30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 25th October 2020
Last weekend (17/18 October) collections. A total of 148 transactions to the Church via PayNow & $2508 of Mass Collection.
ONLINE WEEKEND MASSES ON YOUTUBE PAYNOW All are welcome to join us on our online Masses: 24th October, Saturday, 5.30pm To continue supporting the Church with your kind 25th October 2020, Sunday, 7.30am (Mandarin), 9.15am, donation through PayNow Internet Banking, here are 11.15am & 5.30pm the following steps: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChurchofStAnthonySingapore Step 1: Select bank transfer Step 2: Key in Parish UEN T08CC4040D WEEKEND & WEEKDAY MASSES Step 3: Check Name – Church of St Anthony Step 4: Key in Amount (BOOKING REQUIRED ) Step 5: Key in reference – Mass Collection
November Masses are open for booking at: Cash can be still donated by calling the Parish Office at https://www.mycatholic.sg / 63683804.
Saturday Sunset (English) – Door will close at 5.15pm
Sunday (English) – Door will close at 7.15am (Mandarin), PRAYING FOR ALL SOULS IN NOV 9am, 11am & 5.15pm
2nd Weekend Masses are open for booking from 13th October, Our of generosity, all Masses in November will also be from 9am via the same link offered for the souls whose names are listed in the Wednesday and Friday - Door will close at 6.15pm catafalque. Do pick up the special envelop to pray for the souls who are dear to you and return them before WEEKDAY ONLINE MASSES November. Or you may choose the digital way.
Every Wednesday and Friday, 6:30pm https://tinyurl.com/y3lb4b9l Meeting ID: 914 9604 2004 Password: 483065 Alternatively, you may submit the names via the tinyurl https://tinyurl.com/y68cdwct link Kindly indicate P-A-S when you key in the
reference option. MASS INTENTIONS ALL Masses throughout the month of November Email your Mass intentions to [email protected] nd th (2 -30 November) will be offered for your intentions for ALL these names. Please include: 1) Name A Catafalque in Roman Catholic Tradition is an 2) Intention (special intention, well-being, speedy recovery, ornamental coffin-shaped memorial draped with a pall thanksgiving... etc) and is used to remind us of our Departed Faithful, and 3) Requester's Contact Number to pray for them. 4) Screenshot of Mass Stipend Transaction
You may offer your Mass stipends via PayNow ALL SAINTS (HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION) *Reference: "Mass Stipend - Name of requester" Parish UEN - T08CC4040D Since it is a weekend, Mass timings will be similar to the weekend Masses PRIVATE WORSHIP Our Church is open for private worship. ALL SOULS – 2 November 27th October, 2pm - 5pm All Souls Day Mass (8pm) are open for booking at: 30th October, 7.30pm – 9.30pm https://www.mycatholic.sg/ Th e booking link below will be LIVE from 24th Oct, 7pm for you to book a slot for yourself. SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION November Slots are open for booking at: https://csaprivateworship21.eventbrite.sg https://csaadventconfession.eventbrite.sg
CHURCH OF ST ANTHONY - 25 Woodlands Ave 1 Singapore 739064 - Tel: 6368 3804 - www.saint-anthony.org
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 25th October 2020
PARISH OFFICE OPENING HOURS Monday: Closed Tuesday to Friday: 9am to 7pm Saturday: 9am to 11am Sunday & Public Holiday: Closed If you can’t get us on the phone, you can email us at: [email protected] or [email protected]
DEVOTION TO THE SACRED HEART OF
JESUS ON FRIDAY
The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVP) seeks your generous contributions to sustain their ministerial work for the less fortunate. Their donation box has been shifted to the basement carpark, just next to the elevator as you all exit the Church. Do drop your donations into this box..
COLUMBARIUM VISITATIONS st From 1 September, our Columbarium will open for https://tinyurl.com/y68cdwct visitations on every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon. Prior registration is required via the link below: Commemorating the 100th Birthday of Saint https://csacolumbariumvisit.eventbrite.sg
Pope John Paul II CTIS It’s our privilege to collaborate with the Polish Embassy to CTIS is inviting applications from catholics for commemorate the 100th birthday of St John Paul II. Here the Certificate in Theology Programme for in our parish, we have put together a display of posters of Semester 1, 2021. The application forms are the life journey of St JPII. All registered Parishioners from available on our website and also in CTIS Office. St Anthony are welcome to walk this journey, say a prayer, Financial aid is available for students who require and offer your petition to him. To avoid overcrowding, we it. have made this available throughout the month of October. We seek your understanding and patience to follow the Our Information Night is on 5 November 2020 instruction of our ushers. (Thursday) at 8:00pm. For more information and registration please COMPLINE ON ZOOM email us at [email protected] or call us at 6902- Liturgy of the Hours are only Liturgies which can be validly be 8700. done via broadcast since they are the prayers of the Church, Please submit your application by email, by post, prayed wherever Her Faithful are (regardless if they are lay, or in person before 5 December 2020. religious, or clergy), and not dependent on an Ordained Minister (or where he is, like in the context of the Mass). CARLO CATHOLIC SERVICES LTD Since Churches and their bookshops are shut down, Every Friday at 9.45pm, you may obtain from them at the following prices: Meeting ID: 914 9604 2004 Password: 483065 2021 Bible Diary $10.00 2021 Daily Gospel $ 5.00
CHURCH OF ST ANTHONY - 25 Woodlands Ave 1 Singapore 739064 - Tel: 6368 3804 - www.saint-anthony.org 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 25th October 2020
What is the Greatest Rule of Life?
