St Anthony’s Parish Picton Bargo – Balmoral – Buxton – Couridjah – Douglas Park – Lakesland – Menangle – Picton – Pheasants Nest – Tahmoor – Thirlmere – Wilton – Yanderra Administrator: Fr Mark De Battista THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD — YEAR A Parish Bulletin Sunday 6 August 2017 WEEKEND MASS TIMES: St Anthony’s Church - Tahmoor Saturday Vigil - 5.00 pm Sunday - 7.30am & 9.30am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Tuesday - 5.30 pm—Tahmoor St Mary of the Cross, virgin (Mary MacKillop) Wednesday - 8.00 am—Tahmoor Thursday - 8.00 am—Tahmoor 11.00 am– Durham Green Friday - 10.00 am—Picton—School Hall Memorial Mass for Mary MacKillop St Clare, virgin Reconciliaon (Confession) Saturday 4.15—4.45 Tahmoor and before Sunday Masses Adoraon: Tuesday: 4.30 pm—5.15 pm 1st Thursday of the month 9.00 am—9.45 am St Patricks Church—Menangle 6.00 pm mass on the First Sunday of the month Douglas Park Sunday 9.00 am mass ENTRANCE ANTIPHON: In a resplendent cloud the Holy spirit appeared. The Father’ s voice was heard: This is my beloved Son, with whom am well pleased. Listen o him. FIRST READING: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 A reading from the book of Daniel His raiment was as white as snow RESPONSORIAL PSALM: The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth. SECOND READING: Peter 1:16-19 A reading from the second letter of St Peter We heard this voice from out of heaven. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Alleluia, alleluia! This is my Son, my beloved, in whom is all my delight: listen to him. Alleluia! GOSPEL: Matthew 17:1-9 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew His face was shining like the sun. COMMUNION ANTIPHON: When Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Next Weeks Readings: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time —Year A 1 Kg 19:9, 11-13; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 OFFICE HOURS Tuesday & Thursday 9.00a.m. - 3.00p.m. Parish Phone 4683 2230 Parish Fax: 4683 2248 Email: [email protected]Website: www.stanthonyspicton.org.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/Pictonparish STEWARDSHIP CORNER Have you given real thought lately to how good God has been to you? Do you give in proportion to what God has given you?
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD — YEAR A Parish Bulletin Sunday 6 August 2017
WEEKEND MASS TIMES:
St Anthony’s Church - Tahmoor Saturday Vigil - 5.00 pm Sunday - 7.30am & 9.30am
WEEKDAY MASS TIMES: Tuesday - 5.30 pm—Tahmoor St Mary of the Cross, virgin (Mary MacKillop) Wednesday - 8.00 am—Tahmoor Thursday - 8.00 am—Tahmoor 11.00 am– Durham Green Friday - 10.00 am—Picton—School Hall Memorial Mass for Mary MacKillop St Clare, virgin Reconciliation (Confession) Saturday 4.15—4.45 Tahmoor and before Sunday Masses
Adoration: Tuesday: 4.30 pm—5.15 pm 1st Thursday of the month 9.00 am—9.45 am
St Patricks Church—Menangle 6.00 pm mass on the First Sunday of the month
Douglas Park Sunday 9.00 am mass
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:
In a resplendent cloud the Holy spirit appeared. The Father’s voice was heard: This is my beloved Son, with whom am well pleased. Listen o him.
FIRST READING: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
A reading from the book of Daniel His raiment was as white as snow
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
The Lord is king, the most high over all the earth. SECOND READING: Peter 1:16-19
A reading from the second letter of St Peter We heard this voice from out of heaven. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:
Alleluia, alleluia! This is my Son, my beloved, in whom is all my delight: listen to him. Alleluia!
GOSPEL: Matthew 17:1-9 A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew His face was shining like the sun. COMMUNION ANTIPHON:
When Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Next Weeks Readings: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time —Year A
As Members of St Anthony’s Parish, we share the responsibility of building up the spiritual and ma-terial welfare of our community by promoting God’s values of love, justice and peace and ex-tending this message of goodwill beyond our im-mediate boundaries.
PRAY WITH THE POPE IN AUGUST
Artists That the artists of our time, through their ingenuity,
may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.
Amen
St Anthony’s Parish respectfully acknowledges that our church and Parish stands on the traditional lands of the D’harawal people. We also acknowledge the D’harawal
Elders, past, present and future who hold the memories,
traditions and culture of their people. We extend that respect to any Aboriginal parishioners
and visitors.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK 6-13 August
Loving and Generous God,
it is You who call us by name
and ask us to follow You.
Help us to grow in the Love
and Service of our Church
as we experience it today.
