St Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s ParishSt Anthony’s Parish90 Buckley Street, Noble Park, VIC 3174

Tel (03) 9546 8276 - Fax (03) 9548 1608 - School (03) 9546 0044Email: parishsecretary@stanthonysparish.netParish Website: http://stanthonysparish.net

Parish Priest: Fr Arsenio Tuazon - Assistant Priest: Fr Richard RossePastoral Workers: Srs Kim Tran & Nga Nguyen

School Principal: Margaret Batt

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time YEAR B 30 September 2012

Monday to Saturday: 9.30amWednesday: 9.30am & 7.00pm1st Friday: 7.00pmSaturday Vigil: 7.00pmSunday: 8.15am,9.30am,11.00am,5.30pm3rd Sunday 2.00pm - Sudanese Mass - in Arabic Reconciliation: Saturday 10am and 6pm

Mass Times

Entrance Antiphon: All that you have done to us, O Lord,you have done with true judgement, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy.Communion Antiphon: Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low.

Next WeekTwenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

First reading: - Genesis 2:18-24 Second reading: - Hebrews 2:9-11 Gospel: - Mark 10:2-16

CountersSun 30 September: Group 5 - Zan OKelly, John O'Kelly, Bryan Cully, Lionel Skandanayaka Sun 7 October: Group 6 - Bob Keddie, James King, Mike O'Leary, Tom Glynn

Sun 7 October:07.00pm: Manoel Fernandes, Silvan Pereira Jennifer Vu, Kevin Nguyen08.15am: R Santiago, Mary Farrell09.30am: Mark Morris, Maria Bent David Bent, Maria Mathews11.00am: Conalene D'Cruz, Meldon D'Cruz 05.30pm: Martin Wilson, Carmel Webster, Neil Umoh

Lectors

50 years in 2006

St. Anthony, patron of our parish, loyal servant of God, faithful follower of Jesus: You taught by word and deed, the message of the Gospel. Teach us to live the Gospel values as you did. Enlighten our minds in search of God's will. Inspire us to be a prayerful community, ever reaching out to and cherishing our neighbour. Help us proclaim God's love and live what we proclaim. AMEN.

OUR PARISH PRAYER

4th Sunday of Advent

Today's Gospel is a call to tolerance on the part of Christians towards outsiders, and on the part of individuals or groupings within the Christian community towards other Christians. It is a warning to any who think they have a privileged position or special insight or some control over the working of the Spirit. Yet it is only fifty years ago that the Church was teaching 'extra ecclesiam, nulia salus'- there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church!'It is not only through the sacraments and the ministry of the Church that the Holy Spirit sanctifies, leads and enriches God's people. Distributing gifts at will (1 Cor 12:11), the Holy Spirit bestows special graces among the faithful of every rank. By these gifts they are made fit and ready to undertake various tasks and offices for the renewal and building up of the Church. 'The manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one, to be used for the common good’ (l Cor 12:7).’

Vatican II The Church.

Everyone's gifts are to be valued. The gospel's violent language only emphasises the arrogance of maintaining one's own gifts while down-playing and suffocating the gifts of others. Note the connection with the second reading: economic exploitation and spiritual exploitation are equally condemned,

From Break Open the Word

THE PRECEPTS OF THE LORD GIVE JOY TO THE HEART.

NATIONAL PRAYER

Gracious God, You have blessed this ancient land with many gifts, especially its people.

We thank you for the Year of Grace, a time to start afresh from Christ.

You invite us to contemplate the face of Jesus your Son, that we may experience a new wave of grace, and that the light of Christ may burn more brightly in our lives.

Attune our hearts and minds to the presence of your Holy Spirit, that our Church may be transformed, our relationships be healed, and our nation grow in compassion and justice.

With the intercession of St Mary MacKillop, who showed us new ways of living the Gospel, we make our prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Various members of our Parish Groups shall light the Year of Grace candle at each Mass, signifying the light of Christ in our lives.

Our candle lighters for this weekend are members of the Charismatic Prayer Group. They gather each week and pray together, and the graces from their prayers flow to the benefit of our whole parish community. Their devotion to prayer is a great example to us.

yearofgraceSTARTINGAFRESHFROMCHRIST

† We pray in thanksgiving for Joseph Pierre Christian Lefebure, Anthony Gaylard,

Dylan Richard Asquith, and those who have died recently in the peace of Christ.

