Parish Weekly Diary....

Monday, 18 January 9.00am Mass - Miami Tuesday, 19 January 7.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads Wednesday, 20 January 7.00am Mass - Miami 9.30am Mass - Ozanam Villa 5.30pm Mass - Palm Beach Thursday, 21 January 7.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads 10.00am Memorial Mass for Roger Coker - Palm Beach 5.15pm Mass - Mudgeeraba

Friday, 22 January 9.00am Mass - Robina Hospital 12 noon Mass - Miami - followed by Adoration of Blessed Sacrament until 2pm Saturday, 23 January 8.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads 5.00pm Reconciliation - Palm Beach 5.15pm Reconciliation - Burleigh Heads Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Sat 5.00pm Mass - Miami Sat 6.00pm Mass - Palm Beach Sat 6.15pm Mass - Burleigh Heads SUNDAY, 24 January Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 7.00am Mass - Burleigh Heads 7.00am Mass - Palm Beach 8.30am Mass - Miami 8.30am Mass - Mudgeeraba 10.00am Mass - Doyle Centre, Marymount 5.30pm Mass - Doyle Centre, Marymount MASS TIMES are available on our Website - www.burleighheadscatholic.com.au/Masstimes

RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION: We welcome our visitors and ask all to respect the

Universal Church practice of receiving the Lord’s Body and

Blood: the Body of Christ is received on the hand or the

tongue and the Blood of Christ is received by drinking from

the chalice. We kindly ask you to refrain from dipping the

host into the chalice if this is your custom.

PARISH OFFICE: 9.00am - 5.00pm

Shop 5 Executive Place, Executive Dr, Burleigh Waters [PO Box 73 Burleigh Heads]

www.burleighheadscatholic.com.au Phone: 5576 6466 [also for After Hours] Fax: 5576 7143 e-mail: burleigh@bne.catholic.net.au PARISH PASTORAL TEAM: Fr Ken Howell Parish Pastor Fr Lucius Edomobi Associate Pastor Fr Stephen Camiolo Associate Pastor

Parish Business & Finance Manager Mr Jim Littlefield manager.burleigh@bne.catholic.net.au

Nothing “Ordinary” about this year... Now, with the close of the Christmas Season and the celebration of the Baptism of the Lord, we begin the Ordinary Time of the Church’s Year, starting with the Second Sunday. Our Sunday Gospels in Year C will be predominately from the Gospel of Luke. However, don’t expect this Season to be very long at this point of the year, as Lent begin on February 10, [ahhhhh!] with Easter being very early this year. Farewell Parish Office Yesterday we moved our Office to Executive Place [Shop 5], Executive Drive, Burleigh Waters [just behind Tree Tops Shopping Centre]. Apart from the fact that we [office staff and priests] are suffering from the tiring task of clearing out 16 years of accumulated bits and pieces, and packing and unpacking everything, we hope to have survived the trauma! Our Office, once known as the Poyser House [after the family who owned the land], will be demolished to make way for the new church. Thanks for the memories! Possession of the Site On Monday, our builders – Stokes Wheeler, will take possession of the site and begin clearing the land. Initially, there will be extensive earth works as the land is levelled to create the building platform. This will mean that for some weeks, heavy vehicles will be entering and leaving the site. This also means that there will be no access to our Parish schools via the Sunlight Drive private roadway into MMP, however, the lower GCCC Sunlight Drive car park will remain open. Both Marymount Primary and College will be in contact with all parents to advise how to access the schools during construction. I sincerely thank Greg Casey and Chris Noonan for their earnest efforts to assist our families during the construction period. This is deeply appreciated. Parishioners are also reminded that our land is now a building site and access is restricted. It is my intention to keep everyone up to date with progress, and I hope to call a meeting of parishioners soon to answer any questions about the project and its funding. Meanwhile, it is important that we pray for all those who will work on the building site, especially for their safety and well-being during construction. Perhaps we could pray this prayer:

