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WEEKEND MASS TIMES Saturday Vigil 6.00pm
Sunday 8.00am & 9.30am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Monday - Friday 6.45am; Saturday 9.00am PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Mass 9.00am
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Chapel 24 Hrs
Parish Priest: Fr Emmanuel-tv Dimobi Presbytery Ph: + 61 8 9341 3079 Mobile: + 61 417 999 553 Email: [email protected] Parish Secretary: Mrs Linda Muller Phone: + 61 8 9341 3079 Fax: 9245 4915 Office Hours: Tuesday Thursday & Friday 11.00am-3.30pm (Thursday1pm-5pm during school terms) Postal Address: P.O. Box 2128, Churchlands, WA, 6018 Email: [email protected] Website: holyspiritcitybeach.com Face Book: holyspiritcitybeach School Principal: Mr Stephen Versteegen Email: [email protected] Phone: + 61 8 9341 2551 Website: Holyspirit.wa.edu.au
THE PARACLETE Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2 Keaney Place, City Beach 6015
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT YEAR A 1st MARCH 2020
HOLY SPIRIT APOSTOLATE Adoration Chapel: 24 hrs Adoration After School Catechesis: Thursday 4.00-5.00pm P/Centre Anointing & Healing Mass: 1st Saturday 9.00am Mass Baptism: Saturdays & Sundays. Contact Parish Office. Bible Study: Thursday Cenacle of Prayer: Saturday after 9.00am Mass
Children’s Liturgy: Sunday 9.30am Mass Communion for the Sick: Contact Parish Office
Confraternity of St Joseph: 4th Thur of month 1.00pm P/Centre Legion of Mary: Monday 1.30pm Piety Shop: After weekend Masses Pro-life Holy Hour: Sunday 7.00-8.00pm Adoration Chapel
Reconciliation: Saturday 5.00pm or anytime by appointment Rosary: Before weekday Mass 6.15am Rosary: Friday 2.00-3.00pm for the sick Chapel St Vincent de Paul: 2nd and 4th Monday of the Month
WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS AND VISITORS Holy Spirit Parish is a homely, lively and welcoming community. Please fill-in a Membership Form available from the back of the Church and place it in the collection basket or contact the Parish Office. Please join us for morning tea after 8:00am and 9:30am Mass on Sundays, and do well to introduce your-self to the Priest after Mass. Thank you!
MASS ANTIPHONS
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON: When he calls on me, I will answer him; I will deliver him and give him glory, I will grant him length of days. COMMUNION ANTIPHON: One does not live by bead alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
Readings: Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Rom 5:12-19; Matt 4:1-11. Next week: Gen 12:1-4; Tim 1:8-10; Matt 17:1-9.
“In Omnibus Vincit Amor”
PASTORAL CORNER
FIGHTING TEMPTATION WITH GOD’S WORD
In this First Sunday of Lent, we are reminded that TEMPTATION is inevitable in our Christian life, and the
Church invites us to reflect on Jesus, the new Adam and the New Israel. He was tested like the first human beings
and like Israel in the desert, but, unlike them, he overcame all temptations in the power of God’s Word. This is a
wonderful example for us as we embark on the long pilgrimage toward the dramatic events of the Holy Week and
the glory of Easter. Christ's voluntary self-mortification of forty days' fast, with its accompanying temptations, was
but part of the self-mortification, with its climax on the Cross, which he gladly underwent for our salvation. He did
not need to fast in order to keep the inclinations of the body in subjugation, he did not need to allow the insult of
temptation. He could have said, "before Satan" at the beginning as easily and as effectively as he said it at the end.
But he willingly underwent this humiliation in order to set us an example and to prove to us the infinite love he
bears us and the priceless value he sets on our eternal salvation. He became like us in all things, except sin, in order
to make it possible for us to become like him -the beloved of his Father- and co-heirs with him in the kingdom of
heaven. With this example given us by Christ, no Christian can or should expect to travel the road to heaven with-
out meeting obstacle and temptations. HOLY SPIRIT: INSPIRE US
+Fr Emmanuel-tv
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Mass offering envelopes are available in the foyer. Please submit your envelopes (indicating the day/Mass time if applicable) to the Priest or Parish Office by Friday of each week for publication in the Paraclete if applicable or better still, give to the Priest before your intended Mass starts. Remember, the highest prayer you can ever say for yourself or any person is the offering of Holy Masses for your/their intentions. THE GREGORIAN MASS: Are you seeking to have “Gregorian Masses” offered for the soul of a deceased member of your family or friend? Contact and discuss with Fr Emmanuel-tv.