† We pray for: Stan Wisniewski, Mary D’Souza, Oliver Waterstone, Josephine Pereira,

Aurellana Vismanos, Eustaquio Badilla, and all those whose anniversaries occur at about this time.

† Please also pray for: Louise Riviere, Dorothy Brennan, Leonard Maund, Charuka Noel Amanasinghe, Marie Bernadette Salalila, Baby Tyesha Guer, Andy Erispe, Cecil Sasman, Pauline Muller, Taysha Guer, Jaimie, Lindsay Michel, Liam Erispe, Salma Parker, Frieda Fortuin, Sam Baron, Baby Abdulla, Pat Doll, Emiliana Dela Cruz, Bob & Jenny Franklin, Jean-Robert Migale, Marlene Albert, Fr Jim Nyall, Krz, Bernie Saldanha, Sam Dimasi, Gary Day, Margaret Laverty, Ida Innarella, Mark Fraser, Rita Ephraums, Derick Fernandez, Elaine Davies, Patricia Falleiro, Veronica Varga, Mildred D’Souza, Tara Greco, Abo Smith, Magdaline Ghosh, Ramon Austria, Charlene Lauron, Antonio Sarlo, Joseph & Mildred Erispe, Giovanna Greco, Brendan Adams, Kath Malone, Molly Maguire, Leo O’Neill, Rita Briggs, Paul Camilleri, Mario Tizio, Melissa Haidar, Pat Turner, Jordan Whitewood-Neal, Dean Whitewood-Neal, Tracy Hili, Brittany Charalambous, Blake Hayes, Samantha Adams, Floryse and Herman Ass, who are sick.

Lord, Hear Our Prayer!

Play Group - Mondays from 9.30 - 11.30am in the Small Hall Legion of Mary meet in the Gathering Space at 4.30 pm on Mondays. Charismatic Prayer Group meet in the Small Hall every Monday at 8.00pm. All are welcome. Novena - Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help follows the 7.00pm Mass in the Church on Wednesdays. Italian Prayer Group meeting will be on Thursdays at 10.15am. Contact Lucy 9547 1671.

Divine Mercy Devotion every Friday 2.45 pm in the Church. El-Shaddai Multicultural Prayer Group meet every 1st Friday of the Month. Knitting Group meet in the Gathering Space every Friday from 10-12am. Sudanese Prayer Group meet every Friday evening at 6.30 in the Gathering Space. Legion of Mary meet at the Parish Centre at 10.15am on Saturdays. Sudanese Monthly Mass at 2.00pm in the Church every 3rd Sunday of the month. Friendly Hearts Group meeting 2nd & 4th Saturdays in the Gathering Space from 1-4pm.

THIS WEEK

PRAYING FOR THE SICK Commonwealth Privacy Legislation protects the rights of people to privacy, including the sick. A person who is sick has the right not to have their condition mentioned publicly without their permission, including praying for them. The parish practice from now on requires written permission to print names in the Bulletin. Names for inclusion need to be dropped in to the parish office by 10:00 am on Thursday.

A Special Welcome to New Parishioners to our Parish. Please enter your name and phone number in the Book in the Sacristy and a Parish Representative will visit to welcome you as soon as possible.

St Anthony's Carnival 2012The St Anthony's Carnival will again be held on Saturday 17th of November, to make this major parish fund raising event a success we need every parishioner's support. If you have any ideas or suggestions on how we can better organise this year's carnival please send an email to stanthonyscarnival@hotmail.com or come along to one of our meetings. The next meeting for the Parish Carnival will be on Monday 8th October @ 7pm in the Gathering Space. Please could all Stall Holders attend. Anthony AdamanVolunteers Make a World of Difference

As an AMES Volunteer Tutor you can help newly arrived migrants and refugees to learn English, find a job, make links to the community, and generally understand the Australian way of life. To make the most of your volunteering experience we will provide you with training, individual support, workshops, newsletters and other resources. Just an hour a week of your time could make a world of difference to someone! Tutoring: flexible time, on a one-to one basis in the client's home or at AMES centre. Contact: Nada 8558 8804. E-mail: railicn@ames.net.auTraining dates: Wednesday evenings, 9th,16th, 23rd, 30th October & 7th November 2012

Post Grand Final Sausage SizzleSt Anthony's Mens Social Club will be holding a Sausage Sizzle the Sunday morning after Grand Final. Wear your Footy Colours, come along & celebrate or commiserate.Sizzling Snags, Tea & Coffee (for the hung over).

