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BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION
PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Third Sunday of Easter - Year A [OF] Second Sunday After Easter [EF]
29th/30th April, 2017
Readings for next Sunday
6th/7th May, 2017
1st: Acts 2: 14, 36-41
2nd: 1 Peter 2: 20-25
Gospel: John 10: 1-10
Parish Office
14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103
PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.
Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Phone: 3848 1107
Fax: 3848 1855
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish
www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin
Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise
Parish Team
Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)
Miss Ria McIntyre
Mrs Teresa Martin
(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinators)
Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679
† Mary Immaculate Church
616 Ipswich Road, Annerley
† St John Fisher Church
17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi
† St Elizabeth’s Chapel
61 Effingham Street, Ekibin
St Elizabeth’s Primary School
Phone 3848 0828
Mary Immaculate Primary School
Phone 3848 8965
Our Lady’s Secondary College
Phone: 3848 7462
St John Fisher Hall
17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi
Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)
The Brisbane Oratory in Formation
Oratory House - 3392 9247
16 Ferndale Street, Annerley
http://brisbane-oratory.org/
Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)
Fr Andrew Wise
Fr Scot Armstrong
Br Shawn Murphy
Br Tyson King
Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley
Frassati (Young Men)
Dylan Shogren (0449 994 929)
Flores Teresianes (Young Women)
Elise Hewitt (0400 204 995)
Frassati Youth (High School age)
Abbie Powick (0477 055 778 ) [email protected]
St Vincent de Paul Helpline
Phone: 3010 1096
Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753
From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, Today we warmly welcome to our Parish Archbishop Coleridge who will celebrate a special centenary Mass for Mary Immaculate Primary School at 11:00am today. This is a tremendous milestone of 100 years of Catholic educational achievement for Mary Immaculate School and we are very grateful to our Archbishop for making himself available for this centenary celebration of our Parish.
Speaking of centenaries, Saturday May 13th marks 100 years since the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the three shepherd children at Fatima in Portugal. Two of the children, Francesco and Jacinta, will be canonised saints by Pope Francis on May 13th when he visits Fatima for the centenary celebrations. The messages of Our Lady to the world at Fatima in 1917 remain particularly relevant for all of us today. As a parish we will celebrate a Missa Cantata in honour of the Immaculate Virgin Mary at 8:15am on Saturday 13th May. This will be followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and confessions until 11:45am, and then concluding with Benediction.
Pope Francis has also announced a Plenary Indulgence associated with the centenary of the Fatima apparitions of Our Lady. See fatima.org.au for details.
Our Reflection below is from Msgr. Charles Pope.
Fr Andrew Wise WHY JESUS’ RESURRECTED BODY STILL HAD WOUNDS
In rising, Christ takes up His same, true body, but it now also manifests a perfected glory. When our bodies rise on the last day, the same will be true of ours. But if all this be the case, then why are Christ’s wounds visible in His glorified body? Are not wounds and scars inconsistent with a glorified body? St. Thomas provides five reasons that Christ’s wounds are fitting in His glorified body. His reflections, from the Summa Theologiae III, Q. 54, Art. 4, are beautiful and poignant. St. Thomas’ words are presented below in
bold, black italics.
It was fitting for Christ’s soul at His Resurrection to resume the body with its
scars. In the first place, for Christ’s own glory. For Bede says on Luke 24:40 that He kept His scars not from inability to heal them, “but to wear them as an everlasting trophy of His victory.” Hence Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xxii): “Perhaps in that kingdom we shall see on the bodies of the Martyrs the traces of the wounds which they bore for Christ’s name: because it will not be a deformity, but a dignity in them; and a certain kind of beauty will shine in them, in the body, though not of the body.”
These wounds are a dignity not a deformity, a sign of love not of loss, an indication of obedience not of onerousness. Through His wounds the Lord can say, “Here is what the world did to me, and yet I live. Here is the cost of your redemption and the lavishness of my love.” Secondly, to confirm the hearts of the disciples as to “the faith in His Resurrection” (Bede, on Luke 24:40).
This is what theologians refer to as “continuity.” The wounds demonstrate that the same body that died on the cross is the same body the disciples now see standing before them. Continuity means that Christ has not taken up or fashioned some new body or a similar body. Christ is truly risen. The Greek word for resurrection is anastasis, which literally means to stand again. The English word resurrection means the same thing: re (again) + surrexit (he stands). None of this would be true if some different body were before them, no matter how similar. Thus Christ’s wounds confirm the truth of the resurrection. To Page 2
PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Monday 8th May Josephites Associates Meeting at 10:00am at Majellan House, Yeerongpilly. Please phone Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998 for further information. Wednesday 10th May Parish Finance Council Meeting at 7:30pm at the Parish Office. Friday 19th May Elizabethan Social Club Devonshire Morning Tea and Bring & Take. Cost $7.00. Bookings: Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Saturday 20th May Baptism Preparation for Parents at 9:00am in the Music Room (under MI church). Please contact the Parish Office to book.
