Entrance Antiphon: The Lord is the strength of his people, a saving refuge for the one he has anointed. Save your people, Lord, and bless your heritage, and govern them for ever.

Communion Antiphon: The eyes of all look to you, Lord, and you give them their food in due season.

PLEASE PRAY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH COMMUNITY:Our sick: Sash Krstanoski, Maree Hinton, Peter McLay,Tobias Alesana-Rennie, Leanne Frost, Michael Steel, Janno Punla, Conrad Murray, Fr Jaime Bonet, Mary Cunney, Joao Merchado, Therese Grima, Geoff Shalala, Alexandre Branco, Leonor Flores, Fay Sommers, Richard Hannigan, Maureen McLoughlin, Steve Estrada and Jacqueline Vella.

Deceased: We pray especially for the deceased of our parish.Recently deceased: Natalina Beghetto (funeral to be held at St Joseph's on Monday 1 pm)

Birthdays: Eleanor Sciberras, Livia Mio, Alex Borg (19 June), Joshua Thompson, Louise Byrne (20 June), Katrina Jackson (21 June), Rachael Walker (23 June).Death Anniversary: Alice Walker (22 June), Rita Ciaparra (23 June), Juana Pons (24 June).Wedding Anniversary: Dean and Kerrie Bornor (22 June).Congratulations to Matthew & Paola Hyde on the commitment to have their child Leia Amorelli Hyde baptised this weekend. May God bless your family always and help you as you raise your child in the Catholic faith.

THANK YOU to Fr Peter for helping with the weekend Masses while Fr Greg is away officiating at a wedding this weekend.

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ROSEBERY Fr Greg Morgan Parish Administrator

Phone: 9663 1183 | Fax: 8964 9885 Office: 1a Morley Ave, Rosebery 2018

roseberycatholic@gmail.com | www.roseberyparish.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/roseberyparish

12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR C 19TH JUNE 2016

WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 6pm

Sunday 7:30amSunday 9:30am - Family Mass with

Children’s Liturgy

WEEKDAY SERVICES - 7am Monday: Communion Service

Tuesday - Friday: Mass

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Saturday 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4pm - 5pm

Baptisms & WeddingsBy appointment

PARISH MINISTRIES: To offer assistance or to make enquiries contact the following people or the Parish office:- Altar Servers, Eucharistic Ministers & Acolytes: Rosemary 9667 2955- Readers: Josette 0409 662 468- Public School Catechists: Kath 9667 3505- Visiting the sick, elderly & lonely: Grainne 9663 3945- Music & Choir: Phil 0423 233 109- Youth: Phil 0423 233 109 & Sarah 0426 892 945- St Vincent de Paul: Bernard 0408 114 789- RCIA: Michael Steel 0415 437 132- Parish Morning Tea: Helen 0414 397 105

OLSH Sisters: 9663 42119 Kimberley Grove, Rosebery

ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY WINTER APPEAL will be conducted in the parish after all Masses on the weekend 25/26 June 2016. Cash donations towards this appeal will be gratefully received by the Society and donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible. The Society thanks you all for your

past support.

ROSTERS Readers Extra Eucharistic Ministers

6PMThis H Walker/A Lobo R Cameron/R Cooley

Next L Azzopardi/D Silveira A Lobo/G Di Cristo

7:30AMThis B Miles/K Atkins J Sciberras

Next P Murphy/J Merchant K Atkins

9:30AMThis P Paredes/N Paredes J Buist

Next J Maher/C Buxton C Buxton

CountersThis D Tolliver, M Cunney, J Buist

Next N Kerr, T Ellery E Di Cristo

MASS CONTRIBUTIONS: Thank you for your contributions towards our Parish. You can also contribute via electronic transfer:

Our bank details are: Account Name:

Rosebery Parish Church Account BSB: 062 784

Account No.: 537 5002

Thank you to our sponsor, Laing + Simmons, Rosebery for printing this week's bulletin.

Please refer to the notice tables for information on the ROME PILGRIMAGE TO THE CANONISATION OF BLESSED MOTHER TERESA OF KOLKATA organised by the Sydney Archdiocese and led by Fr Terry Bell. The tour starts on August 30 and includes many tours and admissions to attractions. Accommodation at Domus Australia.

The Marriage Mass and Renewal of Vows will take place on Sunday, 3rd July at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney at 10.30am. All married couples wishing to renew their vows should register by contacting the Life, Marriage and Family Centre on 9307 8404 or LMFevents@sydneycatholic.org. Registered couples celebrating 50th, 60th, or 65th wedding anniversaries will also receive a special certificate from Archbishop Fisher.

PARISH MOVIE AFTERNOON

"Roman Holiday"staring

Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck

Sunday, June 26th in the Hall

The CCD is holding its annual special Eastern Area Mass for Catechists on Wednesday, June 29, at St Michael’s Catholic Church, Daceyville commencing at 11am. A shared lunch in the Parish Hall will follow the Mass. If you are able to attend please contact Josette on 0409 662 468 before that date. Thank you.