ALTAR SERVERS’ MEETINGThere will be a meeting of Altar Servers on Friday 5th October 2012 at 4 pm in the Church. It will consist of a practice, a movie (in the hall) and we will finish with a pizza. This meeting is for current servers but also for those who wish to start serving.

Permanent Deacons

The ministry of the Permanent Diaconate is being introduced in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Church tradition views as the first deacons the seven men chosen by the twelve apostles to assist them in their work of proclaiming the Good News in the rapidly growing church of Jerusalem (Acts 6: 1-6).

St Stephen, the first martyr, St Laurence and St Francis of Assisi are some of the deacons in successive ages of the Church. Over time, the diaconate became the final step in the training of priests.

The Eastern Churches retained the traditional structure of the Sacrament of Order. That is, as well as bishops and priests, they continued to ordain permanent deacons.

In 1972, Pope Paul VI restored the diaconate, open to married and unmarried men, as a permanent rank within the Sacrament of Holy Orders. In doing so, the Church renewed its mission of preaching, worship and service to the community.

What is the role of a deacon?

The bishop is the first evangeliser in his diocese. Deacons serve the bishop in his duty to bring the Good News to believers and unbelievers. Deacons are called to bring the presence of Jesus to all that they meet. They are well-placed to bring to the Church's leaders an awareness of the needs of the poor and of people distant from the Church.

Nationally, deacons minister in parishes, the military, prisons, ports, hospitals and diocesan agencies. The deacon works in harmony with the priests and lay leaders of the parish. The deacon supports and complements the active service of the lay faithful. The deacon may preach at Mass, preside at public prayer, administer the Sacrament of Baptism, assist at marriages and funerals.

There is no Children’s Liturgy during School Holidays. It will resume on

Sunday 14th October at 9.30am.

The Couples for Christ's Parish Retreat concludes this Sunday, 30 September 2012 from 2 - 4pm in the Gathering Space. For further information, contact the Parish Centre, 9546 8276 or Philip & Agnes Grijalvo, 0413 144 307.

BRIC-A-BRAC STALL 2012Hello Parishioners, the time is here once again for our Parish Carnival in November 2012. We did very well with your help last year, so I am asking you again to support the Parish. Please look in the cupboards and drawers, where perhaps you have stored away presents received and forgotten about, so I will be very pleased to accept any unwanted items from you for the Bric-a-brac Stall. Every item will be much appreciated such as vases, cutlery, tupperware, casserole dishes with lids, plates, trays, photo frames, etc. Anything, except electrical goods. You can put into boxes, tape them closed and leave them at the Parish Centre marked “for Mrs Fatima Soares”.

KAYEM PRAYER GROUP (Contemplative Prayer) We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. Next meeting will be on 3rd October, 2012 at 11am. Anyone interested please contact Kathryn 9548 4809.

DIVINE MERCY CONFERENCE 2012GRACE THROUGH MERCYSHRINE OF DIVINE MERCY

337-343 GREENS ROAD, KEYSBOROUGH VIC 3173(MELWAY REF: 90K8)

FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 7:00pm TO 9:00pm SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER 9:00am TO 5:00pm SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER 9:00am TO 4:00pm

You are all invited to a very Special Conference focusing on the Divine Mercy message:

THE GREATEST GIFT TO MANKIND GRACE THROUGH MERCY AS REVEALED TO

SR. FAUSTINA KOWALSKA, THE FIRST SAINT OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

COME AND LISTEN TO INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS, AND THE POWERFUL TESTIMONIES GIVEN BY BOTH RELIGIOUS AND LAY PEOPLE ON HOW THE MERCY OF GOD TRANSFORMED

THEIR LIVES.

