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NEWSLETTER The Most Holy Blood and Blood of Christ Sunday (Corpus Christi)

(Year B) 7th June 2015

MASS TIMES Monday to Friday: 7am

Saturday: 8am

(Rosary at 7.30am)

Sunday: 9am and 5pm

CONFESSION TIMES Saturday: 8.30-9.30am

Sunday: 4-4.50pm

(before or after mass)

Adoration

Sunday: 4-5pm (and Vespers)

MASS TIMES AT OTHER CHURCHES St Ita’s Church

(Pope St., Dutton Park)

Monday to Friday: 6.15am

Saturday (Vigil): 6pm.

Sunday: 8.00am

10.30am (Indonesian)

Confession: Saturday 5-5.50pm

St Francis’ Church

(47 Dornoch Tce., West End)

Sunday: 9am

Our Lady of Perpetual

Succour’s Church

(Victoria St., Fairfield)

Sunday: 7am

Parish Priest: Fr. Lam Vu OFM Cap

Parish Secretary: Bernadette Maguire

Email: southbrisbane@bne.catholic.net.au

Website: www.southbrisbanestmarys.org.au

Postal Address: PO Box 3857, WEST END

Qld 4101

Parish Office: 247 Gladstone Road,

Dutton Park Qld 4102

Office Hours: 9am - 1pm, Mon-Fri

Telephone: 07 3844 2744

“Don’t Mess with Marriage”

As the debate about ‘same-sex marriage’ gains momentum nationally,

the Australian Catholic Bishops believe it is important to highlight the

meaning of marriage.

Given the implications of redefining marriage, today we are issuing a pastoral let-

ter to the Catholic community.

You will be aware this week, in the context of the Irish referendum, both the La-

bor Party and the Greens have announced they will introduce draft legislation to

allow two people of the same sex to marry.

Marriage is both a personal relationship between a man and a woman, and the pro-

tective institution for their children. Marriage includes an emotional union, but it

goes further than that. It involves a comprehensive bodily and spiritual union of a

man and a woman.

This union of a man and woman is the natural reproductive and protective envi-

ronment for raising children. Marriage is the foundation of the family unit, which

is in turn the first cell of society.

If the union of a man and a woman is different – not the same - as other unions,

then justice demands that we treat that union accordingly. If marriage is an insti-

tution designed to support people of the opposite sex to be faithful to each other

and to the children of their union it is not discrimination to reserve it to them.

The Christian tradition teaches that every human being is a unique and irreplace-

able person, created in the image of God and loved by Him. Because of this, every

man, woman and child has great dignity and worth which can never be taken

away. This includes those who experience same-sex attraction. They must be

treated with respect, sensitivity and love.

Redefining marriage in the way now proposed would see marriage reduced to a

committed, affectionate sexual relationship between any two people. All marriages

would come to be defined by intensity of emotion rather than a union founded on

sexual complementarity and potential fertility. Husbands and wives, mothers and

St Ita’s School: Ph. 3838 8400 Email: pduttonpark@bne.catholic.edu.au Web: www.stitasduttonpark.qld.edu.au

St Mary’s Collections last weekend: 1st Collection: $399.75 + $171.75 (Direct debit)=$571.50 2nd Collection:$285.35 + $124.25 (Direct Debit)=$409.60

Restoration of St. Mary’s Church.

Thank you so much to those who have donated to this project. Some of the works we wish to do are: tile floor covering, Bell Tower, Kitchenette and restoration of Stat-

ues, etc. Donations to this project can be made by deposit to St Mary’s ‘Restoration Fund’ Account: BSB: 064-786; ACC: 007230101; Commonwealth Bank. Include your sur-name on the statement and email the office with notifica-tion and your details so that a receipt may be issued to you.

This Week’s Liturgical Calendar (and Psalm

Responses) Tenth week Ordinary Time

Monday 8th:

R/ Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Tuesday 9th:

R/ Lord, let your face shine on me.

Wednesday 10th:

R/ Holy is the Lord our God.

Thursday 11th: St Barnabas (Memorial)

R/ The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.

Friday 12th: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

(Solemnity)

R/ The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those

who fear him.

Saturday 13th The Immaculate Heart of the

Blessed Virgin Mary (Memorial)

R/ My heart rejoices in the lord my saviour.

Entrance Antiphon cs. Ps 80:17

He fed them with the finest wheat and satisfied them

with honey from the rock.

First reading Exodus 24: 3-8 This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has

made with you.

Psalm Ps 115: 12-13, 15-18

Response: I will take the cup of salvation, and call on

the name of the Lord.

Second Reading Heb 9: 11-15

The blood of Christ will purify our inner selves.

Gospel Acclamation cf. Apoc 1:8

Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread fro heaven, says

The Lord; whoever eats this bread will live for ever.

Alleluia!

Gospel Mark 14: 12-16, 22-26

On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Pass-

over lamb was sacrificed, his disciples said to Jesus,

‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations

for you to eat the passover?’ So he sent two of his disci-

ples, saying to them, ‘Go into the city and you will meet

a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and say

to the owner of the house which he enters, “The Master

says: Where is my dining room in which I can eat the

passover with my disciples?” He will show you a large

upper room furnished with couches, all prepared. Make

the preparations for us there,’ The disciples set out and

went to the city and found everything as he had told

them, and prepared the Passover.

And as they were eating he took some bread, and

when he had said the blessing he broke it and gave it to

them. ‘Take it,’ he said ‘this is my body.’ Then he took a

cup, and when he had returned thanks he gave it to

them, and all drank from it, and he said to them, ‘This

is my blood, the blood of the covenant, which is to be

poured out for many. I tell you solemnly, I shall not

drink any more wine until the day I drink the new wine

in the kingdom of God.’

