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M.A., B. Ed., B.D. M. Phil., Ph.D. Fri: 9:00am - 12:00pm Secretary: Millicent Cabisidan (Peachy)

VISION MISSION Our be a faith-filled, caring and sharing That our parish hold spiritual and social community that will actively embrace programmes to cater to all levels and interests multiculturalism and team building reaching of parishioners, drawing in toddlers, youth out to joyfully demonstrate God’s love to the and the young, new and elderly families into SOPHIA VAN EGMOND wider society. its orbit. 0408 561 498 [email protected]

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TENDENCIES’ THREATEN WORLD PEACE Dear Advertisers, we appreciate During his annual address to diplomats accredited to your generosity and thank you for the Vatican, the pope said that the establishment of the your continued support to our parish. League of Nations nearly 100 years ago ushered a new We pray for the flourishing of your business in the coming years. era of multilateral diplomacy based on goodwill, NEXT WEEK’S READINGS RESPONSE ACCLAMATION readiness among nations to deal fairly and honestly with All parishioners, please patronise all our Advertisers.

Alleluia, alleluia! each other and openness to compromise. Some of them also have good deals and discounts 1st Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5 Oh, bless the John said: He who is to come is mightier than I; he for you if you show them a copy of the Newsletter. 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Lord, my will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. However, he warned in his speech last 7 January that Gospel: John 2:1-11 soul! Alleluia! the lack of one of those necessary elements results in POPE: FAITH A PERSONAL nations searching ‘for unilateral solutions and, in the , THE BELOVED SON OF GOD end, the domination of the powerful over the weak.’ RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS

Jesus’ baptism by John was a very important event in the life of Jesus as it was The saints were Christians who were "crazy for ‘The League of Nations failed for these very reasons, concreteness," knowing that faith is not an idea, but a moment of identification with us sinners. Sinless, Jesus received the baptism and one notes with regret that the same attitudes are of repentance to identify himself with his people who realized for the first time a relationship with Jesus, which leads to actions presently threatening the stability of the major that demonstrate love, said. that they were sinners. It was also a moment of conviction about his identity international organisations,’ the pope said. Celebrating morning Mass Jan. 7 in the chapel of and mission: that He is the Son of God and His mission was to preach the Good Clearly, he added, ‘relationships within the international the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the pope said News of God’s love and salvation to Israel, and eventually to us, and to atone community, and the multilateral system as a whole, are for our sins by His suffering and death on the cross. In addition, it was the celebration of Christmas is the celebration of a experiencing a period of difficulty with the resurgence of a moment of equipment where the Holy Spirit equipped Jesus by descending on faith that is concrete. Christians profess their belief him in the form of dove, giving him the power of preaching and healing. Lastly, it nationalistic tendencies at odds with the vocation of the that the son of God came in the flesh, became one was a moment of decision to begin public ministry at the most opportune time international organisations to be a setting for dialogue of us, born of a woman, who suffered a real death and encounter for all countries.’ and asked us to love our brothers and sisters after receiving the approval of his Heavenly Father as His beloved Son.