ALL ROSTERS: If you are unable to attend your rostered day, please find a replacement. Thank you.
BREAD ROSTER Saturday 29 February - L. Hogg; Saturday 7 March - M. Mitchell.
Next Meeting: MONDAY 9 & 23 MARCH - 7PM @ City Beach P’Centre.
MORNING-TEA ROSTER AFTER SUNDAY MASS 8.00AM MASS: 1MAR: S. Carrick; 8MAR: Ocean Gardens; 15MAR: M. Newman; 22MAR: D. Phillips. 9.30AM MASS: VOLUNTEERS each week.
MARCH is the month of St Joseph
` THE FATHER THOMAS PHELAN MEMORIAL ADORATION CHAPEL
ROSARY FOR THE SICK: Friday 2.00pm - 3.00pm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Available 24 Hours
FEAST DAYS OF THE WEEK
MON:
TUE: WED: Fr Emmanuel-tv’s Priestly Anniversary
THU: FRI: EMBER DAY SAT: Sts Perpetua & Felicity (Optional)
BEQUEST/WILL TO OUR PARISH Think about it: Making a “Will or Bequest” to our Holy Spirit Parish of City Beach can be enormously satisfying. It provides a rare opportunity to review your life and to look at your most cherished relationships. The Catholic Church has been present at most of the important milestones in your life: your Baptism, your First Communion, at times of great celebration and at times of great sad-ness. The work of the many ministries of the Catholic Church is every day far-reaching, life-giving, and life-saving. By leaving a gift to your church in your Will, you will leave a legacy of faith – a legacy to help ensure that the mission and pastoral outreach that has been important to you will continue both for today’s needs and for those of our children, our grandchildren and beyond. Thank you!
+Holy Spirit Pastoral Team ******************************************** Please pray for the Sick of the Parish
Marilyn Armstrong, Gerry Brennan, Jane Broadhurst, Kevin Dillon,
Fred Douglas, Ben, Christine Goss, Isabella Goss, Anne Griffiths,
Harper Hely, Pat Horan, Valerie Miles, Tony Musca, John Okley,
Vince Oswald, Pat Small, Elisabeth Shakhovskoy, Lorrie Valerio.
*********************************************
EUCHARISTIC REFLECTIONS The love of God and
neighbour, the greatest com-mandment, is expressed in, and the fruit of, Eucharistic
worship. - St Pope John Paul II
******************************************** LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
MONDAY 2 MARCH Mass @ 9.00am
********************************************* MASS-DAY OF THE UNBORN CHILD Saturday 28 March 10am, @St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Further info: Carmel
or Lisette on 08 9328 2929. *********************************************
FIRST WEDNESDAY DEVOTION (4 MAR) To St Joseph
FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION (6 MAR) To The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
FIRST SATURDAY INTENTIONS (7 MAR) To The Most Immaculate Heart of Mary
In reparation for blasphemies against Her Divine Maternity.
FIRST W/END “GIVING SUNDAY” (29/1 MAR)
SVDP Society invites you to donate non-perishable foods such as UHT items, cereal, pasta, canned food or soup which a needy family could use to make a family meal. Many of the peo-ple visited often just need a little help to get back on their feet. Baskets will be placed at the back of the Church or you may prefer to place a donation in the Poor Box. ********************************************* ST VINCENT de PAUL BOOKSTALL
New Ester books for children and Lenten Reflections are now avail-able. All prices are marked. Please place money in the Poor Box on the back wall of the Church.