Give us the energy and courage
of Your Spirit
to shape its future
Grant us faith-filled leaders
who will embrace Christ's Mission
of love and justice.
Bless the Church of Wollongong
by raising up dedicated and generous leaders
from our families and friends
who will serve Your people as Sisters,
Priests, Brothers, Deacons and Lay Ministers.
Inspire us to know You better
and open our hearts
to hear Your call.
We ask this through our Lord.
PRAYER FOR MARY MACKILLOP—FEAST DAY 8 AUGUST
O God, source of all goodness,
who have shown us in Saint Mary
a woman of faith living by the power of the Cross,
teach us, we pray, by her example
to live the gospel in changing times
and to respect and defend
the human dignity of all in our land.
Through our Lord.
BISHOPS’ SOCIAL JUSTICE STATEMENT ON THE ECONOMY We
celebrate Social Justice Sunday on 24 September. This year,
the Australian Bishops’ Social Justice Statement is titled:
‘Everyone’s Business: Developing an inclusive and sustainable
economy’. The Statement calls for an economy that is founded
on justice and offers dignity and inclusion to every person.
THE JOURNEY CATHOLIC RADIO PROGRAM AIRS 6 August
2017 This week on the Journey the Gospel of Matthew is
read by our very own Nick Weir and reflected on by Fr Richard
Healey. Trish McCarthy offers us a change of pace in her
“Milk & Honey” segment. We are so very blessed to hear re-
flections from Sam Clear and Fr Dave Callaghan. The music
that has been selected is a peaceful and inspiring balance
helping us to create a show that is all about faith, hope, love
and life.
CAMELOT MUSICAL: Artes Christi is delighted to present one
of the world’s most loved (but rarely performed) musicals,
Lerner & Loewe’s CAMELOT starring acclaimed film, TV &
stage actor Donald Macdonald (Merlyn) alongside Paul
McLeod (Arthur), Emily Potts (Guenevere) and a cast & live
orchestra of 75. From the writers of My Fair Lady, this Tony
Award Winning musical brings to life all the romance, pag-
eantry and intrigue of King Arthur and his legendary Medieval
Kingdom with this production of CAMELOT proudly supporting
Ephpheta, the Catholic centre for deaf and hard of hearing
people. Shows: 18-20 August; Seymour Centre TIX from $35,
Ph 9351 7940 or www.camelot2017.com
A PEAK EXPERIENCE
Experiences influence us much more profoundly than talks
and lectures. Even though we may not be able to analyse
them, we know they affect us (for good or ill), and continue to
do so for years afterwards.
The experience on Mount Tabor had great significance, first
of all for Jesus himself. It came at a crucial moment in his
public life – at the start of his journey to Jerusalem. He knew
that the same fate awaited him there as befell all the proph-
ets, namely, a violent death. Naturally he recoiled from such a
fate. In order to reflect on it and pray about it, he climbed to
the top of Mount Tabor, taking Peter, James and John with
him.
As soon as they reached the top, Jesus began to pray. During
his prayer, Moses and Elijah appeared to him and spoke to
him about his forthcoming passion. More important, he expe-
rienced the presence of God. And he heard again the wonder-
ful words of affirmation he had heard at his baptism: ‘You are
my beloved son;
I am pleased with you’.
On Mount Tabor Jesus felt himself comforted, reassured, af-
firmed and strengthened for the ordeal ahead. It wasn’t that
everything became rosy. In fact, nothing changed. He still had
to face a dark and threatening future. But he knew that some-
how it was what God wanted from him, and that God would
give him the strength to face it.
But the experience was also of great importance for the three
apostles who were with him on the mountain. It confirmed
their faith in Jesus and helped them to face the dark future
with him.
The Tabor experience could be called ‘a peak experience’. We
too can have peak experiences or moments of transfigura-
tion. We can have intense experiences of light, peace, unity,
joy, exhilaration, meaning … and of the presence of God.
These are true moments of grace which can be triggered off
not only by prayer, but by poetry, music, nature … but they are
more likely to be the fruit of suffering and painful struggle.
After that wonderful experience on the mountain Jesus and
the apostles had to go back down and resume the journey to
Jerusalem. After a peak experience we too have to come
down from the ‘mountain’ and return to the plain or valley,
where life goes on in the darkness of faith. True religion does
not encourage escape from life, but helps us to commit our-
selves more deeply to it.
When have you felt most certain about your faith?
… On the Way to Mass
What’s the most amazing movie you ever saw about someone
or something that is changed into something else?
On the Way Home from Mass …
Put yourself on top of that mountain with Jesus and the three
Apostles.
What do you think the Apostles really saw?
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