CHURCH 104 Chatswood Road, Daisy Hill, Qld, 4127 Parish Priest Fr. Marce Singson Parish Office Secretary Cheryl McCaffery Assistant Administrator Muriel Fitzsimons Phone: 3299 2000 Email: [email protected]Parish Website: www.stedwardsdaisyhill.org.au Office Hours 9.00am – 2.00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Pastoral Council, Chairperson Mr Steven Richardson Mobile: 0401 696 696 Finance Council, Chairperson John Guiton Phone: 3299 5233 St. Edwards Care and Concern Mrs. Laura Ferrall - Coordinator Mobile 0422 954 946 Columbarium Manager John Guiton Phone: 3299 5233 Welcome to St Edward the Confessor Parish Established 1978 25th—26th August 2018 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time PAUL’S UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE Our second reading today is from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, and it discusses about Paul’s understanding on Christian marriage. In St. Paul’s years, divorce was not practical for the poorer classes, but readily available for the more affluent. Of course, there were plenty of marriages that existed in name only, as is the sad case today. But Paul had a different vision for the new Christian community, one based not on short-term erotic love (Greek: eros), but on Christ-like unconditional love (Greek: agape). Paul knew that the only way to make a marriage work according to God’s intentions is by the principle of mutual submission to one another in Christ (vv. 21-24). If the church has failed to maintain the sanctity and integrity of life-long marriages, it is because individual members have failed to apply and live by the code of mutual respect and submission. No greater example can Paul give of what a marriage ought to be, but that of the agape relationship that exists between Christ and the church (vv. 25-33). By bring- ing this example to the fore, Paul automatically dispels any warped paradigms of each partner’s role in the marriage. No tyrannical husband can ever make the claim of living a Christian marriage. Nor can a back-talking, nagging wife can ever claim the same. Christ loved us, the church, to the point of giving his life for us. And the church has accepted the responsibility of submitting freely to our Lord in gracious response to his loving act. There is a great mystery here! The mystery is that in a profound way that surpasses all understanding, like Christ and the church are united spiritually as head and body, so too husband and wife are united as one integrated soul and body. This is why divorce hurts so much, because it tears into the very fabric of what were once two integrated beings. God did not intend for marriages to break up (Matthew 19:1-9). Sin in many forms is ultimately what is responsible for marriage disasters. Couples that refuse to submit to one another in the Lord display their egos, pride and carnality in their defensiveness, false superiority, immaturity, verbal abuse, and even violence to beat one another into submission! Fr. Marce Singson
The principal human virtues are called the cardinal virtues, under which all the other virtues are grouped and which are the hinges of a virtuous life. The cardinal virtues are: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. Q. What is prudence?
Prudence disposes reason to discern in every circumstance our true good and to choose the right means for achieving it. Prudence guides the other virtues by pointing out their rule and measure. Q. What is justice?
Justice consists in the firm and constant will to give to others their due. Justice toward God is called "the virtue of religion." Q. What is fortitude?
Fortitude assures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good. It reaches even to the ability of possibly sacrificing one's own life for a just cause. Q. What is temperance?
Temperance moderates the attraction of pleasures, assures the mastery of the will over instincts and provides balance in the use of created goods. Q. What are the theological virtues?
The theological virtues have God himself as their origin, motive and direct object. Infused with sanctifying grace, they bestow on one the capacity to live in a relationship with the Trinity. They are the foundation and the energizing force of the Christian's moral activity and they give live to the human virtues. They are the pledge of the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in the faculties of the human being.
If you would like our community to remember
you or a family member in our prayers please
complete the information in the register on the
table at the back of the Church. Thank you.
St Edward’s Parish Annual
Men's Retreat
Saturday, 08 September 2018 'A Spirituality for Men.'
Retreat conducted by
Rev Fr Ray Sanchez cp
At St Edward the
Confessor Church
All are welcome
The retreat will begin from 9 am untill
12.30 pm. Please bring and plate of food
and drink to share for Morning Tea &
lunch.
9:00am Arrival 9:30am First Conference 10:45am Snacks 11:30am Second Conference 12:30pm Lunch with participants Then departure
St Edward’s Parish Annual
Women’s Retreat
Saturday, 29 September 2018 ‘Experiencing God in the
Everyday Moments of Life’
Retreat conducted by
Grace Harwood
At St Edward the
Confessor Church
All are welcome The retreat will begin from 9 am untill
12.30 pm. Please bring and plate of
food and drink to share for Morning
Tea & lunch.
9:00am Arrival 9:30am First Conference 10:45am Snacks 11:30am Second Conference 12:30pm Lunch with participants Then departure
Church Ministers’ Rosters for next weekend 01st—02nd September 2018
If you are new to the Parish or are visiting,
Welcome! We are glad you have come to share Eucharist with us today. Please leave your details with the parish office on 3299 2000 so that Fr. Marce and a member of our Parish Pastoral Council can reach out to you with a formal welcome. Thank you
Saturday @ 6:00pm Sunday @ 8:30am Sunday @ 6:00pm
Holy Mass Coordinators Iona & Ronet D’Mello Brian Ridder Jeanne Medina
Safeguarding of Children & Vulnerable Adults. Training
nights at our Parish on Wednesday 10th October 2018
between 6:30pm and 8:30pm.
We can use your postage stamps from your
mail
The Salesian Missions use the old stamps that are
passed on to them to raise funds. We have placed a collection
box for tamps in the parish office.
We here at the Parish of St Edward the Confessor, as part of the Archdiocese of Brisbane MUST ABIDE BY AND ADHERE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRIVACY ACT AND THE AUSTRALIAN
PRIVACY PRINCIPLES. Archdiocesan Website www.bne.catholic.net.au or www.stewardsdaisyhill.org.au
We are also compelled to adhere to the Policy of the Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/support/safeguard/