*********************************************
ANNUAL MASS COUNT NEXT WEEKEND 7/8 MARCH’20
All Parishes in the Archdiocese of Perth are required to conduct An-nual Mass counts, biannually. The first annual Mass count for 2020 will be next weekend.
CONFRATERNITY CORNER — A reflection to honour St Joseph “Let us pray to St Joseph for the hidden miracles of grace in our lives
and for every blessing of His love.”
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH PHONE DIRECTORY
Acolytes Jon 0409800841 Marian Movement Yolanda 9245 2222
Adoration Co-ordinator Lisa 0419923420 Mens Confraternity of St Joseph John 6244 3325
Altar Servers Office 9341 3079 Music Co-ordinator Steve 0413756997
Altar Society Pat 9245 5412 P’Cent/Hall/Planned Giving Office 9341 3079
Archives Cathy 0451951043 Parish Council Office 9341 3079
Bible Study Kristina 0415445787 RCIA Jon 0409800841
Children’s Liturgy Amanda 0459431357 Readers at Mass Office 9341 3079
6pm Children’s Choir Anita 0410200529 Rel.Edu.A/SCatechism Cathy 0451951043
8am Traditional Choir Phil 9446 9682 Rosary Group Fran 0415926873
9.30am Evangelical Choir Janny 0420635919 Sacraments Co-ordinator Cathy 0451951043
Columbarium/Mem Wall Enqs Office 9341 3079 SafeGuarding Officer Michael 0417958273
Disciples of Jesus Reg 0429777007 Scripture Journalling Jon 0409800841
Holy Communion for Sick Office 9341 3079 Social Philomena 0405630929
Legion of Mary Lorraine 9341 7301 St Vincent de Paul Meg 9285 2974
Lively Spirits Carolyn 9245 1029 Youth Mission Team David 0430977350
Maintenance John 0418925464
29/1 MARCH‘20 Saturday6.00pm Sunday 8.00am Sunday 9.30am
Acolytes T. Martella/J. Nardizzi D. Kenny/J. Venn I. Gerrard/J. Ricciardo
Greeters Legion of Mary Legion of Mary Legion of Mary
Offertory Volunteer Volunteer Children’s Liturgy
Readers A. Martella J. Walsh L. Hogg
Counters A&C Bartel Altar Society M. Newman/C. Bartel
Our Lady Pilgrim Statue Parish Office. Please check printed roster for contact details, thank you.
7/8 MARCH’20 Saturday6.00pm Sunday 8.00am Sunday 9.30am
Acolytes J. Kirk/C. Perrozzi J. Cummins/J. Lambe S. Burns/D. Kessel
Greeters Legion of Mary Legion of Mary Legion of Mary
Offertory Buchanan family Volunteer Children’s Liturgy
Readers V. Buchanan P. Haydon J. McGinnity
Counters ? Altar Society L. Allen
Our Lady Pilgrim Statue Holy Spirit School. Please check printed roster for contact details, thank you.
MASS READINGS 1st Sunday of Lent Yr A
1st-Reading(Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7) Creation of our first parents, and sin The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden. Now the serpent was the most subtle of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ The woman answered the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, “You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death.”’ Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘No! You will not die! God knows in fact that on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.’ The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She gave some also to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Responsorial-Psalm (Ps 50:3-6, 12-14, 17.v.3)
RESPONSE: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. 1. Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. R/ 2. My offences truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done. R/ 3. A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit. R/ 4. Give me again the joy of your help; with a spirit of fervour sustain me. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. R/ 2nd-Reading (Rom 5:12-19) Where sin increased, there grace abounded all the more
Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking’, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law. Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man’s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift. The results of the gift also outweigh the results of one man’s sin: for after one single fall came judgement with a verdict of condemnation, now after many falls comes grace with its verdict of acquittal. If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequence of one man’s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man’s fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Gospel-Acclamation Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! No one lives on bread
alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you,
Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Gospel (Matt 4:1-11) Jesus fasted for forty days and nights
Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the
devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very
hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God,
tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says: Man
does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth
of God.’ The devil then took him to the holy city and made him stand on
the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of God’ he said ‘throw
yourself down; for scripture says: He will put you in his angels’ charge,
and they will support you on their hands in case you hurt your foot against
a stone.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says: You must not put the Lord
your God to the test.’ Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil
showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. ‘I will give
you all these’ he said, ‘if you fall at my feet and worship me.’ Then Jesus
replied, ‘Be off, Satan! For scripture says: You must worship the Lord your
God, and serve him alone.’ Then, the devil left him, and angels appeared
and looked after him. THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD!