All-powerful and all-merciful Father, you have created all things through your Son and have made him the unshakable foundation of your kingdom. Through the gift of your eternal wisdom, grant that the building of our new church for your glory and our own well-being may progress day by day to its successful completion. May all construction personnel be kept safe as they work for the completion of the project. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen

Laying of the Foundation Stone of Mary, Mother of Mercy Church I am very pleased to advise, that following consultation with Archbishop Coleridge, the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, has been invited to lay the foundation stone. Archbishop Yllana is Pope Francis’ representative in Australia and resides in Canberra. This is planned for Sunday 6 March. More details to follow soon. Fr Lucius has advised that he will return next weekend. Again, he has asked me to express his gratitude for your prayers. Happy New Year everyone, and welcome to a year that will be far from “ordinary”, Fr Ken Howell

BURLEIGH HEADS CATHOLIC PARISH

PALM BEACH, Our Lady of the Way Church - Eleventh Ave, Palm Beach

MIAMI, Calvary Church - Santa Monica Rd, Miami

MUDGEERABA, St. Benedict's Church - Wallaby Dr, Mudgeeraba

BURLEIGH HEADS COMMUNITIES - Burleigh Heads - INFANT SAVIOUR CHURCH, Park Av, Burleigh Heads - Burleigh Waters - Marymount College, Reedy Creek Rd, Burleigh Waters

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

17 January, 2016

Year C: Is 62:1-5; 1 Cor 12:4-11; Jn 2:1-11

BAPTISMS We welcome to our faith community Aston Edward Oliver, Shaylah Jade Smalley (St Benedict's, Mudgeeraba) Harrison Michael Timmis, Kai Michael Rischitelli, Lia Kate Rischitelli, Sofia Therese Cross, Bodhi Harper Carroll (Infant Saviour, Burleigh Heads)

who were baptised last week. In recent times, the following have been baptised ... Oliver Foster Stewart, Amelia Rose Boyce, Ollie James O'Neill, Kayne John Brown (20 December - Infant Saviour, Burleigh Heads), Grace Sweeny Lightfoot, Indi Rose Maslin, Hudson Maurizio Liussi, Oliver Craig Devlin, Maisie Kate Devlin (27 December -

Infant Saviour, Burleigh Heads)

The name ‘Ordinary Time’ which is used to describe that

part of the church year outside the seasons of Advent,

Christmas, Lent and Easter is perhaps rather an unfortunate

term. The word ‘ordinary’ commonly means something that

is unexceptional or uninteresting. However, the word

‘ordinary’ as used in ‘Ordinary Time’ simply means that the

Sundays after the seasons of Christmas and Easter are

numbered in order. It is best to think of Ordinary Time as

one of the liturgical seasons – the longest season of the

church year. Its liturgical colour of green points the hope

which participation in the paschal mystery brings to all

Christians. As Christians, Sunday is our original feast day –

the day to celebrate Christ’s resurrection. Feasts of local

saints and other celebrations began to take over the Sunday

celebration of the paschal mystery during the Middle Ages.

By the time of Pius X in the early 1900’s, the Sunday Mass

texts were rarely used. After Vatican II the new

Sacramentary restored the central place of Sunday in the

celebration of each week and the primacy of Ordinary Time

as a whole. When we think about it, there is no such thing

as ‘ordinary time’ in Christian worship. While music and

decorations used during the high season of the Church year

will be scaled down in Ordinary Time, the basic principles

of good liturgy remain –scripture readings that are well

prepared and proclaimed, large liturgical symbols that speak

clearly of the meaning they carry, and music that supports

the rites. Ordinary Time enables us to devote ourselves to

exploring the mystery of Christ in all its aspects and to

celebrate the presence of God in the ordinary patterns of

human life.