The baptism of Jesus reminds us of our identity and our mission as sons and Full report at www.melbournecatholic.org.au concretely even if some of them are not easy to love. Full report at www.ucanews.com daughters of God, brothers and sisters of Jesus, members of his , heirs FEAST OF THE DRAWS of Heaven and temples of the Holy Spirit. MILLIONS TO 'S STREETS CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS AUSTRALIA It is a day to thank God for the graces we have received in Baptism, to renew Every year on January 9, millions of Filipinos gather in ENDORSES GLOBAL COMPACTS ON our Baptismal promises and to preach Christ’s “Good News” by our transparent Christian lives of love, Manila for a procession of the Black Nazarene, a life- mercy, service and forgiveness. MIGRATION AND REFUGEES sized statue of a suffering Jesus fallen under the weight Source: Excerpted from Gospel reflection by Fr Tony Kadavil available at http://frtonyshomilies.com. Image by https://www.catholic.org Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) has of the cross, along a 6.5 km route from Luneta Park to wholeheartedly endorsed the two Global Compacts the Minor Basilica in Quiapo. Few religious celebrations A NEW BEGINNING, WITH A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS on Migration and Refugees adopted by the United anywhere in the world can match this feast in terms of Nations in the past month. As a concerted response HOW DO WE GET TO KNOW AND FALL IN LOVE WITH JESUS? the number and fervor of devotees surrounding the to the unprecedented global movements of people Getting to get to know Jesus in a new way, at a Perhaps we will identify with this or that story which procession. Attendance has grown remarkably in the across the world, these Compacts have developed last 20 years, and the route has been stretched to new possibilities for international co-operation. deeper level is just like getting to know anyone. We will characterize our particular relationship with him. begin by spending more time with a person. We pay accommodate growing crowds. Most Filipino Catholics “We are delighted to endorse both Compacts,’ said Jesus is our friend, a wonderful Lord with a powerful consider the Nazarene statue to be miraculous, able to attention to him/her. We get to know the story of that way of loving and surrendering his life to the plan of Sr Monica Cavanagh rsj, president of CRA. “At this person more completely. Eventually, we become heal terminal cancers and other sicknesses, to grant critical time, they so clearly support the human his Father -- that he be Servant for us. The more we petitions, and to help those in need. more and more curious and more and more open our hearts to a deeply personal friendship with rights and dignity of all. In the face of increasing fascinated by how the person acts, what motivates Jesus, the more we will open our hearts to ask the Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila told thousands of pressures of historic movements of peoples across that person, how he or she thinks. people who attended the midnight celebration to the world, they are a clear embodiment of the call to Father to use us, to be servants, too. us as an international community to co-operate and Of course, the key here is not only to learn more distinguish "fanatics" from "devotees." He said only a Our life and our choices really become respond together in just and humane ways.” about Jesus, but to come to really know him, to true devotee can understand the significance of the transformed when we become people who know, Full report at www.melbournecatholic.org.au experience a relationship. Some of us will get to beyond anything else, that we are loved celebration. He said that unlike fanatics, devotees love know Jesus and become really fascinated by his unconditionally by our God. When we become lovers the Lord "unconditionally." mother and father and that will shape our sense of of Jesus, we will naturally love the way he loves. Full report at www.catholicsandcultures.org and who he is and our relationship with him. Some of us When we become followers of Jesus this will be a www.ucannews.com will come to love the way he chooses and interacts blessed new year, indeed. And those who are with his disciples. Many of us will learn a great deal sinners among us, the poor around the world, and VOCATION REFLECTION ON BAPTISM OF THE LORD about Jesus from how he tells stories and reveals those who suffer the tragic effects of sin, division and The call given to each of us at our Baptism is unique. At things about God and about the Kingdom of God. war, will experience the difference. Still others of us will become engaged by how Jesus Baptism we were made ', prophets and kings' as “Taken from Praying Advent, on Creighton University’s the Rite of Baptism reminds us. interacts with and heals sinners and sick people. Online Ministries web site: http:// onlineministries.creighton.edu/ CollaborativeMinistry/ As we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord this weekend, reflect on the call given to us at our baptism, no matter how long ago it was. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AND THEIR FAMILIES ANNIVERSARIES: Maud Leydon, Kevin Murphy, Faye Ilott, Clive Watson, Wally de Boef, As baptised Christians we are called to spread the 'Good Eileen Weidemann, Jennifer Rowlands, Ken Northwood, Albert Tellis, Gabrielle Turk News' and grow in holiness. Let us pray today for the Helen Maya nee Wolfs. young members of our families and our congregations SICK: Mary Edmonds, Marta Kristan, Geoff Bell, Peter Lisle, Margaret Ratcliffe, Margaret McLean, and our secondary schools: that they will live out this call Pam Burke. Matthew MacDonald, Nigel Goggin, Wendy Markby, Angelita Augustine, Lola Jones, in a radical way and respond to whatever the Lord calls Maureen Vennix, Fiona Scudds. them to, perhaps consecrated life or priesthood.