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Manning Parish Catholic Archdiocese of Perth
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BULLETIN St Pius X Church Third Sunday of Advent Year C 16 December 2018
Fr Patrick Lim Parish Priest
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Patricia Lowry Parish Secretary
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SCHEDULES
Confession Saturday 5.00 to 5.30pm
Or anytime by appointment
Weekend Masses Saturday 6.00pm Vigil Mass
Sunday 7.30am, 9.00am English Mass & 11.00am Chinese Mass
Weekday Masses Monday 8.00am Communion Service
Tuesday to Saturday 8.00am Mass
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Scripture Commentary by John Thornhill sm
What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?
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Our Motto At St Pius X Catholic Primary School, the
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In today’s gospel reading we continue Luke’s account of the mission of John, the precursor of the Saviour. It reflects the life of a community that has come to recognize that, though the final moment of God’s plan has come through the Risen Lord’s Paschal Mystery, how that moment will unfold in the world’s history is God’s secret. They know that they must get on with their ordinary lives. Luke presents the preaching of John as ‘Good News’, foreshadowing important elements in the teaching of Jesus himself. It is ‘tax collectors’ and ‘soldiers’ – representing those looked down upon by respectable society in old Israel – who are open to John’s message of repentance: the very ones who will respond to the message of Jesus. ‘What must we do?’ they ask John. It is not an easy question to ask with a humble sincerity that is open to hearing the truth. It reminds us of Advent’s call to a deeper conversion and commitment. Luke’s community remembers how John replied to this question, as calling them to get on with their ordinary lives, asking themselves whether they recognize Christ himself in their needy brothers and sisters, and whether they serve the Lord by the integrity with which they carry out their role in life.
Traditionally, the liturgy of the Third Sunday of Advent overflows with the theme of the joy of believing. This is one of Luke’s favourite themes, and the gospel reading’s reference to the ‘feeling of anticipation’ John’s preaching aroused, and his foretelling of the Lord who ‘will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire’ chime in with this theme. Clearly, our liturgy’s other readings have been chosen with this tradition in mind. ‘I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord’, Paul writes to the Philippians; and he recommends practical ways that lead to authentic happiness ‘in the Lord’: tolerance towards those whose ways are not our own, and a prayer that unites trust in the Lord for the future with thanksgiving for his many blessings in the past. No doubt, taking seriously his faith in the one who has baptized us ‘with the Holy Spirit and fire’
has given Paul a personal experience of the ‘peace’ of which he speaks, the peace that only God can give. Something has gone wrong if our faith never brings us deep joy. Joy is the experience of what we were made for. The faith that the Baptiser heralded, the faith that is the gift of the Risen Lord, and the faith that unites Luke’s community and so many other communities after them, is a personal knowledge of God’s love and mercy. It brings a joy and peace ‘that the world cannot give’ (Jn 14:27). Even for old Israel, as our first reading from the prophet Zephaniah reminds us, joy was one of the hallmarks of authentic faith. In this astounding text, the prophet calls the people to ‘rejoice’ with all their hearts, because ‘the Lord’ of Israel’s hopes is ‘in their midst’, victorious, ‘renewing them by his love’. Their joy should mingle with the Lord’s own rejoicing, as he ‘dances with shouts of joy over them’. This text is doubly appropriate in these weeks of Advent – its words (‘Rejoice, daughter of Zion, the Lord, your God is in your midst’) may well have inspired Luke’s Annunciation narrative.
Congratulations to Sonia Tay & Lachlan Zubevich who will be married on Saturday 22 December at 2.-00pm in St Pius X’s Church.
Wishing them every happiness and fulfilment in their marriage.
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PARISH CALENDAR
Sat 15 Dec 6.00pm 3rd Sunday Advent Vigil Mass - Church
Sun 16 Dec 7.30am 3rd Sunday Advent Mass - Church
9.00am 3rd Sunday Advent Mass - Church
11.00am Chinese Mass - Church
4.00pm Children Christmas Nativity Practice - Church
Mon 17 Dec 8.00am Communion Service - Church
Tue 18 Dec 8.00am Mass - Church
Wed 19 Dec 8.00am Mass - Church
10.45 am Mass - Gracewood Nursing Home
Thu 20 Dec 8.00am Mass - Church
Fri 21 Dec 8.00am Mass - Church
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4.00pm Wedding rehearsal - Church
Sat 22 Dec 8.00am Mass - Church
2.00pm Wedding Mass - Sonia Tay & Lachlan Zubevich
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Christmas Masses Monday 24 December
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9.00am Christmas Day Mass (English)
Reconciliation The Second Rite of Reconciliation has not been organised for Manning but there is one at Holy Family Church in Como Parish on Wednesday, 19 December at 7.00 pm.