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE The Gospel reading for Sunday Mass this year are

predominately from Luke, as it will be for every Sunday in

Ordinary Time for the rest of 2016, which is Year C of the 3

-year cycle of Sunday readings. Scripture scholars agree that

Luke was a highly educated writer and gifted storyteller

who knew the Greek translation of the Old Testament and

had perhaps been a convert to Judaism before becoming a

Christian. Luke admits that he was not an eyewitness to the

ministry of Jesus. For his narrative he draws on Mark’s

gospel, on a collection of Jesus’ sayings known as Q (from

the German word Quelle meaning ‘source’) and on a

number of other written and oral sources. Luke wrote his

story in two volumes – the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of

the Apostles. The date of Luke – Acts is usually given at

around 80, based on Luke’s use of Mark and his description

of local church structures and issues. Luke’s gospel tells of

Jesus’ journey from Galilee to Jerusalem, a journey that is

completed in the Acts of the Apostles by the journey of the

church from Jerusalem “to the ends of the earth”. Luke’s

journey story is not just a geographical or historical record

however. Rather it is a model of the path which the entire

church and every individual Christian must follow – one

that leads towards suffering and glory. Luke inspires

Christ’s followers by reminding them of God’s past

faithfulness in order to instil hope and trust in the promises

yet to be fulfilled. Salvation is a prominent theme in Luke’s

gospel. It shows Jesus saving people throughout his

ministry, and that salvation is happening in their very

midst: “Today this scripture has been fulfilled”, “Today you

will be with me in paradise”. A winged ox is the traditional

symbol for Luke the evangelist because of this emphasis on

the sacrificial aspect of Christ’s life. Oxen were commonly

offered up as a sacrifice.

Food figures prominently in Luke, with nineteen different

meals mentioned. Several of the parables have a banquet as

their setting and Jesus comes under fire for eating with the

wrong people. More than any of the other gospel writers,

Luke gives importance to the role of women. He places

Mary at the centre of his infancy narrative and pairs the

men in his stories with women (Zechariah and Elizabeth,

Simeon and Anna). In the story about Martha and Mary,

Mary does what would have been unacceptable at the time

– she sits at the feet of Jesus as a disciple. Luke’s emphasis

on Jesus’ ministry to those on the fringes of society is

evident right from the start with Mary’s song, The

Magnificat. Jesus makes it the central message of his first act

of preaching: “He has sent me to proclaim release to the

captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the

oppressed go free” (Lk 4: 18). The wonderful “lost and

found” stories (the stray sheep, the missing coin, the

prodigal son), which are some of the most popular in the

Bible, are to be found only in the Luke’s gospel. © Elizabeth Harrington [adapted]

[NOT-SO-] ORDINARY TIME

SICK & SPECIAL NEEDS Your prayers have been requested for Michael Allan, Deanne Allul, Gail Andrews, Patricia Ashton, Taylor Austin, Jenny Avery, Glenys Bailey, Belinda Barry Cotter, John Beatie, Liam Bleby, Leigh Boulcher, John Boyes, Jacob Burgstaller, Lily Burgstaller, Kevin Byrne, Deborah Campani, Madeline Church, John Conlan, Alan Bugeja, John Costigan, Joe Mason Cox, Annette Cremin, Chris Curran, Graham Delahunty, Edna Devlin, Joseph Dick, Patricia Dowling, Vikki Dwyer, Helen Eadie, Patti Edwards, Helen Elford, Marlise England, Rosalie Evans, Helen Fairshall, Fr Des Fitzgerald, Lance Fry, Rita Galea, Geromy Grima, Fred Grioli, Hazel Harvey, Robert Harvey, Patricia Holmes, Angelika Huber, Norman Ingle, Kristine Kassulke, Janine Kilfoy, Josephine Lenaghan, Christine Marshall, Denis Magill, Pauline McCallum, Patrick McMahon, John Meekin, Helena Misztela, John Moore, Wendy Mullard, Betty Murdoch, June Newdick, Damian Normice, Heather Oakes, Mary O'Brien, Paul O'Connor, Eileen O’Neill, Michael Onn, Sean O’Reilly, Maureen O’Sullivan, Noel O’Sullivan, Anne Owens, Joan Parker, Mike Parker, Anna Pereira, John Poderin, Peter Reid, Tracy Ricketts, Edna Ryding, Lito Santos, Helene Scarff, Lina Schembri, William Sheehan, Max Smales, Archie Smallwood, Tarlia Smedley, Isaac Stafrace, Carmel Taylor, Lisa Taylor, Fr Keith Teefey, Santo Toscano, Darrell Towell, Gwane Walker, John Walker, Graham Zendler, Norah Zipf, the sick of our Parish and all in need of God’s healing Spirit.