THANK YOUWith deep sense of gratitude! I wish to use this medium to thank all our parishioners for your immense generosity shown to me at my ordination to priesthood on the 8th of September and during my mass of thanksgiving with you at Noble Park! Thank you for your generous support! I am very grateful to you all, and I promise to remember you all in my Masses! God bless! Fr Benneth Osuagwu

PERMANENT DIACONATEYou are invited to attend the ordination

to the Order of Deacon of George Piech Meat, one of our Parishioners, to take

place in St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne, on Saturday, 27 October

2012 at 10.00am (together with 6 other Candidates).

NATIONAL PRAYER

Gracious God, You have blessed this ancient land with many gifts, especially its people.

We thank you for the Year of Grace, a time to start afresh from Christ.

You invite us to contemplate the face of Jesus your Son, that we may experience a new wave of grace, and that the light of Christ may burn more brightly in our lives.

Attune our hearts and minds to the presence of your Holy Spirit, that our Church may be transformed, our relationships be healed, and our nation grow in compassion and justice.

With the intercession of St Mary MacKillop, who showed us new ways of living the Gospel, we make our prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Various members of our Parish Groups shall light the Year of Grace candle at each Mass, signifying the light of Christ in our lives.

Our candle lighters for this weekend are members of the Charismatic Prayer Group. They gather each week and pray together, and the graces from their prayers flow to the benefit of our whole parish community. Their devotion to prayer is a great example to us.

yearofgraceSTARTINGAFRESHFROMCHRIST

† We pray in thanksgiving for Joseph Pierre Christian Lefebure, Anthony Gaylard,

Dylan Richard Asquith, and those who have died recently in the peace of Christ.

† We pray for: Stan Wisniewski, Mary D’Souza, Oliver Waterstone, Josephine Pereira,

Aurellana Vismanos, Eustaquio Badilla, and all those whose anniversaries occur at about this time.

† Please also pray for: Louise Riviere, Dorothy Brennan, Leonard Maund, Charuka Noel Amanasinghe, Marie Bernadette Salalila, Baby Tyesha Guer, Andy Erispe, Cecil Sasman, Pauline Muller, Taysha Guer, Jaimie, Lindsay Michel, Liam Erispe, Salma Parker, Frieda Fortuin, Sam Baron, Baby Abdulla, Pat Doll, Emiliana Dela Cruz, Bob & Jenny Franklin, Jean-Robert Migale, Marlene Albert, Fr Jim Nyall, Krz, Bernie Saldanha, Sam Dimasi, Gary Day, Margaret Laverty, Ida Innarella, Mark Fraser, Rita Ephraums, Derick Fernandez, Elaine Davies, Patricia Falleiro, Veronica Varga, Mildred D’Souza, Tara Greco, Abo Smith, Magdaline Ghosh, Ramon Austria, Charlene Lauron, Antonio Sarlo, Joseph & Mildred Erispe, Giovanna Greco, Brendan Adams, Kath Malone, Molly Maguire, Leo O’Neill, Rita Briggs, Paul Camilleri, Mario Tizio, Melissa Haidar, Pat Turner, Jordan Whitewood-Neal, Dean Whitewood-Neal, Tracy Hili, Brittany Charalambous, Blake Hayes, Samantha Adams, Floryse and Herman Ass, who are sick.

Lord, Hear Our Prayer!

Play Group - Mondays from 9.30 - 11.30am in the Small Hall Legion of Mary meet in the Gathering Space at 4.30 pm on Mondays. Charismatic Prayer Group meet in the Small Hall every Monday at 8.00pm. All are welcome. Novena - Devotions to Our Lady of Perpetual Help follows the 7.00pm Mass in the Church on Wednesdays. Italian Prayer Group meeting will be on Thursdays at 10.15am. Contact Lucy 9547 1671.

Divine Mercy Devotion every Friday 2.45 pm in the Church. El-Shaddai Multicultural Prayer Group meet every 1st Friday of the Month. Knitting Group meet in the Gathering Space every Friday from 10-12am. Sudanese Prayer Group meet every Friday evening at 6.30 in the Gathering Space. Legion of Mary meet at the Parish Centre at 10.15am on Saturdays. Sudanese Monthly Mass at 2.00pm in the Church every 3rd Sunday of the month. Friendly Hearts Group meeting 2nd & 4th Saturdays in the Gathering Space from 1-4pm.

