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St Patrick’s PO Box 547, 65 Clarke St Lilydale 3140 www.stpatrickslilydale.org.au

Administrator: Rev. Fr. Francis Denton Pastoral Worker: Mrs Debbie Edwards 0448 664 731 Secretary: Mrs Sharon Jacob 0448 658 418 Email: [email protected] Phone: 9739 5977

24th & 25th July 2021 R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Year B)

First Reading: 2 Kings 4:42-44 Second Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6 A reading from the second book of the Kings A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians

A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing Elisha, the I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life man of God, bread from the first-fruits, twenty worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another barley loaves and fresh grain in the ear. 'Give it to charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and the people to eat,' Elisha said. But his servant patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the replied, 'How can I serve this to a hundred men?' Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is 'Give it to the people to eat' he insisted for the Lord one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into says this, "They will eat and have some over."' He one and the same hope when you were called. served them; they ate and had some over, as the There is one Lord, one faith, one , and one Lord had said. God who is Father of all, through all and within all.

The word of the Lord. The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Thanks be to God. Responsorial Psalm: Ps 144:10-11, 15-18 Gospel Acclamation: Luke 7:16 R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs. Alleluia, alleluia! All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord, A great prophet has appeared among us; and your friends shall repeat their blessing. God has visited his people. They shall speak of the glory of your reign Alleluia! and declare your might, O God. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; Gospel: John 6:1-15 he answers all our needs. A reading from the holy Gospel according to John The eyes of all creatures look to you and you give them their food in due time. went off to the other side of the Sea of Galilee You open wide your hand, - or of Tiberias - and a large crowd followed him, grant the desires of all who live. impressed by the signs he gave by curing the sick. R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; Jesus climbed the hillside, and sat down there with he answers all our needs. his disciples. It was shortly before the Jewish feast of Passover. The Lord is just in all his ways and loving in all his deeds. Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and He is close to all who call him, said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for who call on him from their hearts. these people to eat?' He only said this to test Philip; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do. St Vincent de Paul - If assistance is required please Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would only contact 1800 305 330 Mon-Fri 10.00am – 4.00pm buy enough to give them a small piece each.' One of Care group Contact Parish Office 0448 658 418 his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's , said, 'There is a small boy here with five barley loaves and , Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and two fish; but what is that between so many?' Jesus Benediction every Friday following 9.15am Mass. Fr said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was Francis will be available for the Sacrament of plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand Reconciliation following Mass. men sat down. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks and gave them out to all who were sitting Group ready; he then did the same with the fish, giving out Each Wednesday following the 9.15 am as much as was wanted. When they had eaten Mass: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and enough he said to the disciples, 'Pick up the pieces recitation of the Rosary, concluding with simple left over, so that nothing gets wasted.' So they Benediction. picked them up, and filled twelve hampers with Italian Prayer Group scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves. Adoration, Rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet The people, seeing this sign that he had given, said, Tuesday mornings following 9.15am Mass in the 'This really is the prophet who is to come into the church. world.' Jesus, who could see they were about to Christian Meditation: Saturday morning at 9.15 am come and take him by force and make him king, in the Moira Tanks Room in the Community Centre. escaped back to the hills by himself. For more information please contact Mary on 0457 638 744 The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. WEEKLY THANKSGIVING Weekly Pledged Amount to Parish (Thanksgiving only) $1404.50 PARISH PRAYER LIST

Recently Deceased: Candido Ruscitti, Amico Di 28th June – Thanksgiving $944.50 Ludovico, Ray Donovan (Shepparton) Restoration $213.15 Anniversaries: Elizabetta Di Martino (Tonti) Presbytery $331.95 Giuseppina Del Biondo, Nancy Del Tondo Peters Pence $280.80 Sick: Joan Keuken, Angela Del Guidice, Lynne Fleming, Anne-Maree Sullivan, Aurelia Di Ciero, Tony Cunningham, th Claudette & Gilbert Florens, Kate, Tim Lawson, John 4 July - Thanksgiving $519.00 Hopper, Cassandra, Mary and John Hamilton, Carmel Restoration $177.90 O’Healy, Michelle, Pat Robb, Robert Taylor, Nancy Presbytery $306.45 Leonard, Brian Walsh, Michael Paola, Barbara De Vincentiis, Emma, Wayne, Julian Monteiro, Dolly Maher, 11th July - Thanksgiving $1047.00 Salvacion Santos, Ricky, Giovanna Zammit, Sam Lawson, Restoration $ 181.75 Geoff, Bianca, Stephen, Gael Holliday, Rob Meridith, Bill Presbytery $ 687.10 Meyer, Cathie & Jose Grima, Roman De Angelis, Tedi & Santi, Stephen Wakeham, Gwen Weaver, June, Jenny 18th July - Thanksgiving $615.00 Goh, Ellie Keefe, John Phillips, Geogi Didumo, Justin Calle, (EFT’s & Credit Card) Michael Di Ciero,