Reading 1 : EX 22:20-26 Responsorial Psalm : PS 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 Reading 2 : 1 THES 1:5C-10 Gospel : MT 22:34-40 ______
Love grows with faith and hope: What makes our love for God and his commands grow in us? Faith in God and hope in his promises strengthens us in the love of God. They are essential for a good relationship with God, for being united with him. The more w e know of God the more we love him and the more we love him the greater we believe and hope in Gospel Reading: MT 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Meditation: What is the purpose of God's law and commandments? The Pharisees prided themselves in the knowledge of the law of Moses and the ritual requirements of the law. They made it a life-time practice to study the 613 precepts of the Torah - the books of the Old Testament containing the Law of Moses - along with the numerous rabbinic commentaries on the law. The religious authorities tested Jesus to see if he correctly understood the law as they did. Jesus startled them with his profound simplicity and mastery of the law of God and its purpose.
God's love rules all: Jesus summarized the whole of the law in two great commandments found in Deuteronomy 6:5 - "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might" - and Leviticus 19:18 - "you shall love your neighbour as yourself". God's love directs all that he does - His love is holy, just, and pure because it seeks only what is good, beneficial, and life -giving - rather than what is destructive, evil, or deadly. That is why he commands us to love - to accept and to give only what is good, lovely, just, and pure and to reject whatever is contrary.
God puts us first in his thoughts: God is love and everything he does flows from his love for us (1 John 3:1, 4:7-8, 16). God puts us first in his thoughts and concerns - do we put him first in our thoughts? God loved us first (1 John 4:19) and our love for him is a response to his exceeding goodness and kindness towards us. The love of God comes first and the love of neighbour is firmly grounded in the love of God. The more we know of God's love, truth, and goodness, the more we love what he loves and reject whatever is hateful and contra ry to his will. God commands us to love him first above all else - his love orients and directs our thoughts, intentions, and actions to what is wholly good and pleasing to him. He wants us to love him personally, wholeheartedly, and without any reservation or compromise.
The nature of love - giving to others for their sake: What is the nature of love? Love is the gift of giving oneself for the good of others - it is wholly other oriented and directed to the welfare and benefit of others. Love which is rooted in pleasing myself is self -centered and possessive - it is a selfish love that takes from others rather than gives to others. It is a stunted and disordered love which leads to m any hurtful and sinful desires - such as jealousy, greed, envy, and lust. The root of all sin is disordered love and pride whi ch is fundamentally putting myself above God and my neighbor - it is loving and serving self rather than God and neighbor. True love, which is wholly directed and oriented to what is good rather than evil, is rooted in God's truth and righteousness (moral goodness).
How God loves us: God loves us wholly, completely, and perfectly for our sake - there is no limit, no holding back, no compromising on his part. His love is not subject to changing moods or circumstances. When God gives, he gives generously, ab undantly, freely, and without setting conditions to the gift of his love. His love does not waver, but is firm, consistent, and constant. He loves us in ou r weakness - in our fallen and sinful condition. That is why the Father sent his only begotten Son, t he Lord Jesus Christ, to redeem us from slavery to sin and its disordered cravings, desires, passions, and addictions. God the Father always seeks us out to draw us to his throne of me rcy and help. God the Father corrects and disciplines us in love to free us from the error of our wrong ways of thinking and choosing what is harmful and evil rather than choosing what is good and wholesome for us. Do you freely accept God's love and do you willingly choose to o bey his commandments?
We do not earn God's love - it is freely given: How can we possibly love God above all else and obey his commandments willingly and joyfully, and how can we love our neighbour and willing lay down our life for their sake? Paul the Apostle tells us that "hop e does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us" (Romans 5:5). We do not earn God's love - it is freely given to those who open their heart to God and who freely accept the gift of the Holy Spirit . Ask the Lord Jesus to flood your heart with his love through the gift of the Holy Spirit. his promises. The Lord Jesus, through the gift of the Holy Spirit, gives us a new freedom to love as he loves. Paul the Apost le writes, "For freedom Christ has set us free... only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh [sinful inclinations], but through love be servants of one another" (Galatians 5:1,13). Do you allow anything to keep you from the love of God and the joy of serving others with a generous heart?
Questions for Community Faith Sharing?
1. How has God’s love manifested throughout your life? 2. How have you responded to His love? Is there anything that is preventing you from responding? 3. What are the areas do you need to work on in order to embrace God’s love even more and in return, love Him and others?
Lord Jesus, your love surpasses all. Flood my heart with your love and increase my faith and hope in your promises. Help me to give myself in generous service to others as you have so generously given yourself to me . Source: www.dailyscripture.net. Author: Don Schwager
CHURCH OF ST ANTHONY - 25 Woodlands Ave 1 Singapore 739064 - Tel: 6368 3804 - www.saint-anthony.org