THIS WEEK

PRAYING FOR THE SICK Commonwealth Privacy Legislation protects the rights of people to privacy, including the sick. A person who is sick has the right not to have their condition mentioned publicly without their permission, including praying for them. The parish practice from now on requires written permission to print names in the Bulletin. Names for inclusion need to be dropped in to the parish office by 10:00 am on Thursday.

A Special Welcome to New Parishioners to our Parish. Please enter your name and phone number in the Book in the Sacristy and a Parish Representative will visit to welcome you as soon as possible.

St Anthony's Carnival 2012The St Anthony's Carnival will again be held on Saturday 17th of November, to make this major parish fund raising event a success we need every parishioner's support. If you have any ideas or suggestions on how we can better organise this year's carnival please send an email to stanthonyscarnival@hotmail.com or come along to one of our meetings. The next meeting for the Parish Carnival will be on Monday 8th October @ 7pm in the Gathering Space. Please could all Stall Holders attend. Anthony AdamanVolunteers Make a World of Difference

As an AMES Volunteer Tutor you can help newly arrived migrants and refugees to learn English, find a job, make links to the community, and generally understand the Australian way of life. To make the most of your volunteering experience we will provide you with training, individual support, workshops, newsletters and other resources. Just an hour a week of your time could make a world of difference to someone! Tutoring: flexible time, on a one-to one basis in the client's home or at AMES centre. Contact: Nada 8558 8804. E-mail: railicn@ames.net.auTraining dates: Wednesday evenings, 9th,16th, 23rd, 30th October & 7th November 2012

Post Grand Final Sausage SizzleSt Anthony's Mens Social Club will be holding a Sausage Sizzle the Sunday morning after Grand Final. Wear your Footy Colours, come along & celebrate or commiserate.Sizzling Snags, Tea & Coffee (for the hung over).

ALTAR SERVERS’ MEETINGThere will be a meeting of Altar Servers on Friday 5th October 2012 at 4 pm in the Church. It will consist of a practice, a movie (in the hall) and we will finish with a pizza. This meeting is for current servers but also for those who wish to start serving.

Permanent Deacons

The ministry of the Permanent Diaconate is being introduced in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Church tradition views as the first deacons the seven men chosen by the twelve apostles to assist them in their work of proclaiming the Good News in the rapidly growing church of Jerusalem (Acts 6: 1-6).

St Stephen, the first martyr, St Laurence and St Francis of Assisi are some of the deacons in successive ages of the Church. Over time, the diaconate became the final step in the training of priests.

The Eastern Churches retained the traditional structure of the Sacrament of Order. That is, as well as bishops and priests, they continued to ordain permanent deacons.

In 1972, Pope Paul VI restored the diaconate, open to married and unmarried men, as a permanent rank within the Sacrament of Holy Orders. In doing so, the Church renewed its mission of preaching, worship and service to the community.

What is the role of a deacon?

The bishop is the first evangeliser in his diocese. Deacons serve the bishop in his duty to bring the Good News to believers and unbelievers. Deacons are called to bring the presence of Jesus to all that they meet. They are well-placed to bring to the Church's leaders an awareness of the needs of the poor and of people distant from the Church.

Nationally, deacons minister in parishes, the military, prisons, ports, hospitals and diocesan agencies. The deacon works in harmony with the priests and lay leaders of the parish. The deacon supports and complements the active service of the lay faithful. The deacon may preach at Mass, preside at public prayer, administer the Sacrament of Baptism, assist at marriages and funerals.

There is no Children’s Liturgy during School Holidays. It will resume on

Sunday 14th October at 9.30am.

The Couples for Christ's Parish Retreat concludes this Sunday, 30 September 2012 from 2 - 4pm in the Gathering Space. For further information, contact the Parish Centre, 9546 8276 or Philip & Agnes Grijalvo, 0413 144 307.