Reconciliation: Tuesday & Wednesday: 8.45am-9.10am NO MASSES THIS WEEKEND!! Friday: 8.45am-9.10am & 9.45am -10.25am Link to mass Saturday: 8.30-8.55am – 10am-11am This weekends mass will be recorded and Anointing of the sick By appointment available on St Brigid’s You Tube Channel Sunday Marriages: Please give at least six months’ notice. morning. The link is accessible through St Brigid’s Healesville’s website, Baptism: Please contact parish office for details. http://www.stbrigidshealesville.cam.org.au/ or by Parish office - Please call 0448 658 418 searching St Brigid’s Healesville on You Tube, or Pastoral worker - Please call 0448 664 731 using the link: https://bit.ly/StBsHville YOU MUST QR CODE SCAN BEFORE YOU ENTER THE Traditiones custodes is number 36, CHURCH which to put this in perspective, is the same number Please use these QR codes to download the Services of motu proprios as issued by all other Victoria app to check-in. combined over 2000 years! For Apple iPhones (https://bit.ly/SBHCO): For Android Phones (https://bit.ly/SBSAFE): Traditionis custodes (hereafter referred to as TC) is a This will save you time as you scan the code when you perplexing document precisely because it stands in arrive at Church. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY IF YOU NEED apparent contradiction of Benedict XVI’s motu ASSISTANCE. Covid officers will be on hand to help those proprio . In Summorum who need it. Please help someone else if you can. Please support our volunteers during this time Pontificum Pope Benedict XVI recognised the Traditional and the New Order Mass

(Novus ordo) as two legitimate expressions of the Thanksgiving envelopes are available – giving them the designation Ordinary for collection in the church foyer. If you Form and Extraordinary Form. In doing so Benedict would like a statement, please contact granted all Latin Rite the right to offer the pre-conciliar Latin Mass (Extraordinary the office. Form). Summorum Pontificum was also significant because the Pope provided a definitive judgment on St Patrick's Pasta Night a hotly contested point – namely that the Traditional Latin Mass “was never juridically abrogated and, Saturday 14th August consequently, in principle, was always permitted.” In 6pm arrival for 6.30pm start the accompanying letter to bishops Benedict XVI 3 course meal stated: “There is no contradiction between the two editions of the Roman . In the history of the Adults $35p.p there is growth and progress, but no rupture. Children (under 14) $15pp What earlier generations held as sacred, remains Live music - Dean Canan sacred and great for us too, and it cannot be all of a sudden entirely forbidden or even considered BYO Drinks harmful. It behooves all of us to preserve the riches Ticket Sales - Sharon at Parish Office which have developed in the Church’s faith and Wednesday and Friday or 0448 658 418 prayer, and to give them their proper place.”

