MOYNE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY St Patrick’s Parish, Port Fairy Infant Jesus Parish, Koroit
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday 26t h October and Sunday 27t h October 2019
RESPONSORIAL PSALM THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Please pray for Heiny The Lord hears the cry of the poor. Winnen (in Holland) and I will bless the Lord at all times, Kevin Kelly who died his praise always on my lips; recently, and Poppy in the Lord my soul shall make its boast. Dobson and Jeremy The humble shall hear and be glad. Fleming whose anniversaries occur at this time. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
The Lord turns his face against the wicked to destroy their remembrance from the FR JOHN’S WEEKDAY MASSES earth. 10am Wednesday The just call and the Lord hears Infant Jesus, Koroit and rescues them in all their distress. 10am Thursday The Lord hears the cry of the poor. St Patrick’s Port Fairy 10am Friday (All Saints) The Lord is close to the broken-hearted; those whose spirit is crushed he will save. St Joseph’s Warrnambool The Lord ransoms the souls of his 10:30am Saturday (All Souls) servants. Warrnambool Cemetery Those who hide in him shall not be
condemned. The Lord hears the cry of the poor. THANK YOU FOR GIVING Weekly presbytery collection Koroit: $214.00 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Port Fairy: $390.65 Alleluia, alleluia! Monthly planned giving (Sept.) God was in Christ, to reconcile the world Koroit pledged: $4,682.50 to himself; Koroit received: $2,741.50 and the Good News of reconciliation he Port Fairy pledged: $3,950.00 has entrusted to us. Port Fairy received: $2,085.00
CATHOLIC INVITATION TO MORNING TEA MISSION 10am, Monday 4t h November At today’s Mass we St Brigid’s Hall, Crossley will hear about the Please join us for a heroic work of Sr morning coffee party Stan Therese to support the Good Mumuni, who Samaritan Sisters’ receives material Mission in Australia, support from the Pontifical Mission the Philippines, Societies. You’re invited to take a Kiribati, Japan and Mission envelope home and consider Timor Leste. returning it next week with a donation to Catholic Missions Australia. BISHOP SHANE MACKINLAY 7pm, Wednesday 13t h November PLENARY COUNCIL MEETING Mass to celebrate the 7:30pm, this Tuesday ordination of Shane All parishioners in the greater Mackinlay as Bishop of Warrnambool region are invited to this Sandhurst will be held meeting at St Joseph’s Parish, where we at St Patrick’s discern God’s calling to be a humble, Cathedral, Ballarat, healing and merciful Church. followed by supper in the Cathedral Hall. All ALL SAINTS & ALL SOULS welcome.
PRE-DINNER ORGAN CONCERT 6pm–7pm, Friday 15t h November Thomas Heywood brings his global tour to St On Friday we celebrate the Solemnity of Joseph’s, Warrnambool. All Saints, which commemorates the Program includes Mozart’s unnamed saints in Heaven; Saturday’s Minuet from Diverti- Feast of All Souls commemorates the mento, Beethoven’s unnamed souls in Purgatory. All Saints Adante from Symphony No. 1, and Bach’s Toccata Day is no longer a holy day of obligation and Fugue in D minor. in Australia, but we are still exhorted to pray and fast for the dead throughout Tickets available at the door. November. Masses can be arranged Adult...... $30 through Aid to the Church in Need for Concession...... $25 your deceased loved ones. One hundred Under 18...... FREE percent of Mass offering will be sent to poor priests overseas, who will offer “The most compelling music making of Mass for your intentions. Envelopes will any kind I’ve heard in ages.” – The Dallas Morning News, USA be available throughout November.
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think of prayer as an October 1979.) This is a essential and indispens- danger not just to priests, able component of one’s but to every Christian. vocation. It is the ‘opus For what good is the divinum’ which precedes most energetic apostolate and overshadows every if it is accomplished at SCRIPTURE REFLECTION work. We all know well the cost of one’s friend- by Fr Francis Fernandez that faithfulness to pray- ship with the Lord? The THE NEED FOR PRAYER er, or its neglect, is a test achievement would end In a continuation of of the vitality of religious up worthless: a human last week’s Mass, we life, apostolate and endeavour where we again find that prayer is Christian fidelity.” (Pap- sought only ourselves. the theme of today’s al Address at the Nat- The remedy for this Gospel. Here Jesus pre- ional Shrine, Washington malady is clear, as St th DC, 7 October 1979). John Paul continued in faces the parable of the Without prayer, we his Irish address: “We Pharisee and the tax collector by insisting to cannot hope to follow must find time — we his followers that “they Christ in the middle of must make time — to be ought always to pray the world. We need pray- with the Lord in prayer.” and not lose heart.” er as much as we need Let us look and see Taking into account all of food to eat and air to whether our prayer, our his teachings, Jesus breathe. This explains friendship with Jesus, spoke more often about why the devil endeavours really influences our life the need for prayer than to keep Christians from of work, our family life, about any other matter praying with superficial our friendships, our ap- except faith and charity. excuses. ostolate . . . We know The Master tells us in Some days before that everything is diff- many different ways that giving his U.S. address, erent once we have prayer is absolutely nec- the Pope had reminded a talked it over with Jesus. essary if we are to follow gathering of clergy and As St Teresa of Avila re- religious in Ireland: “A minds us, “It is in our him. At the beginning of his pontificate, St John constant danger with prayer that the Lord Paul II declared: “For priests, even zealous gives light to understand priests, is that they his truths.” Without the me, prayer is the first priority. Prayer is the become so immersed in help of this light all basic prerequisite to ser- the work of the Lord that would be darkness. This vice of the Church and they neglect the Lord of divine light will permit us the world . . . Every the work.” (Address at to penetrate the mystery Maynooth Seminary, 1st of God and of existence. believer should always
NEXT WEEK’S READINGS SUNDAY MASSES First Reading. W isdom 11:22-12:2. 1st Sunday of the month You are merciful to all, because you love all that exists. Koroit (Vigil): 6.30pm Sat Port Fairy: 10.30am Sun Second Reading. 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2. The name of Christ will be glorified in you, 2nd Sunday of the month and you in him. Port Fairy (Vigil): 6.30pm Sat Gospel. Luke 19:1-10. Koroit: 10.30am Sun Salvation comes to the house of 3rd Sunday of the month Zacchaeus. Koroit (Vigil): 6.30pm Sat Port Fairy: 10.30am Sun KOROIT: 2nd November, 6:30pm Leader: M argaret Cashill. 4th Sunday of the month Port Fairy (Vigil): 6.30pm Sat Readers: D oreen Bowron, Kate Dobson. Koroit: 10.30am Sun Communion: C hristine Russell, Clare Gleeson, Margaret Moloney. 5th Sunday of the month Gifts: Leisa McCosh and family. Koroit (Vigil): 6.30pm Sat Counters for November: D es Keane, Michael Port Fairy: 10.30am Sun Lane. EASY TO REMEMBER: Cleaning and Flowers for November: Port Fairy, Sunday morning: 1st, 3rd and 5th Maureen Gavin, Maria Smith. Koroit, Sunday morning: 2nd and 4th
PORT FAIRY: 3r d November, 10:30am RECONCILIATION Leader: T rish Grady. 5pm–6pm, Wednesdays Readers: G en Verdonck. Infant Jesus, Koroit Communion: S r Maureen, Henk Winnon, Marj 5pm–6pm, Thursdays Murrihy. St Patrick’s, Port Fairy Gifts: M. & K. Doyle. 5pm-6pm, Saturdays Cleaning and Flowers for November: Gen Verdonck and Aileen Sully. At the place of the Vigil Mass
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