Striving to be a “Loving, Caring, Christian Community”
Catholic Parish of Mary Immaculate, Bossley Park Striving to be “A Loving, Caring, Christian Community”
Phone 9604 8927 Email : [email protected] Website : mibp.org.au
18TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME/A
2ND AUGUST 2020
Vol. 44 No.36
Gospel Reading Matthew 14:13-21 Jesus feeds the crowd with five loaves and two fish.
In our family life we can sometimes hear echoes of the disciples' excuses: “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Sometimes this echo is heard from children squabbling about the last piece of cake. Sometimes it is heard in our concern about the limits of the family's income or possessions. Sometimes this echo is heard in our complaints about the seemingly endless demands for our time and attention. Jesus understood these feelings and taught us to see beyond our limitations. Jesus modeled for us a compassion that reaches out to others, even when we would rather withdraw into ourselves. Jesus taught us that God blesses compassion offered to others with his grace. Today's Gospel reminds us that with God there is not only enough, there is an abundance!
Talk together about some of the stresses and demands for time and attention that your family members might feel. Acknowledge that we sometimes have to make difficult choices about how to use our time, talents, and treasure. Then read together today's Gospel, Matthew 14:13-21. Notice how much Jesus cared for the crowds, healing the sick even though he wanted to withdraw to a quiet place. Notice how the disciples responded to Jesus' instruction to feed the crowd; they noted their limited supply of food. Jesus blessed this limited supply of food, and it was enough to feed the entire crowd, more than 5,000 people, and there were leftovers! Pray together that Jesus will grant us compassion like his so that we will offer whatever we have to others with compassion and generosity. Pray together today's Psalm, Psalm 145.
There will be no Sunday 6pm Mass for the month of August.
The CCTVs and live recording cameras installation completed in the church, donations towards this expense is most welcome.
Please pick up your envelopes in the foyer and put your details if you require tax receipt. If you wish to donate, details as follows : Mary Immaculate Parish BSB 062 784 Account number 412 5001 reference: name & env number.
We acknowledge the Dharuk People, traditional custodians of this land. May we walk gently and respectfully upon the land.
Fr Sebastian
Thought of the Week
Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you.
~ Anonymous
As you would have heard, the State government is planning to introduce new restrictions that will affect religious gatherings. You will also have heard that there has been an outbreak associated with the Maronite church in Harris Park and this may lead to the further tightening of restrictions. The major changes that will affect our parishes are as follows.
The 4m2 rule still determines the maximum number of people per building, but there is now a restriction to 100 even in those large churches where the 4m2 rule might have allowed for a greater number. More than one building (e.g. the church and the hall with a videolink) can be used at the same time, with up to 100 per building, as long as the 4m2 rule is observed.
Baptism, anointing and giving Holy Communion is regarded as of no greater risk than the service of food and drinks in restaurants and clubs which is allowed; with a suitable COVID Safety plan in place, these celebrations are permissible.
Congregational singing is still not allowed. Recent health advice has indicated that while droplets quickly fall to the ground, the aerosol emissions during singing promote too great a risk even for those adhering to the specified 1.5m physical distancing requirement.
Members of the congregation should be discouraged from mingling before, during or after the service.
While we await the amended public health order, it seems clear that the 100 person limit and 4m2 rule will continue to apply for quite some time – for some months at least. This will obviously have a significant impact on parish life, community engagement, and our financial viability. It will mean that even parishes with large churches (assuming 3 or 4 Sunday Masses, including Vigil Mass) will only be able to gather a maximum 300 or 400 people each weekend for the Eucharist, though presumably, numbers will be even smaller because the elderly, sick or anxious will stay away, thus putting pressure on the parish’s viability.
ATTENTION ALL PARISHIONERS: CHANGES TO THE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS
Catholic Parish of Mary Immaculate, Bossley Park Striving to be “A Loving, Caring, Christian Community”
Phone 9604 8927/96096087 Email : [email protected] Website : mibp.org.au
Sacrament of First Holy Communion Masses are
scheduled in September. Please check the list in the
foyer. Please pray for our candidates preparing
for the sacrament of 1st holy communion.