In the wake of Summorum Pontificum the liturgical Save the dates! freedom resulted in a silent and largely unexpected Our social committee has been renewal within the Church. While many regular busy planning. Please put the Novus Ordo parishes were falling into decline, the following dates in your diary. traditional Mass movement began attracting August 1st – Morning Cuppa families and young people in droves. Whole th communities began to flourish, as people hungry for August 14 - Pasta Night an experience of reverence, beauty, and solemnity th October 30 – Trivia Night that fed their souls, began to discover the Church’s liturgy anew. In parishes like my previous parish of St Gerard’s North Dandenong the two forms (Latin Mass and Novus Ordo) coexisted with effortless On Friday 16th July (Feast of Our Lady of Mount harmony. It was a text-book model of the “mutual Carmel) as the faithful of Melbourne shuttered enrichment” envisaged by Pope Benedict XVI. Far themselves into the latest lockdown, from being a divided parish, most of the issued his latest motu propio, Traditionis custodes. A congregation moved very freely between the two motu proprio (literally = "on his own impulse") is a forms. The choir grew, the ranks of altar servers personally signed edict or proclamation issued by swelled, the hours of Eucharistic adoration the Pope as a matter of his own initiative, generally extended, the youth group flourished, the parish’s concerning minor amendments to law or Society of St Vincent de Paul, , and ecclesiastical procedures. Pope Francis has Knights of the Southern Cross were among the developed a particular taste for motu proprios. strongest of anywhere in the country. And needless to say, the congregation began to swell with young the Church? If so why are they being made to feel families, many of whom were driving long distances like second class citizens, banished from all parochial to find a Mass that truly nourished them and their churches like outcasts? Why are traditional Catholics children. After the 10:30am Sunday Mass crowds of being treated like public sinners, subject to young people were usually still outside the Church ecclesiastical sanctions when their ‘crime’ is simply socialising well after 12:30pm – you couldn’t get adhering to the practice of the Faith that was them to leave! It was by every pastoral measure a normative for nigh 1,400 years? And how can one flourishing parish. When I read Traditionis custodes I reconcile such treatment of the faithful with the wish the Pope could have seen this parish and how message of mercy, tolerance and diversity that has little it bore in resemblance to the caricature of been a hallmark of this Pontificate? As a pastor of snarky, snooty-nosed traditionalism that he paints. souls I cannot but feel acute distress at seeing the My personal experience of traditional Catholics is faithful being treated so cruelly at a time when, beautiful, wholesome families who are simply more than ever, the Church cannot afford to be struggling to raise their children to love God and his driving people away by force of ecclesiastical law. commandments in a culture that is at war with Christianity. They need every bit of help they can As TC makes clear, it is foremost the role of the get! bishop to apply the directives of this motu proprio in a way that is pastorally appropriate according to the Pope Francis’ Traditionis custodes completely scraps needs of each diocese. For an Archdiocese the size Summorum pontificum’s distinction of the two forms of Melbourne (with 1.3 million Catholics) there will of the Roman Rite – one Ordinary the other obviously be a very sizeable Latin Mass Community Extraordinary. The first article states: “The liturgical whose pastoral needs will need to be met. Pope books promulgated by Paul VI and Saint John Francis has often spoken about the need for pastoral Paul II, in conformity with the decrees of Vatican accompaniment for those who are on the Council II, are the unique expression of the lex peripheries, so one can only assume that he intends orandi of the Roman Rite.” This is confusing because to extend this pastoral accompaniment to those the Roman Rite includes a range of other Rites who have a love for the traditional Mass. What this sanctioned by the outside the Missal of means for the regular Saturday morning Latin Mass Paul VI, such as the Missal in use by the Anglican in Lilydale remains to be seen as Ordinariate, and the . This is to say nothing Comensoli discerns the will of Christ and that of the of the , the Rite, the Lyonese Holy Father in all this. Let’s be sure to pray for him Rite and the Mozarabic Rite. In addition to these, and all bishops that they may fulfil the mandate the Latin Rite includes the Rites in use by Religious given to the Church: “Feed my sheep” (Jn 21:15). congregations, namely the Benedictine, Carmelite, Please pray for me too as this has been one of the Carthusian, Cistercian, Dominican, and most trying weeks of my priesthood. May Christ the Premonstreatensian Rites. When one gives further Good Shepherd prevail over His Church. consideration to the plethora of Rites representing the other ancient Churches within the Catholic Yours in Christ, Church (Byzantine, Maronite, Syro-Malabar, Fr Francis Denton Chaldean, Malankara, Armenian, Coptic, etc.) one is left scratching the head and wondering why Pope Francis is so determined to exclude the Traditional RCIA 2021-2022 Latin Mass from the harmonious diversity of The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults liturgical expressions which thus far have never (RCIA) is a program of faith exploration threatened the unity of the Church. If a diversity of and instruction designed to help liturgical expressions truly threatened the unity of enquirers discover the Catholic faith the Church then it would stand to reason that all of with a view to being received into the the above Rites should be immediately suspended. . Fr Francis Denton will be leading the classes which will run weekly Why the double standard? each Wednesday evening, beginning in August. On 16th June 2013 Pope Francis tweeted “Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where If you know of family, friends or acquaintances who you everyone is welcomed.” Does Pope Francis no longer think might be interested in exploring the Catholic faith mean this? Are traditional Catholics still welcome in in a relaxed environment I encourage you to invite them to the introductory information session at 7:00pm on we wish to unite ourselves to him. We are blessed to be Wednesday 4th August, in the Moira Tanks Room able to ask Jesus to come to us in that same Communion (Community Centre, Lilydale). No cost or obligations at that we would experience if we were able to go to Mass. Jesus is perfect, Holy Communion with Jesus any point! cannot be less than perfect if we come to him with sincere hearts. We leave the details to him! Holy Communion is If you think you might be able to assist with support and both unfathomable and a miracle. Invited to unite hospitality (setting up tea and coffee) for the RCIA then ourselves to Jesus, the way, the truth and the life, may we feel free to contact the Parish office. This would be a enter into Holy Communion with hearts filled with love and great way for enquirers to come to know the thanksgiving. parishioners and experience the warmth and hospitality There is a beautiful prayer that we can say that asks of our community. Jesus to come to us spiritually.