CARITAS AUSTRALIA'S FAIRER WORLD CAMPAIGN: This campaign asks our next Prime Minister that Australia act in solidarity with those experiencing poverty and injustice. Your voice helps. Letter cards are available on the notice tables for you to add your voice to this campaign for a fairer world in relation to international aid, climate change and the rights of First Australians. "What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?" - Pope Francis

COUNTDOWN TO WORLD YOUTH DAYKrakow, Poland - 25 - 31 July 2016

We are counting down the final few weeks before Fr. Greg and a group of youth from our parish head off on pilgrimage to World Youth Day in

Krakow. We ask you to keep them in your prayers as they join Pope Francis and millions of others

from around the world to discern his call to mercy.

FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK:Tues June 21 - St Aloysius Gonzaga

Wed June 22 - Sts John Fisher and Thomas MoreFri June 24 - The Nativity of St John the Baptist

The Living Word 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

T he Nativity of St John the Baptist as told in the Gospel of

Luke, begins with the Angel Gabriel

appearing to John’s father in the temple.

Gabriel told Zachariah that his elderly wife

Elizabeth was to have a son named John. When

Zachariah left the temple he was unable to

speak, for Gabriel had told Zachariah that he

would be left mute until his son was born. After

Elizabeth gave birth there was disagreement

among the family’s relatives over the naming

of the baby. When they approached Zachariah

he wrote, “His name is John”. From that

moment, Zachariah was able to speak again

and he praised God and made a prophesy

about John, saying: “You will be called the

prophet of the Most High.”

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COMPLETE THE TEXT MAZEYou must take up your cross each day and follow me.

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First Reading Zec 12:10-11; 13:1A reading from the prophet Zechariah

They will look on the one whom they have pierced.

It is the Lord who speaks: ‘Over the House of David and the citizens of Jerusalem I will pour out a spirit of kindness and prayer. They will look on the one whom they have pierced; they will mourn for him as for an only son, and weep for him as people weep for a first-born child. When that day comes, there will be great mourning in Judah, like the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. When that day comes, a fountain will be opened for the House of David and the citizens of Jerusalem, for sin and impurity.’The word of the Lord.

Responsorial PsalmPs 62:2-6. 8-9. R. v.2

(R.) My soul is thirsting for you,

O Lord my God.

1. O God, you are my God, for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting. My body pines for you like a dry, weary land without water.

(R.)

2. So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory. For your love is better than life, my lips will speak your praise. (R.)

3. So I will bless you all my life, in your name I will lift up my hands. My soul shall be filled as with

a banquet, my mouth shall praise you with joy.

(R.)

4. For you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice. My soul clings to you; your right hand holds me fast. (R.)

Second Reading Gal 3:26-29A reading from the letter of St Paul

to the Galatians

You who have been baptised have put on Christ.

You are, all of you, sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek,

slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Merely by belonging to Christ you are the posterity of Abraham, the heirs he was promised.The word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Jn 10:27Alleluia, alleluia!

My sheep listen to my voice,

says the Lord;

I know them, and they follow me.

Alleluia!

Gospel Lk 9:18-24A reading from the holy Gospel

according to Luke

You are the Messiah sent by God. It is necessary for the Son of Man to suffer much.

One day when Jesus was praying alone in the presence of his disciples he put this question to them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ And they answered, ‘John the Baptist; others Elijah; and others say one of the ancient prophets come back to life.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’ It was Peter who spoke up. ‘The Christ of God’ he said. But he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone anything about this.

‘The Son of Man’ he said, ‘is destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and to be put to death, and to be raised up on the third day.’

Then to all he said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, that man will save it.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

Reflection by Dianne Bergant

We often look at ourselves in order to discover our identity as disciples, when actually we should look first to Christ in order to discover who it is that we are serving. There was something very prophetic about Jesus. He called people to reform and he promised salvation, just

as the prophets had. Jesus identified himself as a suffering messiah. Though he referred to himself as the Son of Man, he aligned himself with the figure of the Suffering Servant found in Isaiah. He attracted people from every walk of life and from every political and social sector of the population. This is the Christological image that should determine the character of our discipleship.

Since Jesus was not a political messiah, his followers will always have to struggle with the vagaries and ambiguities of political power. Since he was more than a prophet, his followers would always have to struggle with the radical challenges and incomprehensible mysteries of and inevitable resistance to his teaching.

Jesus invited all people to follow him. Paul develops this notion more explicitly when he says that identification with Christ in discipleship breaks down the barriers set up in society by the differences between Jew and Greek, slave and free person, male and female. The privilege that is often associated with political classifications of whatever kind is cancelled. Not even disciples can claim privilege. This is the kind of messiah that Jesus was. This is the kind of discipleship to which we are called.

19 June 201612th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

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