we share our 'inheritance' with our brethren who are in need, for the poor, unlike those who are influenced by modern marketing, have genuine material needs. Excerpt from a homily by Fr. Lawrence Lew OP. QUOTE: When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor. St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (330-379). TO REANIMATE OUR DESIRE: Our life is a journey that makes sense only on the supposition that we are going somewhere. When it is difficult to keep moving ahead, we need to reanimate our desire. Prayer operates as a function of our journey toward God. It is successful when it makes us want to continue the journey with greater urgency than before. If it makes us want to stop by the roadside for a picnic and a sleep in the sun, it is not prayer but delusion. Toward God, The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer by Michael Casey OCD.
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18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 31ST JULY, 2016 (YEAR C)
GOOD SHEPHERD PARISH MULGRAVE 34 Academy Ave., Wheelers Hill 3150
COMMUNION TO THE SICK: O. Cotta & K. Clement. CHURCH CLEANING: C. Peacock, T. Mather, M. Sessa, M. Da Gama. FLOWER TEAM: M. Chavarria. COUNTERS TODAY: Team 15: L. Grantham, L. Hawkins, N. D’Lima. COUNTERS: (7th August) Team 16: B. Delaney, H. & L. Baars, I. Sestan.
MASS TIMES 6.00 p.m. 8.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m.
LECTOR
COMMENTATOR
P. Le Grand O. Cotta
P. Sorgini F. Aiello
B. Menezes D. Sampson
S. Natoli H. Baars
M. Rodrigues C. Cramer
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
C. Keogh O. Cotta
D. Ryan M. O’Kane G. Kelly F. Mason
P. Neys L. Di Gregorio
G. Russell J. Walker
S.V.D.P STALL V. Egan T. Hodges
N. Cleven M. Hobkirk
R. Ayala R. Pereira
E. & A. Ranatunga
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON: O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make
haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
In every age, O Lord, You have been our refuge.
1. You turn men back into dust and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’ To Your
eyes a thousand years are like yesterday, come and gone, no more
than a watch in the night.
2. You sweep men away like a dream, like grass which springs up in the
morning. In the morning it springs up and flowers: by evening it
withers and fades.
3. Make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of
heart. Lord, relent! Is Your anger for ever? Show pity to Your servants.
4. In the morning, fill us with Your love; we shall exult and rejoice all our
days. Let the favour of the Lord be upon us: give success to the work
of our hands.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, alleluia!
Happy the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of
Heaven is theirs! Alleluia!
COMMUNION ANTIPHON: You have given
us, O Lord, bread from Heaven, endowed with
all delights and sweetness in every taste.
READINGS FOR NEXT SUNDAY:
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C):
Wisdom 18:6-9; Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19; Luke 12:32-48.
THE TEMPTATION TO ACQUIRE MORE: The feeling of discontent and restlessness that
afflicts us because we have looked to consumerism as a path to happiness and self-worth has been
called 'affluenza'. Although the word is new, the situation affluenza describes is perennial. At its
root is one of the 'capital sins' identified by the Christian tradition, namely, greed.
So, Jesus warns us to “beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the
abundance of his possessions”. The Desert Fathers recognized that greed created false needs,
thus leading to discontentment and restlessness, and modern advertisements rely on this weakness
to tempt us to buy more. When we succumb, our hope for salvation from our current dis-ease is
mistakenly placed in a lesser good. Hence Saint Paul called greed an “idolatry” because no temporal
good can ever satisfy our fundamental longing for God, for whom our hearts are made, and in
whom we find our rest.
Today's readings, then, challenge us to examine whether we share our 'inheritance' with our
brethren who are in need, for the poor, unlike those who are influenced by modern marketing,
have genuine material needs. Excerpt from a homily by Fr. Lawrence Lew OP.
QUOTE: When someone steals another's clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the
same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs
to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting
in your closet belong to the one who has no shoes; the money which you hoard up belongs to the
poor. St. Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (330-379).
TO REANIMATE OUR DESIRE: Our life is a journey that makes sense only on the
supposition that we are going somewhere. When it is difficult to keep moving ahead, we need to
reanimate our desire. Prayer operates as a function of our journey toward God. It is successful
when it makes us want to continue the journey with greater urgency than before. If it makes us
want to stop by the roadside for a picnic and a sleep in the sun, it is not prayer but delusion.
Toward God, The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer by Michael Casey OCD.
Fr. Paul Kierce MSSP, Massimo Lanzino, Olivio Mascarenhas.
DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: Marie Beckwitch, Mary Brown,
Dolly De Chickera, Anne Duggan, Ellen Hobbs, Angelo Fruscalzo,
Melquiades Mabitad Sr, Orlando Todesco.
Sunday, 31st July:
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Monday, 1st August:
Legion of Mary meet at 10.00 a.m. in the
Church Meeting Room.
Contact: Noeline, 9562 1358.
Charismatic Prayer Group meet at 8.00 p.m.
in the Good Shepherd Chapel.
Prayer Requests: 9561 3784.
Wednesday, 3rd August:
Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 7.30 p.m.
Friday, 5th August:
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 9.30 a.m.
Saturday, 6th August:
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 10.30 a.m.
PARISH LIFE THIS WEEK
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL NEWS
Piety Stall: Large range of Children’s
Books available $3.30 each.
Prayer Cards 20c each. Medals 60c each.
Children’s Picture Bibles.
Rugs for the Homeless:
We have an oversupply of squares
needing to be sewn together for rugs.
The Piety Stall has sets of squares available.
Thanks again to all of our helpers!
Stamps: Please save and place in the box in
the Church Foyer.
Furniture Pickup: Call 1800 621 349.
GLEN WAVERLEY
INTER-CHURCH CYCLE
OF PRAYER
This week we pray for the community Holy Saviour Catholic
A VOCATION VIEW: Another sign of Vocation
is that your heart is more intent on things of
heaven rather than on things of earth. God is
everything: the ONLY thing.
Kimberley Catholic Volunteer Service URGENTLY WANTED: VOLUNTEER WORKERS
The Diocese of Broome, WA, requires volunteers to assist with the work of the local Church on Aboriginal Missions. We are currently urgently seeking a couple to assist the Priest in the community of Balgo and a couple to manage the Warmun Retreat Centre over the wet season. There are several other roles also available. Placements are preferred for a period of 6 months. For further details, and an application form, please contact: Volunteer Coordinator Anneliese Rohr: 0415 526 142, Email: [email protected] Web: www.broomediocese.org Mail: PO Box 76, BROOME WA 6725.
DIAL 7 FOR HEAVEN What is important when it comes to prayer? The best prayer consists of few points. Some people compare this with how one uses a telephone, because you dial a number and then a person answers. • The 1st step is to come close to God, in His presence. • The 2nd step is to admit your sins. • The 3rd step is to forgive everyone. • The 4th step is to renounce all sins. • The 5th step is to accept your cross. • The 6th step is to accept the Holy Spirit because once we renounce sin, we are empty and have to be filled with something. • The 7th step is to say to God, “Thank You”.
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