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Both visual and performing arts have always been important ways to communicate the Christian faith. The use of music has helped believers understand their Godly hope. Other forms of visual art have been used from the beginning to help express various aspects of Christian doctrine and life.
Colors, paraments, coverings, and banners are some of the most important visual ways Christians have used to express their faith in worship. In the early days of Christian worship, Advent and Christmas were seen as a somber time, much like Lent is today. Purple table coverings were used to speak of Christ's Kingship, but the mood was somber.
As Christians began to share their celebration of Christmas with their non-Christian neighbors they began to focus on the joy of the Christmas event. As the emphasis of Christmas began to change to one of joyful celebration the color used also changed to express Christ the King in that more happy way. In Advent we wait with anticipation and celebration for our coming Christ.
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Reflection for Young People by Lisa-Marie Calderone-Stewart
In the days of John the Baptiser, untying a sandal strap was the work of a slave. People’s feet became very dirty every day from walking along the dusty roads. When you entered the home of a person who was rich enough to own a slave, the slave would untie your sandals and wash your feet. Imagine a person so mighty, that even John the Baptiser was unworthy to untie his sandals. Have you ever felt unworthy? Did you
ever meet someone you were in awe of? Did you ever receive an honour you felt you hardly deserved? If so, talk about what it was like. If not, can you imagine it? Who would be the person, and what would be the situation that could make you feel unworthy? The third Sunday of Advent is meant to be a day of awesome, incredible, totally magnificent joy. Rejoice is a key word and concept in the readings.
Has anything ever brought you awesome, incredible, totally magnificent joy? Describe what that sort of joy might be for you.
Jesus – the Messiah, the Almighty One, the Chosen One of God, the Saviour of the Universe – is coming. Does his coming seem to bring on a joy that is awesome, incredible, and totally magnificent?
Do Christmas and even Jesus seem overrated in this world? Why or why not?
Next Sunday Readings Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C
23 December 2018
First Reading: Micah 5:1-4 Second Reading: Hebrew 10:5-10
Gospel: Luke 1:39-44
Entrance Antiphon Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near.
First Reading Zephaniah 3:14-18
Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away. The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst; you have no more evil to fear. When that day comes, word will come to Jerusalem: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp. The Lord your God is in your midst, a victorious warrior. He will exult with joy over you, he will renew you by his love; he will dance with shouts of joy for you as on a day of festival.
Responsorial Psalm Isaiah 12:2-6 R. v.6
(R.) Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel.
1. Truly, God is my salvation, I trust, I shall not fear. For the Lord is my strength, my song, he became my saviour. With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. (R.) 2. Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name! Make his mighty deeds known to the peoples! Declare the greatness of his name. (R.) 3. Sing a psalm to the Lord for he has done glorious deeds, make them known to all the earth! People of Zion, sing and shout for joy for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. (R.)
Second Reading Philippians 4:4-7
I want you to be happy, always happy in the Lord; I repeat, what I want is your happiness. Let your tolerance be evident to everyone: the Lord is very near. There is no need to worry; but if there is anything you need, pray for it, asking God for it with prayer and thanksgiving, and that peace of God, which is so much greater than we can understand, will guard your hearts and your thoughts, in Christ Jesus.
Gospel Acclamation Isaiah 61:1 (Luke 4:18)
Alleluia, alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; he sent me to bring Good News to the poor. Alleluia!
Gospel Luke 3:10-18
When all the people asked John, ‘What must we do?’ he answered, ‘If anyone has two tunics he must share with the man who has none, and the one with something to eat must do the same.’ There were tax collectors too who came for baptism, and these said to him, ‘Master, what must we do?’ He said to them, ‘Exact no more than your rate.’ Some soldiers asked him in their turn, ‘What about us? What must we do?’ He said to them, ‘No intimidation! No extortion! Be content with your pay!’
A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people, who were beginning to think that John might be the Christ, so John declared before them all, ‘I baptise you with water, but someone is coming, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand to clear his threshing-floor and to gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’ As well as this, there were many other things he said to exhort the people and to announce the Good News to them.
Come, Holy Spirit of Pentecost. Come, Holy Spirit of the great South Land. O God, bless and unite all your people in Australia and guide us on the pilgrim way of the Plenary Council. Give us the grace to see your face in one another and to recognise Jesus, our companion on the road. Give us the courage to tell our stories and to speak boldly of your truth. Give us ears to listen humbly to each other and a discerning heart to hear what you are saying. Lead your Church into a hope-filled future, that we may live the joy of the Gospel. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, bread for the journey from age to age. Amen. Our Lady Help of Christians, pray for us. St Mary MacKillop, pray for us.
Communion Antiphon Say to the faint of heart: Be strong and do not fear. Behold, our God will come, and he will save us.