Sacrament of Confirma�on : Registraon for this
sacrament is ongoing unl the 7 August. Rite of
Acceptance on the 8th at 6pm or 9th August at
10am (Please bring the form).
Sacrament of Reconcilia�on :
Parent’s Info & Registraon will be on the 17th
September at 6pm.
Catholic Parish of Mary Immaculate, Bossley Park
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We pray for…
Our sick: Bernice & Darren Mack, Stefano Catania, Roland
Nguyen, Darko, Ricky Calleja, Romulo Sanjines, Anita Guillermo,
George Gherlenda, Maria Varkas, Mirjana, Manda, Zvonko,
Carina Stone, Maria Oaten, Karmela, Mario & Bruna Tullo, Stephen
Price, Anna Baker, Ivanka, Milka, Ruzica, Teresa, Tony Surace,
Marija, Manda Josip, Andrea, Berislav Bozo, Carole Robertson,
Anne Noonan, Rita Zammit, Santina Martinelli, Massimo Baroni,
Dorothy Rundle-Kerley, Domenico Dileo, Albert & Theresa Purkiss,
Benedetta Peci, Edwina Borg, Sam & Teresa Barbara, Bernadetta
Russo, Angela Vivona (Names will be removed from the sick list after
3 months unless Parish Office is notified otherwise).
Please keep in your prayers the soul of the recently deceased: Cecilia Parker, Teresa Kich Who, Oswald Sereno, Giuseppe Degirolamo, Ruth Demaldonado, Alejandro Feliciano Jr, Margaret Bastic, Roberto Mayuga & Kevin Doyle, Margherita Greco, Ray Paris, Phung Do, Herbert Ranola, Jessie Salvador And those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Patrick Anderson, Huynh Tran, Micheal Fenech other deceased including: Guido Soligo, Janos Horvath, Tom Anderson, Lauro Aldover, Basilia Lorelaine Aldover, Anita Dizon, Vincenzo Bugge, Antonio Bugge, Domenic Sergi, Sr Marina Havey, Francesca Petilla, Vincenzo Oliveri, Vinko Zovko, Saverio Laria, Antonio & Serafina Froio, Josefina & Alberto Sacriz, Helen Zerafa, Beryl Marie Wates Charles Bachoe, Pelli Domenico, Nanette Cabardo, Joseph Schembri, Manuel & Teresa Aguilar, Joseph Pham, Josephine Cassar, Anna, Maria Dong, Fr Patrick, Francisco & Eugenia Dela Victoria, Carl Josef Labis, Primitivo Labis, Stana Zovko, Phyliss Baulman, Ivan Bakic, Marija, Tomislav, Marko & Milan Bakic, Lucyna Czernik, Bruce Michael Fuller, Sung Chu Paek, Rose Sugay, Jacqueline, Prakasam William, Peter Zadro, Peter Viler, Bruno & Giovanna Dileo, Joel Sugay, Natala Oliveri, Antonio Redoblado, Peter SanFilippo, Sr Elizabeth Laria, Nikola, Giovanni Melissari, Alberto Sacriz, Snr, Collu Stefano & Pelli Felici Degirolamo, Maria Ieroianni, Caterina Gerardis, Guido Pontello, Rina Zadro, Teresa Catanzariti, Giovannina Vaccaro, James Vertley Sr, Giovanni Rossi, Alfred Azzopardi, Maria & Antonino Ieroianni, Andrea & Caterina Gerardis, Franceso Mesiti, Derrick Mack, Josefina Borbe, Doris Zammit, Amal Doss, Helen Debono, Stefano Cantele, Catherine Viler, Milagros Gaspi, Diego Cabardo Oclarit, Grazia Panuccio, Mariantonia Pisano, Pasquale Cricri, Veronica Power, Slavco Kucinic, Joseph Schembri, Domenico Mellino, Vince Fedele, Antonio & Caterina Froio, Clorinda & Francesco Sartor, Luigi & Carla Martignago, Maria Sulfaro, Dulcie Soans, Mary Mahony, Maria Trimboli, Ivan Lozina, Anthony & Antonia Cardona, Orazio Di Marco, Bertilla, Marcello & Elsa Soligo, Daphne Watts, Vincenzo & Anna Peci, Chang You Chiu, Gloria & Sybil Roache, Mario Manea, Manea-Melosso Lucia, Sam Xuereb, Marcello & Angela Seraglio, all deceased in the families of Borg, Seraglio, Chris Baddock, Baddock & Gough families, Skondro family & Mario & Beniamino Fuser & all Souls in Purgatory. May they rest in peace.