Parish News and Happenings

NEW PARISH OFFICE - Shop 5 Executive Place, Executive Dr, Burleigh Waters. Phone number and email remain the same.

PARKING at the Burleigh Heads Church -

Parishioners are reminded that parking within the grounds of the Park Avenue site is solely for Church services and meetings.

BURLEIGH PARISH CHOIR - Practice will resume on Monday 18 January from 6 - 7pm at Infant Saviour Church. Everyone welcome. Contact Cathy 0431 356007.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL - Grateful thanks ... for the generous response to the Christmas Appeal which will enable significant assistance to be made to those in need throughout the coming year ... for the wonderful offerings at the Gifting Trees, and to the many parishioners who assisted in the preparation of, and delivery on Christmas Eve, of those food hampers and gifts to 61 families (including 123 children). We wish to also acknowledge other benefactors in the community who enhanced the value of both hampers and gifts.

VENIRE YOUTH is hosting an event called "Beats By The Beach" on Sunday 7 February from 11am - 3pm. A family friendly social day held at Stella Maris Church grounds in Broadbeach with live music, games, face painting, BBQ, juice bar, expo lane and market stalls. Proceeds to Venire Youth Ministry. Information Steph Santos - vy.surfers@bne.catholic.net.au or www.facebook.com/venireyouth

MEMORIAL MASS for Roger Coker will be held on Thursday, 10am, at Our Lady of the Way Church, Palm Beach.

PARISH WOMEN'S DINNER - Monday 25 January, 6pm, Burleigh Sports Club, Christine Av. Good food, reasonable prices, friendly company. All ladies, including visitors, welcome. Club courtesy bus (within 5kms) every 30 minutes. Book bus through Club on 5576 3177. Further information Margaret 5520 0186.

WORLD MARRIAGE DAY MASS - You are invited to a celebration of Eucharist at 11am, St Benedict's Church, Mudgeeraba, on Sunday 14 February, to celebrate with other couples in the parishes of our South Coast Deanery, your marriage - whether you were married only last year or decades ago. Mass will conclude with a renewal of your Marriage Vows. Please bring a plate of finger food for a shared lunch. More information Sue and Bren Milsom, milsoms@outlook.com - 5522 4880.

CATHOLIC MISSION is looking to expand their pool of volunteers who serve as Mission Ambassadors in 2016. Being a Mission Ambassador is your chance to make a difference. It is akin to what we hear about in the Gospel this weekend: offering the "good wine" of insight and inspiration, and inviting others to respond generously to our annual appeal campaigns. These are the people who go into local parishes, on nominated weekends, and help raise awareness of, and funds for, the valuable work performed by missionary Priests, Brothers and Sisters around the world. Contact ajimenez@catholicmission.org.au or text David McGovern on 0431 481731.

THE CATHOLIC LEADER - Bishop Finnigan retires as auxiliary bishop in Brisbane ... Vocations Brisbane unveils love-lock sculpture near St Stephen's Cathedral for Year of Mercy ... Popular school teacher retires and takes up role with Brisbane Broncos developing future rugby league stars.

OzCare - SHOPPING and TRANSPSORT - weekly to Stockland Shopping Centre (from Merrimac, Mermaid and Burleigh Waters). Service includes pick up and return to residence after 3 hours - for $7.50. Bookings 5569 6200.

PLANNED GIVING LAST WEEK - CODE: = very good;

= good;

= hangin’ in there;

= help!