After psalms had been sung they left for the Mount of

Olives.

Communion Antiphon Jn 6:57

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in

Me and I in him, says the Lord.

Next Weeks Readings:

Ezek 17: 22-24; 2 Cor 5: 6-10; Mk 4: 26-34

Some people seem to have one eye on the past and one on the future: and non on the present. God doesn’t give us grace for the past, nor for the future; and if you choose to worry about it now, God won’t give you the

grace you lost in the past. Don’t be saying, Oh, I could be very good now, if I hadn’t done this or that in the past. The moment we are sorry, God forgives us. There has been a bad sin of temper. If a habit, the habit re-mains, and it requires a greater effort than if you had never given way; but God will give you a special grace.

What a pity to trouble about the future! Try and console

people of this habit of mind. “Ah” they will sya, “but what about six months hence?” Don’t trouble about what is going to happen further on. Before tom-morrow comes, God doesn’t give you tomorrow’s grace. Let’s do our best in the present. The saint lives neither in the past nor in the future, but tries to be always at God’s

beck. Don’t trouble about whether you can keep your temper tomorrow. One reason why God doesn’t let us know when we are going to die is that our thoughts may not be fixed on the future. The power of concentration, in itself a great gift, means fixing our attention on what is before us. The future is in God’s hands, and we are

Weekly Reflection:

Past, Present and Future

Thought of the week:

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work

as though everything depended on you...”

St. Augustine.

Cleaners required for the church

Please contact the Parish Office.

Registration for the Sacrament of Confirmation is

now open. The sisters will begin their classes in

late July/early August. Any children who are 10

years old or Grade 4 or older are able to regis-

ter. Contact the Parish office for application form.

RCIA

(Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults):

What is it?

Are you considering becoming a Catholic?

Would you like to receive the Eucharist ?

Do you know someone who’d like to find out

more about the Catholic faith?

Would you like to be part of the RCIA TEAM?

2015 RCIA Program

Introduction Evening 11th August

Course starts Tuesday 18th August

7.30pm at St Ita’s Church

Please contact office for full details.

fathers, will be seen to be wholly interchangeable social

constructs, as gender would no longer matter.

Chair of the Bishops Commission for Family, Youth and

Life, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP said, “It is unjust,

gravely unjust, to legitimise the false assertion that there is

nothing distinctive about a man and a woman, a father or a

mother; to ignore the particular values that real marriage

serves; to ignore the importance for children of having a

mum and a dad, committed to them and to each other for

the long haul.

Children have a right to grow up with their natural mother

and father, where possible. We should not be redefining

marriage so as deliberately to exclude a child growing up

with either their mother, their father, or both their parents.

“If the civil law ceases to define marriage as traditionally

understood, it will be a serious injustice and undermine

that common good for which the civil law exists.

“Surely there are other ways of honouring the friendships

of same-sex attracted and other people without further

deconstructing marriage and the family,” Archbishop

Fisher said. (Taken from Australian Catholic Bishops Conference,

Bishops Commission for Family, Youth and Life)

Please consider taking a stand alongside all Christian Churches and make your voice

known to those in government. Below is a link to the Australian Christian Lobby which

will enable you to send your message to your Local, State and Federal Members.

http://preservingmarriage.acl.org.au

Evil prevails when good men do nothing.

afraid He’ll fail us! What simpletons we are to think we can do better for our future than to do at the present moment what God wants us to do! “Think of God as goodness”; have a good opinion of God.

Always think of God as incapable of doing a hard, unkind, cruel thing. To think of God as taking an advantage of you, as not being likely to help you in difficulties, is a folly and an injustice. The more you love a person the more sensitive you are to his opinion. So with Our Lord. He doesn’t like us to consider Him mean, or to think we have set out hearts on some spiritual thing He isn’t ready to give

us. If we have that high opinion of God, everything is pos-sible to us. (Taken from Words of Encouragement by Rev D Considine, S.J.)

Proverbs 3: 5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and

lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways sub-mit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.

City2South on Sunday 14th June will have major roads closed from 4am to 12 midday, which will effect ac-cess to our churches especially St Ita’s 8am mass. Gladstone Road will be closed on the inbound lane, so parishioners will be able to park alongside the out-bound side or in side streets and walk up Pope Street. Please be aware of any parking restrictions.

menALIVE - MAX15 - 17/19 July, 2015 - REBUILD MAX15 is facilitated by menALIVE, a National Catholic Ministry to Men. menALIVE for Christ (MAX) is an annual gathering of men from across Australia and New Zealand who seek to be encour-aged by one another in their faith journey as authentic men of God. The weekend is an opportunity for all men to come together and explore the issues that matter most and impact their lives through: Sacraments, talks, multimedia, workshops, small groups, fellowship, rituals and fun. Each man is challenged to explore how he will respond to God. This is a residential weekend being held at St Leo's Catholic College University of Queensland from Friday 17 July commencing at 7.30pm until Sunday 19 July concluding mid-afternoon. This event is not to be missed! Full details and registration information available at www.menalive.org.au. Contact Peter on 0404 496 405 or via

ANTAR presents an Evening with Greg Phillips supported by Aunty Jean

7pm Wednesday 24th June followed by refreshments

St Francis Hall, Dornoch Terrace, West End. For more information contact ANTAR QLD 0401733359 or email office@antarqld.org.au