BRIC-A-BRAC STALL 2012Hello Parishioners, the time is here once again for our Parish Carnival in November 2012. We did very well with your help last year, so I am asking you again to support the Parish. Please look in the cupboards and drawers, where perhaps you have stored away presents received and forgotten about, so I will be very pleased to accept any unwanted items from you for the Bric-a-brac Stall. Every item will be much appreciated such as vases, cutlery, tupperware, casserole dishes with lids, plates, trays, photo frames, etc. Anything, except electrical goods. You can put into boxes, tape them closed and leave them at the Parish Centre marked “for Mrs Fatima Soares”.

KAYEM PRAYER GROUP (Contemplative Prayer) We meet every 1st Wednesday of the month. Next meeting will be on 3rd October, 2012 at 11am. Anyone interested please contact Kathryn 9548 4809.

DIVINE MERCY CONFERENCE 2012GRACE THROUGH MERCYSHRINE OF DIVINE MERCY

337-343 GREENS ROAD, KEYSBOROUGH VIC 3173(MELWAY REF: 90K8)

FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER 7:00pm TO 9:00pm SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER 9:00am TO 5:00pm SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER 9:00am TO 4:00pm

You are all invited to a very Special Conference focusing on the Divine Mercy message:

THE GREATEST GIFT TO MANKIND GRACE THROUGH MERCY AS REVEALED TO

SR. FAUSTINA KOWALSKA, THE FIRST SAINT OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.

COME AND LISTEN TO INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS, AND THE POWERFUL TESTIMONIES GIVEN BY BOTH RELIGIOUS AND LAY PEOPLE ON HOW THE MERCY OF GOD TRANSFORMED

THEIR LIVES.

THANK YOUWith deep sense of gratitude! I wish to use this medium to thank all our parishioners for your immense generosity shown to me at my ordination to priesthood on the 8th of September and during my mass of thanksgiving with you at Noble Park! Thank you for your generous support! I am very grateful to you all, and I promise to remember you all in my Masses! God bless! Fr Benneth Osuagwu

PERMANENT DIACONATEYou are invited to attend the ordination

to the Order of Deacon of George Piech Meat, one of our Parishioners, to take

place in St Patrick’s Cathedral, East Melbourne, on Saturday, 27 October

2012 at 10.00am (together with 6 other Candidates).

First Reading: Numbers 11:25-29

A reading from the book of Numbers

The Lord came down in the Cloud. He spoke with Moses, but took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied, but not again.

Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other Medad. The spirit came down on them; though they had not gone to the Tent, their names were enrolled among the rest. These began to prophesy in the camp. The young man ran to tell this to Moses, ‘Look,’ he said ‘Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.’ Then said Joshua the son of Nun, who had served Moses from his youth, ‘My Lord Moses, stop them!’ Moses answered him, ‘Are you jealous on my account? If only the whole people of the Lord were prophets, and the Lord gave his Spirit to them all!’

The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Ps 18:8. 10. 12-14

R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.

The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple. R.

The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever. The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just. R.

So in them your servant finds instruction; great reward is in their keeping. But who can detect all his errors? From hidden faults acquit me. R.

From presumption restrain your servant and let it not rule me. Then shall I be blameless, clean from grave sin. R.

Second Reading: James 5:1-6

A reading from the letter of St James

An answer for the rich. Start crying, weep for the miseries that are coming to you. Your wealth is all rotting, your clothes are all eaten up by moths. All

your gold and your silver are corroding away, and the same corrosion will be your own sentence, and eat into your body. It was a burning fire that you stored up as your treasure for the last days. Labourers mowed your fields, and you cheated them - listen to the wages that you kept back, calling out; realise that the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. On earth you have had a life of comfort and luxury; in the time of slaughter you went on eating to your heart’s content. It was you who condemned the innocent and killed them; they offered you no resistance. The word of the Lord.Thanks be to God.

Gospel Acclamation: cf John 17:17

Alleluia, alleluia!Your word, O Lord, is truth:make us holy in the truth. Alleluia!

Gospel: Mark 9:38-43. 45. 47-48

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark

John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said, ‘You must not stop him: no one who works a miracle in my name is likely to speak evil of me. Anyone who is not against us is for us.

‘If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink just because you belong to Christ, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.

‘But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck. And if your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out. And if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell where their worm does not die nor their fire go out.’

The Gospel of the Lord.Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

LITURGY OF THE WORDLITURGY OF THE WORDLITURGY OF THE WORD