SUNDAY MASSES TIMES WEEKDAY MASS TIMES The Partnered Parishes of All public celebrations of Mass All public celebrations of Mass are restricted to 10 people only are restricted to 10 people only St. , Reservoir in addition to the priest, server, reader(s), musicians. in addition to the priest, server, reader(s), musicians. and Entry by ticket only to allow the recording of the names Entry by ticket only to allow the recording of the names of those present to monitor Covid-19 virus. of those present to monitor Covid-19 virus. St Stephen of Hungary, East Reservoir

Sat. 6 p.m.Vigil St Stephen’s from 30 May ST GABRIEL’S: Tues., Thurs., & Fri. at 9 a.m. Parish Priest: Fr. Shane Hoctor Sun. 8:30 a.m. St Stephen’s cancelled at present 8:30 a.m. St Gabriel’s cancelled at present ST STEPHEN’S: Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. 10 a.m. St Gabriel’s (ticket entry only) St Gabriel’s 17.05.2020 1 Viola Street, Reservoir, 3073 SACRAMENT OF PENANCE FERIALS, FEASTS & INTENTIONS— (Confessions) 6a Domenica Orario sante messe feriali During times of Exposition in each church. Ph: 9460 6036 / 9460 9634 di Pasqua Email: [email protected] BAPTISMS Mon. 6th week of Easter NO MASS Website: www.stgabrielsreservoir.org In the Risen Lord, his disciples were confronted by God’s

St Gabriel’s final achievement in a transformed creation. The over- Parish Secretaries: 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month at 11:30 a.m. Tues. 6th week of Easter whelming and mysterious nature of this experience - an Intention: Sr Maureen Mitchell SGS-Rec. Dec’d. Mrs Gracie Forde encounter that involved every level of their being - is re- Bookings 94606036. Covid-19 restrictions apply - 10 family/guests only. Mr Hung Chau flected in the various passages of the that attempt Wed. 6th week of Easter to communicate it. On the surface, the symbolic imagery Intention: Sr Janet Colbourne SGS-Rec. Dec’d. and circumstantial detail they use are difficult to reconcile. MARRIAGES Office Hours: Mon. & Tues. 8:30 a.m.—12:30 p.m. Beneath the surface, however, they have a remarkable by prior arrangement Thurs. 6th week of Easter unity: against all expectations they know the who (at least six months notice is required. Intention: Sr Patricia Conerford SGS -Rec. Dec’d. Fri: 8 a.m.—3 p.m. has been so long in their company, triumphant in his hu- No Sunday weddings.) manity over death; he greets them generously, and initi- Covid-19 restrictions apply. Fri. 6th week of Easter St Gabriel’s Parish Primary School: ates a new relationship with them that they find challeng- Intention: 237 Spring Street, Reservoir ing; he entrusts them with a mission to the whole world, EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT Learning, Life and Faith! announcing the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Sat. 6th week of Easter NO MASS 90 Years Strong! Spirit. Wednesday 10-11 a.m. St Stephen’s Intention: Today, our Easter liturgy aims to awaken in us the recogni- Friday 9:30 - 12 Noon St Gabriel’s Ph: 9469 3513 tion that we too are called to share in this mission - Restrictions apply: through the gift of ’s own Spirit. In our reading 10 people only to be present at any time during Exposition. Email: [email protected] from John, ‘Advocate’ translates the word, ‘paraclete’,

Principal: Mr Mark Miatello used several times in this gospel. This term indicates far TODAY’S MASS Secretary: Mrs Enza Torcasio more than one who will speak for us when we are on trial. It signifies someone who will stand by us whatever our need - our ‘champion’ we could say. The work of the Spirit First Reading: :5-8, 14-17 After Philip had brought Christ’s saving message to the people of a is clearly expressed in the words of Jesus: ‘I will not leave Samaritan town, Peter and John confirmed them with the gift of the Spirit. you orphans, he says, ‘I will come back to you’. He will be present, however, in a new way, as his own Spirit leads Psalm Response: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. St Stephen’s the faith-filled community in a fuller understanding of all that he said and did. 71 Whitelaw Street, Reservoir East, 3073 This union with the Saviour, through his Spirit, is to be far

more than a comforting spiritual union. ‘If you love me you Second Reading: 1 Peter 3:15-18 Peter exhorts us to be faithful witnesses to our hope in Christ, albeit Ph: 9460 6036 / 9460 9634 will keep my commandments’, he says. What are these that it will probably mean that we will have to suffer with him. Email: [email protected] commandments? Immediately before the passage select- ed for our liturgy, Jesus has spoken of the ‘works’ that will Parish Secretary: be a sign of true belief in him. In the tradition that gave us Gospel Acc.: Alleluia, alleluia! Mrs Gracie Forde John’s gospel, we know, all is summed up in a single com- All who love me will keep my words, mandment, ‘Love one another, as I have loved you’. The and my Father will love them and we will come to them. Office: Spirit will lead us into the fullness of truth and life brought Alleluia! Please contact St Gabriel’s Parish Office. by the Risen Lord, as we give ourselves to practical love and service. In our reading from Acts we see the first Christian commu- Gospel Reading: John 17:1-11 St Stephen of Hungary Primary School: nity taking up the mission they have received. Philip, one At the Last Supper Jesus reassures the disciples that he will not leave them orphans, 71 Whitelaw Street, Reservoir East of its seven ‘’ - remembering, no doubt, the exam- but will send them the Spirit, so that they may always remain united Where every child counts! ple of Jesus - takes the Good News of reconciliation to the