WE PRAY FOR Those who are recently deceased: Richard CONGRAM, Patricia KORINI, Eleanor BATEMAN, Keith KILLEN, Peter THORNTHWAITE, Beverley HASSON, Noel TENNISON (Castlemaine, Victoria), Fr Dan MOORE (Ireland) Tiernan McCANN (Ireland), Mary BERRY, Helen O’NEILL, Margaret (Joan) DRUERY, Sean McCANN (Ireland), Mary Ann VAN DER WEIDE and Neil BETTS.
Those who are sick: Luke ADENEY, Baby CHARLIE, Helen BAILEY, Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Joan BRAMMER, Peter BROPHY, John BROPHY, Shannon EMSLIE, Jane FARRELL, Tereza FERENC, Bryan FITZPATRICK, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Bronte GREER, Judy HARRIS, Marlene JOHNSTON, Brian McMAHON, Marie MITCHELL, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Matt VASIL, Charlie WINTER, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.
All the faithful departed.
COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,415.90 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS AVERAGE FOR WEEK: $1,945.30. Thank you from a grateful Parish.
From Page 1: Thirdly, “that when He pleads for us with the Father, He may always show the manner of death He endured for us” (Bede, on Luke 24:40).
Beautiful! The picture here is of the Son, Jesus, showing His wounds to his Father and saying, “See how I have love them, Father. Have mercy on them.”
Elsewhere, Scripture says, Consequently, Jesus is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself (Heb 7:25-27). Fourthly, “that He may convince those redeemed in His blood, how mercifully they have been helped, as He exposes before them the traces of the same death” (Bede, on Luke 24:40).
To those who doubt the Lord’s love or understanding of our trials, Christ’s wounds speak tenderly and clearly of His love and of the price He was willing to pay. His wounds are more eloquent testimony than any words could be. Is God merciful? Does God understand or care at all about our condition? Look to the wounds of Christ; dwell in them. Take shelter in the wounds of Christ.
Lastly, “that in the Judgment Day He may upbraid them with their just condemnation” (Bede, on Luke 24:40). Hence, as Augustine says (De Symb. ii): “… So will [Christ] show His wounds to His enemies, so that He who is the Truth may convict them, saying: ‘Behold the man whom you crucified; see the wounds you inflicted; recognize the side you pierced, since it was opened by you and for you, yet you would not enter.’”
Such powerful and moving words, in this case from St Augustine. There is also an answer here to those who think that God is simply harsh on Judgment Day. In effect He will say, “I endured suffering from you out of love for you. When I was on the Cross, the soldier pierced my side. My heart was literally opened for you and still you would not enter. What more could I have done than to allow your own sins to be your redemption? Still you refused.”
In spite of receiving lifelong graces and unmerited favors and blessings, in spite of God’s call echoing in their depths, many still refuse God’s offer. It is such a tragedy that some hearts are so hardened. The wounds of Christ testify to the justice of God’s only (and final) recourse: to allow them to live apart from Him. Accepting the choice of their free will, God’s last act is simply to recognize their refusal and say, “you would not enter.” Dwell in the wounds of Christ.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM 2017 There will be an Information Evening next week for all parents of children preparing for Confirmation:
About: Your child's Sacrament of Confirmation
Where: Christi Centre, St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School, Effingham Street, Tarragindi
When: 7.30pm sharp - Tuesday 2 May 2017 If any parent needs to return completed/necessary paperwork or pay your contribution, please do so on or before this night. Thank you. Sacramental Team
Project Compassion 2017: Please return
your Project Compassion envelopes and
boxes to the collection plate at your
earliest convenience. Receipts for taxation
purposes will be issued in the coming weeks.
Thank you for your generosity.
EASTER OFFERINGS
Easter offerings may still be given on the collection plate at
Mass until next weekend.
Thank you for your generosity to our Parish and the
Brisbane Oratory in Formation.
Parish Diary & Mass Times: 1st - 7th May
Monday 1st May
6:00am Mass [OF+] SE
7:00pm Mass [OF] MI Tuesday 2nd May
6:00am Mass [OF+] SE
7:00am Mass [EF] MI
9:00am Mass [OF+] SE Chapel. School Mass
Wednesday 3rd May
6:30am Mass [OF] SJF
9:00am Mass [EF] MI
Thursday 4th May 6:00am NO MASS [OF+] SE 7:00am Mass [OF+] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI Friday 5th May
6:30am Mass [OF] SE
9:00am Mass [EF] MI
7:30pm Holy Hour MI
Saturday 6th May 8:15am Mass [EF] MI Fourth Sunday of Easter
5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI
5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF
Sunday 7th May 7:30am Mass [OF] MI 8:30am Mass [OF] SJF 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]
MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher
CONFESSION TIMES: Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF)
Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (MI)
The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.
All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 8:00am at Mary Immaculate Church.