BEQUEST/WILL TO OUR PARISH Think about it: Making a “Will or Bequest” to our Holy Spirit Parish of City Beach can be enormously satisfying. It provides a rare opportunity to review your life and to look at your most cherished relationships. The Catholic Church has been present at most of the important milestones in your life: your Baptism, your First Communion, at times of great celebration and at times of great sad-ness. The work of the many ministries of the Catholic Church is every day far-reaching, life-giving, and life-saving. By leaving a gift to your church in your Will, you will leave a legacy of faith – a legacy to help ensure that the mission and pastoral outreach that has been important to you will continue both for today’s needs and for those of our children, our grandchildren and beyond. Thank you!
+Holy Spirit Pastoral Team ******************************************** Please pray for the Sick of the Parish
Marilyn Armstrong, Gerry Brennan, Jane Broadhurst, Kevin Dillon,
Fred Douglas, Ben, Christine Goss, Isabella Goss, Anne Griffiths,
Harper Hely, Pat Horan, Valerie Miles, Tony Musca, John Okley,
Vince Oswald, Pat Small, Elisabeth Shakhovskoy, Lorrie Valerio.
*********************************************
EUCHARISTIC REFLECTIONS The love of God and
neighbour, the greatest com-mandment, is expressed in, and the fruit of, Eucharistic
worship. - St Pope John Paul II
******************************************** LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
MONDAY 2 MARCH Mass @ 9.00am
********************************************* MASS-DAY OF THE UNBORN CHILD Saturday 28 March 10am, @St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. Further info: Carmel
or Lisette on 08 9328 2929. *********************************************
FIRST WEDNESDAY DEVOTION (4 MAR) To St Joseph
FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION (6 MAR) To The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
FIRST SATURDAY INTENTIONS (7 MAR) To The Most Immaculate Heart of Mary
In reparation for blasphemies against Her Divine Maternity.
FIRST W/END “GIVING SUNDAY” (29/1 MAR)
SVDP Society invites you to donate non-perishable foods such as UHT items, cereal, pasta, canned food or soup which a needy family could use to make a family meal. Many of the peo-ple visited often just need a little help to get back on their feet. Baskets will be placed at the back of the Church or you may prefer to place a donation in the Poor Box. ********************************************* ST VINCENT de PAUL BOOKSTALL
New Ester books for children and Lenten Reflections are now avail-able. All prices are marked. Please place money in the Poor Box on the back wall of the Church.
*********************************************
ANNUAL MASS COUNT NEXT WEEKEND 7/8 MARCH’20
All Parishes in the Archdiocese of Perth are required to conduct An-nual Mass counts, biannually. The first annual Mass count for 2020 will be next weekend.
MASS INTENTION
6:00pm Mass: Sajja Charoenchai from Thailand (good health and healing) 8:00am Mass: Sajja Charoenchai from Thailand (good health and healing) 9:30am Mass: Sajja Charoenchai from Thailand (good health and healing) 9:00am Mass(Mon): Sajja Charoenchai from Thailand(good health&healing) 6:45am Mass(Tue): Sajja Charoenchai from Thailand(good health&healing) *******************************************************************************
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Indigenous minorities in the Philippines face regular discrimi-nation and disadvantage. Manide woman, Shirley faced chal-lenges supporting her children and sending them to school. With Caritas Australia’s support, Shirley’s life has been trans-formed. Please donate to Project Compassion 2020 to help people like Shirley, and her children gain confidence and
respect within their community. Let’s Go Further, Together. You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or ph 1800 024 413.