Thanksgiving : St Jude
Parish Diary Monday-3rd Aug. 9.00am Communion Service
Tuesday-4th Aug. 9.00am Mass
Wed –5th Aug. 9.00am Mass
Thurs-6th Aug. 9.00am Mass
9.30am Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament until 4pm.
Friday-7th Aug. 9.00am Mass
Saturday-8th Aug. 5.00pm Reconciliation
6.00pm Vigil Mass
Sunday-9th Aug. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
8.00am Mass
10.00am Mass
11.00am Filipino Mass
No 6.00pm Mass in August.
Planned Giving Envelopes :
Please collect your envelopes in the foyer. If you require a tax
receipt for the year ended June 2020, please write your details
on the clipboard. All donations in the envelope system are
30% tax deductible but let us know if you don’t want to claim it.
Hoping for your continuous support to our Parish. If anyone
interested to register to the envelope system, please call 9604
8927.
Vigil 8am 10am
Min of the
Word
J Olive
E Olive
C La Delfa
M Tran
A Redoblado
R Agostino
Musician/
CD
Operator
CD CD CD
Data
Projector
Operator
S Poullath
A La Rosa
C&C Nesnas Volunteer
Roster—Next weekend 8th/9th August
Counters : Group 2: P&N Redoblado
M Dandan
Church Cleaning:
Group 8 : T Seraglio, M Liska,
T McCallum, L Elias,
S Skondro, L Ishaia,
L Kaena
Altar Linen :
M La Rosa
Altar Flowers :
Accepting donation
for flowers.
WELCOME INTO OUR
COMMUNITY OF FAITH
Emily Dominique Gaspi who will be
baptised this weekend.
For Baptisms on Sundays- Families will attend
the 10am Mass and the Baptisms will occur after
Mass.
Striving to be a “Loving, Caring, Christian Community”
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading : Isaiah 55:1-3 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah
The Lord says this:
"Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;
and you that have no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without
price. "Why do you spend your money for that which is
not bread, and your labour for that which does not
satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
"Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David."
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 144:8-9, 15-18
R. You open your hand to feed us, Lord; you answer all
our needs.
The Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The Lord is good to all,
and his compassion is over all that he has made. R.
The eyes of all look to you
and you give them their food in due season.
You open your hand,
satisfying the desire of every living thing. R.
The Lord is just in all his ways,
and kind in all his doings.
The Lord is near top all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth. R.
Second Reading Romans 8:35, 37-39
A reading from the letter of Paul to the Roman
Who will separate us from the love of Christ?
Will hardship, or distress, or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than
conquerors
through him who loved us.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor rulers,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation,
will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel : Matthew 14:13-21 A reading from the holy gospel according to
Matthew
When Jesus heard that Herod had beheaded John
the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted
place by himself.
But when the crowds heard it,
they followed him on foot from the towns.
When he went ashore, Jesus saw a great crowd;
and he had compassion for them and cured their
sick.
Then it was evening, the disciples came to him and
said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now
late; send the crowds away so that they may go
into the villages and buy food for themselves."
Jesus said to them,
"They need not go away;
you give them something to eat."
They replied, "We have nothing here but five
loaves and two fish."
And he said, "Bring them here to me."
Then Jesus ordered the crowds to sit down on the
grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish,
he looked up to heaven,
and blessed and broke the loaves,
and gave them to the disciples,
and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
And all ate and were filled;
and they took up what was left over of the broken
pieces, twelve baskets full.
And those who ate were about five thousand men,
besides women and children.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Celebrating Community
Happy birthday to
� Joe Vella &
� Eleanor Gaspi
May God bless you with happiness & good health.
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