Rosters for next week
MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, 29th April, Private: For Jesus Youth 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For Mary Berry, recently deceased Sunday, 30th April, Wilston: For a Special Intention 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the Intentions of the Donor 11:00am MI Primary Centenary Mass at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo 5:00pm Mass at MI: For Baby Charlie, sick Monday, 1st May, 6:00am Mass at SE: For Jim & Denise Childs, wedding anniversary Tuesday, 2nd May, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the seminarians of the Brisbane Oratory & for vocations >
St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: Second Sunday After Easter: Wilston 7:30am
> 9:00am Mass at SE: For the repose of the soul of Maureen O’Rourke, Anniversary of Birth Wednesday, 3rd May, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For Coral Gillet, good health & well being Away (Townsville): For Bishop Timothy Harris & the Townsville Diocese Friday, 5th May, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the intentions of the Donor Saturday, 6th May, Private: For a Special Intention 8:15am Mass at MI: For the repose of the soul of Mrs Worthington (Fr John Worthington’s mother)
5:30pm Vigil at SJF: For John De Luca, anniversary of death Sunday, 7th May, 7:30am Mass at MI: For Teresa Ferenc, illness 8:30am Mass at SJF: For Bert Turner, 24th anniversary of death 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory, living & deceased. 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo
PLEASE NOTE:
Weekday Mass omitted for this week:
Thursday 4th May, 6:00am Mass at SE
Rosters for next week MINISTERS OF THE WORD
Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Kay Holmes Sun (MI) 7.30am Michael Cooper, Sol Dobinson
Sun (SJF)8:30am Deidre Vokes, Dianne Shanahan
Sun (MI) 5.00pm Maggie Soares, Ken Meissner
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION Sat (SJF) 5:30pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair, Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter
Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan
Sun (SJF) 8:30am: Peter Menagh
Sun (MI) 5:00pm: Liam Herbert (also available as a reserve. Please phone 0417 727 480) COUNTERS Tuesday, 2nd May, 2017 Nick Jabore, Bernie O’Hara
CHURCH CARE
Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah
Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah
100th ANNIVERSARY of Apparitions OUR LADY OF FATIMA 2017
Mystical Rose Legion of Mary Presidium invites parishioners to nominate a week when they may wish to have a pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima visit their homes. Please see Pilgrim Statue Calendar at the front of the Church. For the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, Pope Francis has decided to grant a plenary indulgence opportunity. To find out more go to: fatima.org.au
As a parish we will celebrate a Missa Cantata in honour of the Immaculate Virgin Mary at 8:15am on Saturday, 13th May, followed by Exposition and
confessions until 11:45am, then Benediction.
Please join us for a Public Rosary Rally 6th May 2017
on the footpath in front of Mary Immaculate Church
following the 8:15 am FIRST SATURDAY MASS.
Adoration 7:15am. Enquiries: Mystical Rose Legion of
Mary Praesidium, Mary Immaculate Church
0473 208 086.
Third Sunday of Easter - Year A: 29th/30th April, 2017
MASS READINGS
First Reading: Acts 2:14.22-33 On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: `Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified by men outside the Law. You killed him, but God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power since, as David says of him: I saw the Lord before me always, for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me. So my heart was glad and my tongue cried out with joy: my body, too, will rest in the hope that you will not abandon my soul to Hades nor allow your holy one to experience corruption. You have made known the way of life to me, you will fill me with gladness through your presence.' Brothers, no one can deny that the patriarch David himself is dead and buried: his tomb is still with us. But since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn him an oath to make one of his descendants succeed him on the throne, what he foresaw and spoke about was the resurrection of the Christ: he is the one who was not abandoned to Hades, and whose body did not experience corruption. God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. Now raised to the heights by God's right hand, he has received from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised, and what you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit.' The Word of the Lord Response: Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm 15 (Said by all) Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord: `You are my God. O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize.' I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel, who even at night directs my heart. I keep the Lord ever in my sight: since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm. And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad; even my body shall rest in safety. For you will not leave my soul among the dead, nor let your beloved know decay. You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, at your right hand happiness for ever. Second Reading: 1Peter 1:17-21 If you are acknowledging as your Father one who has no favourites and judges everyone according to what he has done, you must be scrupulously careful as long as you are living away from your home. Remember, the ransom that was paid to free you from the useless way of life your ancestors handed down was not paid in anything corruptible, neither in silver nor gold, but in the precious blood of a lamb without spot or stain, namely Christ; who, though known since before the world was made, has been revealed only in our time, the end of the ages, for your sake. Through him you now have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason – so that you would have faith and hope in God. The Word of the Lord Response: Thanks be to God Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Lord Jesus, make your word plain to us: make our hearts burn with love when you speak. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 24:13-35 Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but something prevented them from recognising him. He said to them, `What matters are you discussing as you walk along?' They stopped short, their faces downcast. Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, `You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.' ‘What things?' he asked. `All about Jesus of Nazareth' they answered `who proved he was a great prophet by the things he said and did in the sight of God and of the whole people; and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have gone by since it all happened; and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they did not find the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported, but of him they saw nothing.’ Then he said to them, `You foolish men! So slow to believe the full message of the prophets! Was it not ordained that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?' Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself. When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on; but they pressed him to stay with them. `It is nearly evening' they said `and day is almost over.' So he went to stay with them. Now while he was with them at the table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, `Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?' They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions, who said to them, `Yes, it is true. The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.' Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised him at the breaking of bread. The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ Memorial Acclamation: Number Three: Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.
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