Parish Priest Parish Secretary Parish Assistant (Seniors) Fr. John Madden Michele Agustin-Guarino Sr. Maureen Belleville

Parish Office, 116 Cotham Road, Kew

P.O. Box 3221, Cotham L.P.O. Kew 3101

Office Closed on Mondays

Office Hours Tuesday to Friday, 8.30am—3pm

Telephone 9853 6701 Mobile 0431 635 068 (Emergency Only)

Email: sacred.heart.parish.kew@gmail.com Website: www.shkew.org.au

Sacred Heart Parish, Kew The Ascension of the Lord, Year B

13 May, 2018

People come into your life for a reason a season or a lifetime If you look at your life you will note there some people come into your life for a reason and once

accomplished they disappear. Others come into your life for a season. These friendships and

acquaintances can last months or even years. They shape and mould us help with difficult times

and celebrate in the good times. Yet in time they too leave and move on for a myriad of reasons.

No one is to blame for that is just how life is. People move on and friendships can slowly

dissipate and such is life. Then there are those who stay with us for a lifetime—the closest for

friends—parents— siblings— love ones; those who have weathered the storms of our lives with us

and know us as we truly are. There is the gift beyond price they help us when all else fails. They

are often the Voice of God offering sanctuary and challenging at the same time.

Who are the people in your life that offer you their best?

The Spiritual Experience of Ascension Spiritual growth is one of the rewarding of all human endeavours. To ascend spiritually is to

move forward and upward to reach beyond ourselves to experience that which

transcends us and our everyday human life. It is to experience the mystery of what we can

become without fully understanding that which we are experiencing. This is the doorway to the

dimensions of the spiritual realms found only to those who faithfully seek. It can only be opened

from within and is only opened when you are ready. To ascend is to move beyond oneself and to

be taken spiritually into another dimension. In this dimension the manifestation of potential is

comprehended if only for a few moment before your spirit is returned. For anyone who has had

this experience everything changes and yet paradoxically everything remains the same. The

world falls away, question become irrelevant and fall from your mind as inconsequential. A clarity

emerges that nullifies fears replaced by an inner knowing. Belief gives way to knowing.

Please take the spiritual road!

Take the Spiritual Road—one step at a time—Take the Spiritual Road

In overviewing the parish there is a need to develop a parish structure so groups can work

together and support each other.

Consequently I ask that you consider joining one of the following:

1. Pastoral group (to identify and respond to needs within the parish and beyond)

2. Hospitality and welcoming group

3. Parish celebration and events group (this group will need a co-ordinator)

4. Finance (any applicant will need experience in business, legal or financial matters)

5. Counters of the Sunday collections—(these groups will need a co-ordinator)

6. Lectors (Ministry of the Word)

7. Communion ministers (special ministers of the Eucharist)

8. Communion Service Minister (liturgy of the Word with Eucharist but no Mass)

9. Visitation to sick and elderly

10. Emergency assistance as required e.g. drivers, sitters, etc.

11. Liturgy group (to prepare weekend Masses)

12. Adult Formation, Education and Spiritualty group

13.Gardening group

14. Flowers and cleaning of altar linen

15. Altar Servers

16. Collectors

In the future we will be establishing a ‘Parish Co-ordinating Group’ to overview the parish as a whole

and to render assistance as necessary to any and all groups. These persons will offer totally

independent advice/assistance. Rosters are available for those who wish to join any of the above

groups.

Groups will only be established if there is enough interest.

The choice is yours!

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried

across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion

of water. At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half

full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of

water. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do

half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke

to the woman one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side

causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.”

The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the

other pot's side?” “That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on

your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them.'

For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you

being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.'

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives

together so very interesting and rewarding. You've just got to take each person for what they are and

look for the good in them.

(Answers given by Year 2 school children to the following questions:)

Why did God make Mothers?

1. She's the only one who knows where the sticky tape is.

2. Mostly to clean the house.

3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?

1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.

2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.

3. God made my Mum just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of ?

1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.

2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother & not some other mum?

1. We're related.

2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's mums like me.

What kind of little girl was your mum?

1. My Mum has always been my Mum and none of that other stuff.

2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.

3. They say she used to be nice.

What did Mum need to know about Dad before she married him?

1. His last name.

2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?

3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?

Why did your Mum marry your Dad?

1. My Dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mum eats a lot.

2. She got too old to do anything else with him.

3. My Grandma says that Mum didn't have her thinking cap on.

Who's the boss at your house?

1. Mum doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because Dad's such a goof ball.

2. Mum. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.

3. I guess Mum is, but only because she has a lot more to do than Dad.

What's the difference between Mums & Dads?

1. Mums work at work and work at home & Dads just go to work at work.

2. Mums know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.

3. Dads are taller & stronger, but Mums have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you

want to sleep over at your friend's.

4. Mums have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.

What does your Mum do in her spare time?

1. Mothers don't do spare time.

2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.

What would it take to make your Mum perfect?

1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of

plastic surgery.

2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.

If you could change one thing about your Mum, what would it be?

1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.

2. I'd make my Mum smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON

People of Galilee, why gaze in wonder at the heavens?

This Jesus whom you saw ascending into heaven

will return as you saw him go, alleluia.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

God sits on his throne to shouts of joy:

a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

All peoples, clap your hands,

cry to God with shouts of joy!

For the Lord, the Most High, we must respect,

great king over all the earth.

God goes up with shouts of joy;

the Lord goes up with trumpet blast.

Sing praise for God, sing praise,

sing praise to our king, sing praise.

God is king of all the earth.

Sing praise with all your skill.

God is king over the nations;

God reigns on his holy throne.

God sits on his throne to shouts of joy:

a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Alleluia, alleluia!

Go and teach all people my gospel.

I am with you always,

until the end of the world.

Alleluia!

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Behold, I am with you always,

even to the end of the age, alleluia.

1st Collection—this money is used to support Fr John and the priests of the Archdiocese.

2nd Collection—this money is used to pay for the running of and the upkeep of our Parish.

Mass Times

Saturday Vigil 6.00pm

Sunday 9.30am & 5.00pm

Weekday Mass

Tuesday 7.00pm

Wednesday-

Saturday 9.15am

(or as advised in

newsletter & website)

Reconciliation

After Saturday

9.15am Mass

(or by private

appointment)

Exposition

First Friday

of the month

(after 9.15am Mass)

Marriages

By appointment

Baptisms

Please refer to our

parish web site

School Administration

T: 9853 5859

F: 98538981

Principal:

Julie David

Please note the office will be closed on Thursday 17

May due to training.

READINGS FOR THIS WEEK

The Ascension of the Lord — Year B

First reading: Acts 1: 1-11

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 46: 2-3. 6-9

Second reading: Ephesians 1: 17-23

Gospel: Mark 16: 15-20

READINGS FOR NEXT WEEK

Pentecost— Year B

First reading: Acts 2: 1-11

Responsorial Psalm: 103: 1. 24. 29-31. 34

Second reading: Galatians 5: 16-25

Gospel: John 15: 26-27; 16: 12-15

Change in Mass Times

Please note our new email address: sacred.heart.parish.kew@gmail.com