with him and the Father. Ph: 9460 3566 , the hated enemies of old Israel. It was through the leadership of the apostles, this incident shows, Email: [email protected] that the Spirit built up the Church’s communion of love and NEXT SUNDAY—DOMENICA PROSSIMA service. Principal: Mr Richard Keele If our union with the Risen Lord must find a practical ex- The Ascension of the Lord—L’ascensione del Signore Secretary: Mrs Gracie Forde pression, it is certainly, Peter tells us in his letter, a most :1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23 ; Matthew 28:16-20 personal bond: ‘Reverence the Lord Christ in your hearts’ he tells us, and then your lives will bring true blessings to THE PARTNERED PARISHES of St Gabriel’s and St Ste- those around you. The Parishes of St Gabriel, Reservoir and St Stephen, East Reservoir, are committed to upholding and implementing the Privacy Principles set phen of Hungary are committed to the care, wellbeing and out in the 2001 legislation of the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments. A copy of the Parishes’ Privacy Policy is available to any Parishion- protection of children, young people and vulnerable people in John Thornhill sm er by contacting the respective Parish Offices. our community. The Emmaus Series at www.theemmausseries.com GENERAL MEETINGS, EVENTS, NEWS & HUMOUR PARISHES’ INFORMATION PLEASE PLACE THE ATTACHED TIMETABLE ST STEPHEN’S SCHOOL ENROLMENTS— WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - Copies are availa- OF MASSES AND DEVOTIONS ON YOUR FRIDGE, Dates for your Diary ’Every Day is Open Day’. If you know of any ble on the presbytery veranda. Please take one OR ANOTHER PROMINENT PLACE, family who has a child ready for school please for yourself and for your neighbours. let them know about us and encourage them to FOR EASY REFERENCE! Copies of La Messa Festiva for each Sunday

Because of the restrictions to contain the Covid 19 virus visit the school! are also available. With the gradual easing of restrictions we are now “Where every child counts.” opening the churches for private prayer: all public ceremonies and gatherings are suspended.

St Stephen’s cont. … Today we take the second step in the course of catecheses will be open from 9 to 11 a.m. each Wednesday. on prayer, initiated last week. want to lack respect for his lord, Christians, instead, turn to for you to join in at home St Gabriel’s Prayer belongs to all: to men of all religions, and probably Him, daring to call Him confidently with the name of will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 Noon - Mon. to Friday also to those that don’t profess any. Prayer is born in the “Father.” In fact, Jesus uses the other word: “Papa.” Entrance: CWB 449 vv.1&2 and from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. secret of ourselves, in that interior place that spiritual au- Christianity has banished from the bond with God every Psalm Response: CWB 308 (old ed.)