Planned Giving roster this week: Palm Beach

Family Groups Goannas Sunday 31 January 5pm, That's Amore, BYO. Shop 1 Mountainview Av, Miami. Phone David 5526 1128.

DECEASED Masses have been requested for the recently deceased and for friends and relatives whose anniversaries occur about

this time: Gerald Cremmins, Sonia Ambrosini, Victor Aguggia, Nan Tait, Paul Azzopardi, Antonio Mercuri, Filomena Bugeja, Rozzano Mesraem Aleksander, John & Rita Formos, Gelika & Paul Cachia, Iris Galea, Inid Caruana, Brian Burke.

May the choirs of angels come to greet you ... May you find eternal life.

FUNERALS Last week we celebrated the funerals of Barry John Channing, Maurice Wilhelm "Andy" Andersen and Marie Connor who have died in Christ. Let us remember their families and friends in our prayers this week.

God will raise you up on eagle’s wings

Lenten Program 2016 Being Lost - Being Found

The season of Lent during this Jubilee Year should be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God's mercy. The readings are from the Gospel of Luke; the 'gospel of mercy'. On the Fourth Sunday the reading is the parable of the two sons, the third of the 'lost and found parables'. In these parables we find the core of the Gospel.

If you would like to join a parish group, please complete the section below and return via collection plate. Name ........................................................................................... Phone ............................................... Would you like to lead a group? .......... Would you like to host a group in your home? ..........

Bond Uni Mass Transport 5520 2591

Care & Concern 5576 6318

C W L 5535 8487

Choir 5598 2570

Christian Meditation 5593 3794

Family Groups 5535 3817

Ladies’ Dinner 5576 2623

Ladies’ Lunch 5576 2623

Marymount Primary 5535 1803

Marymount College 5586 1000

menALIVE Scripture Group 0412 270828

Men’s Dinner 5576 2623

Ozanam Villa 5507 0800

St Vincent de Paul 5561 4702

TEAMS for Married Couples 5522 4880

Youth Group 0412 222260

Used with permission Word of Life Inter-

A VOCATION VIEW There was a wedding between God and us: "to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse". God is faithful and true. Let us do the same. Lord, bless the Marriage Vocation and those who are engaged and discerning. Vocation Office: 1300 133 544 vocation@bne.catholic.net.au www.bne.catholic.net.au/vocations

Liturgical Music for Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

INTRODUCTORY RITES: Gathering: We Are Called Come, live in the light. Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord. We are called to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God. We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are called to serve one another; to walk humbly with God. Come, open your heart. Show your mercy to all those in fear. We are called to be hope for the hopeless so all hatred and blindness will be no more. Sing, sing a new song. Sing of that great day when all will be one. God will reign, and we'll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in love. © 1988, David Haas, GIA Publications

LITURGY OF THE WORD: Psalm Response: All proclaim God's marvellous deeds to all the nations.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST: Acclamation: Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your cross and resurrection you have set us free.

Next week’s readings: Neh 8:2-6,8-10; 1 Cor 12:12-30; Lk 1:1-4,14-21

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST: Communion Processional: Communion Song We see bread and wine before us, but hidden from our view lies the flesh and blood of Jesus, now sacrificed for us anew. Jesus, we bring to you our bodies. Jesus we bring to you our souls, needing nourishment, needing healing, seeking peace. On the night before he suffered, He took the bread into His hands. Giving thanks and praise He broke it, saying, “Take and eat, this is my body”. And when supper was then ended He took the wine again gave thanks, saying “Take and drink of my Cup, this is my Blood to be shed for you”. © Peter Grant CONCLUDING RITES Dismissal: Deep In The Spirit If the Spirit of God lives in you, sing to the Lord. Praise him for his goodness. Deep in the Spirit your song. I will play for him. Joy filled is my song. My life is my melody. To him I belong. Deep in Christ I live. Faith in him my prayer.

When my soul is torn and dry, faith to sense him there. Spirit in my heart, sing for me my prayer. Deep within my heart I know: you are always there. © 1979, Frank Andersen, Chevalier Press