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FR EMMANUEL'S PRIESTLY ANNIVERSARY
Fr Emmanuel celebrates his Priestly Anniversary Mass on
Wednesday, the 4th of March 2020 at 6:45am. He was ordained a
priest on the 4th of March, 2011. We wish Fr Emmanuel a very
Hearty and Happy Priestly Anniversary! +Parish Pastoral Team ***********************************************************************
MONTHLY HOLY MASS IN THE ADORATION CHAPEL
Starting from next month (March), there will be Holy Mass cele-
brated in the Adoration Chapel every 1st Thursday of the month at
6:00pm for everybody (especially perpetual Adorers). The Holy
Mass next month in the Adoration Chapel will be on Thursday, the
5th of March. Everybody is encouraged to participate. Blessings,
+Fr Emmanuel-tv
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HOLY SPIRIT PILGRIMAGE OF EXODUS (18 Days):
Holy Land, Jordan, and Egypt Extension (Following the footsteps
of Moses and Jesus) from 28th September—14th October,
2020. Spiritual Director: Fr Emmanuel-tv. Contact Us ASAP for
detail: 0417999553, 0893413079 or [email protected] *********************************************************************** 40 Days for Life campaign from 26 Feb—12 Apr 2019 Every year, babies in Perth are saved from abortion through this peaceful witness when their parents changed their minds outside the clinic. The peaceful prayer vigil will occupy the grassed public verge outside the Nanyara Clinic at 2 Cleaver Terrace, Rivervale. Prayer volunteers are needed Monday to Saturday over the 40 days, from 9am to 5pm. The witness of men praying outside the clinic can be very effective. All we need is your presence and prayers.
Enq: Ruth, Vigil Coordinator 0418912532 *******************************************************************************
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (Communal or Private?)
FRIDAYS @ 7.00PM during Lent. The Stations of the Cross prayer devotion started in our parish on Friday. The attendance was not encouraging as it looks like our parish is not interested in the weekly Stations of the Cross during Lent. We have got two options: It is either we continue with encouraging attendance or we make Stations of the Cross to be private (individually or in a little group). If the attendance is again poor next Friday, we go with the option of private Sta-tions of the Cross in our parish every Friday during Lent.
Blessings, +Fr Emmanuel-tv *******************************************************************************
EMBER DAYS
(from German Quartember, ‘quarter day’ or as the
Irish used to say, ‘Quarter Tense’)
It marks the beginning of each of the four seasons. Kept in the Roman Church since the fifth century, they are observed in Australia on the first Fridays of Autumn and Spring (March and September) as special days of prayer and penance.
MASS READINGS 1st Sunday of Lent Yr A
1st-Reading(Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7) Creation of our first parents, and sin The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden. Now the serpent was the most subtle of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ The woman answered the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, “You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death.”’ Then the serpent said to the woman, ‘No! You will not die! God knows in fact that on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.’ The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She gave some also to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Responsorial-Psalm (Ps 50:3-6, 12-14, 17.v.3)
RESPONSE: Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned. 1. Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. R/ 2. My offences truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done. R/ 3. A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit. R/ 4. Give me again the joy of your help; with a spirit of fervour sustain me. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. R/ 2nd-Reading (Rom 5:12-19) Where sin increased, there grace abounded all the more
Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking’, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law. Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man’s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, came to so many as an abundant free gift. The results of the gift also outweigh the results of one man’s sin: for after one single fall came judgement with a verdict of condemnation, now after many falls comes grace with its verdict of acquittal. If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequence of one man’s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man’s fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Gospel-Acclamation Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! No one lives on bread
alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you,
Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Gospel (Matt 4:1-11) Jesus fasted for forty days and nights
Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the
devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very
hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God,
tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says: Man
does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth
of God.’ The devil then took him to the holy city and made him stand on
the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of God’ he said ‘throw
yourself down; for scripture says: He will put you in his angels’ charge,
and they will support you on their hands in case you hurt your foot against
a stone.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says: You must not put the Lord
your God to the test.’ Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil
showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. ‘I will give
you all these’ he said, ‘if you fall at my feet and worship me.’ Then Jesus
replied, ‘Be off, Satan! For scripture says: You must worship the Lord your
God, and serve him alone.’ Then, the devil left him, and angels appeared
and looked after him. THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD!