thors often call “heart” (Cf. Catechism of the Catholic “feudal” relationship. In our faith’s patrimony expressions Gospel Acc. CWB 44 10 people maximum at any time; social distancing Church, 2562-2563), Therefore, to pray is not something such as “subjection,” “slavery” of “vassalage” are not pre- Prep. of Gifts: and hygiene applies. peripheral in us; it’s not something secondary and marginal sent, but rather words such as “covenant,” “friendship,” Communion: CWB 469 vv. 1,2 & 5 To provide an opportunity for as many people as possible to in us, but it is the most intimate mystery in us. It is this mys- “promise,” “communion,” “closeness.” In his long farewell pray in the church a limit of 20 minutes per person applies. Recessional: Organ tery that prays. The emotions pray, but it can’t be said that discourse to His disciples, Jesus said this: “No longer do I Ordinary: ICEL Plainsong prayer is only emotion. The intelligence prays, but to pray call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I 10 A.M. MASS each Sunday at St Gabriel’s isn’t only an intellectual act. The body prays, but one can speak with God even in the gravest disability. Therefore, it’s have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You will be live streamed. Go to: did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that the whole man that prays, if his “heart” prays. Pray the Rosary www.stgabrielsreservoir.org Prayer is a surge, it’s an invocation that goes beyond us, you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should as a Family something that is born in the intimacy of our person and abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, He and follow the prompts. reaches out because it feels the nostalgia of an encounter. may give it to you” (John 15:15-16). But this is a blank each day of May. Thanks to Mustard Media for its expertise! That nostalgia that is more than a need, more than a neces- check: “All that you ask the Father in my name, I’ll give you sity: it is a way. Prayer is the voice of an “I” that is groping, everything’! which proceeds tentatively, in search of a “You.” The en- God is the friend, the ally, the spouse. One can establish in Prayer to St Joseph During this period of suspension of counter between “me” and “You” can’t be done with calcula- prayer a relationship of confidence with Him, so true is this – under whose patronage the Archbishop has placed the that in the “Our Father” Jesus has taught us to address a Archdiocese in this time of crisis - Masses - Thanksgiving Envelopes tors: it’s a human encounter and it often proceeds tentative- etc. may be placed in the letter-box next ly to find the “You” that my “I” is seeking. series of questions to Him. We can ask God for everything, St Joseph, to the front door of St Gabriel’s Presby- Instead, a Christian’s prayer is born of a revelation: the everything: to explain everything, to recount everything. It You were receptive to God tery (LHS of the door NOT the mail-box “You” did not remain enveloped in mystery, but entered into doesn’t matter if we feel at fault in the relationship with God: working in your life. on the street.) relationship with us. Christianity is the religion that cele- we aren’t good friends, we aren’t grateful children; we aren’t faithful spouses. He continues to love us. It’s what Jesus Help us by your prayers THANK YOU to those who are doing this already! brates continually God’s “manifestation,” namely His epipha- at this time of trial. ny. The first feasts of the Liturgical Year are the celebration demonstrates definitively in the Last Supper when He says: “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant of You kept Jesus and Mary under your watchful care: may CDF pay for Parishes – Online Payment Portal - is an of this God who doesn’t remain hidden, but who offers His friendship to men. God reveals His glory in the poverty of my blood” (Luke 22:20). In that gesture, Jesus anticipates in your prayers assist our local Church to respond to those easy way to contribute. The St Gabriel’s site is live and Bethlehem, in the contemplation of the Magi, in the Baptism the Cenacle the mystery of the Cross. God is a faithful ally: in need. can be found via this link: CDFpay for Reservoir if men stop loving, He, however, continues to love, even if at the Jordan, in the miracle of the wedding of Cana. John’s You taught the Christ Child your trade and prayers: help Gospel ends the great hymn of the Prologue with a synthet- love leads Him to Calvary. God is always close to the door of our heart and He waits for us to open to Him. And some- us to follow his example of love. 'MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS - REFLECTION ic affirmation: “No one has ever seen God; the only Son, EVENT VIA ZOOM', Saturday 30 May 2020, 10 a.m. - who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him times He knocks at our heart, but He is not invasive: He You were part of God’s plan for all humanity: assist us 1p.m. Facilitated by Carol Dyer, this event offers partici- known” (1:18). It was Jesus who revealed God to us. waits. God’s patience with us is the patience of a Papa, of to be vigilant and responsible this day. one who loves us so much. I would say, it’s the patience of pants theory and practice in meditation and mindful- A Christian’s prayer enters in relationship with the God of the most tender face, who doesn’t want to strike fear in both a father and a mother — always close to our heart. You spent your life in service: may we be mindful of ness. Join us for an opportunity to broaden your ways When He knocks, He does so with tenderness and much others, particularly the elderly and vulnerable, of accessing your inner world and listening to what God men. This is the first characteristic of Christian prayer. If men were always accustomed to approaching God some- love. caring for them in these difficult days. is inviting you to at this time. Cost $20. 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He ish office 94606036 if you have a family member or doesn’t know hatred. He is hated but He doesn’t know ha- friend who needs a visit. Sally was so frustrated with her husband. After tred. He only knows love. This is the God to whom we pray. weeks of hinting and nagging her husband still This is the incandescent nucleus of all Christian prayer, the ST GABRIEL’S PARISH/PRIEST ENVELOPES: the new sets are being delivered. If you haven’t received hadn’t mowed the front lawn. They were having God of love, our Father, who waits for us and accompanies your new set yet please contact Gracie at the parish five family members over for dinner that night with us. RECENTLY DECEASED: Sister Janet Colbourne the lifting of restrictions, so she said, “I’m going to give SGS, Sr Maureen Mitchell SGS, Sr Patricia Conerford office. Pope Francis, Wednesday General Audience, 13 May, 2020.[Original SGS, Rafael Sua, Concetta Bonacci the house a good spruce up for tonight, we should do text: Italian] [ZENIT’s translation by Virginia M. Forrester] ST MARGARET’S RETIREMENT VILLAGE—currently the same for the front garden. The husband said noth- has one and two bedroom units available. The prices ing but got up, took his golf clubs and went out. Plan B ANNIVERSARIES: Phyllis Coventry, Francesca Ca- start from $222,000. Call 8414 6000. she thought. When she saw his car turning into their “I will not leave you orphans; varra, Joan Hornidge I will come back to you. street she sat in the middle of the lawn with a small pair In a short time the world will no longer see me; of sewing scissors. After he got out of the car he but you will see me, Dropped in at the Presbytery—THANK YOU! watched her for a while then went into the house. Then because I live and you will live. A VOCATION VIEW: That Jesus rose from the dead is he came out with a toothbrush and gave it to her. As St Gabriel’s Thanks. Envelopes: $498 our Faith. That we can be reborn in the Spirit is our On that day they glared at each other he said: “When you are done you will understand that I am in my Father St Stephen’s Thanks. Envelopes: $ Hope. That we can do God's work is our Love. Follow with the lawn, might sweep the driveway.” God's Call. and you in me and I in you.” John 14:18-20 Presbytery: $83