Debbie’s Thoughts SPIRITUAL COMMUNION PRAYER I am a firm believer that God always brings good from the perils and disasters My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the most we encounter in everyday living, we just have Holy Sacrament. I love you above all things and to look really hard sometimes to find that desire to receive You into my soul. Even though I good. Contemplating yet another weekend without cannot receive You sacramentally in this moment, congregations at Mass because we are unable to gather come spiritually into my heart. I unite myself wholly together for the safety of our community, we can feel to you. Never permit me to be separated from bewildered, and even despondent. Missing out on You. Amen. physically attending Mass in person fuels our appreciation of communal worship, and our deep hunger for the Hope to see you at Mass again very, very soon! Lord. Parishioners often tell me how sad they are to be denied the opportunity to receive the Blessed Sacrament, regular Mass-goers can find it really hard when they are unable to worship as they usually do. This great awareness of the treasure we are missing looks and feels like a disaster, yet our sense of loss is a very great blessing in my book. ‘Absence makes the heart grow fonder’ one might venture, but in absolute, 100%, die-cast truth, God is never absent to us, no matter what happens. We need only to open our hearts to notice that he is there. Our desire to be with God in the Mass is a great gift we may not recognise under normal circumstances. Not everyone accepts such a grace. How blessed are we to know that hunger!

God thinks of everything of course. When we are unable to receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in person, we are still able to receive him in Spiritual Communion, unrestricted by where we are or how we are feeling. God is never defeated by distance, physical capability or time, he is master of all. It is possible to receive Jesus spiritually at the bottom of the sea, and on the top of the highest mountain, in our sick bed, or sitting in our own comfy chair. All we need is a few seconds of quiet recollection and a sincere heart. We can indeed receive Jesus every single day in this way. I am certain that this reality has kept many faithful alive and coping during times of adversity. There are wonderful stories of Priests saying Masses for prisoners of war during World War II, on a rock, with a scrap of bread and a tiny drop of wine. Those Masses were one-off oases in a very great drought of persecution and pain, I am sure that Spiritual Communion sustained the faithful when Mass was no For more information call Fiona: 0402 474 074 option. There have been many other times and TRYBOOKING LINK: for talks on St Joseph in August at St circumstances throughout history when the faithful could not get to Mass, we find ourselves in a similar, and thank Patrick's Community Centre God, temporary, situation today. God finds a way to show https://www.trybooking.com/BSVFB us that he is with us when we call on him, and reminds us that he will never leave us alone. Spiritual Communion nourishes us when we most need God’s strength and comfort, when our world is upside down, and whenever

Please keep the following children in your prayers as they prepare for the sacrament of confirmation.

Abel Aju Xander Allen Alex Ward Charlile Campbell Chiara Dell Michael De Vincentis Stacey Devanny Achalla Didumo Isabella Dunn Chelsea Harwood Lachlan Jackson Ebony Larkman Christian Mackowiak Ayesha Marappan Hovig Nenejian Eliza Plaucs Sofia Salamone Dylan Shambrook William Spiteri Henry Sutherland Alex Thachadan Elanor Wenban India Wynn Gemma Reincastle Blaise Reincastle Gianna Reincastle Rafael Vaca

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