Parish of St Justin Wheelers Hill 48 Whalley Drive Wheelers Hill 3150, Telephone # 9401 6335 Email: [email protected] Website: pol.org.au/wheelershill St Justin’s Parish is committed to the safety, well-being and dignity of all children and vulnerable adults Thirty –Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 08th November 2020 Vatican extends throughout November plenary indulgence for the dead (By Hannah Brockhaus) Sacramental confession and reception of the Eucharist can occur up to Vatican City, Oct 23, 2020 / 10:00 am MT (CNA).- The Vatican has extended the availability of certain plenary indulgences for the souls in Purgatory, about twenty days before or after the indulgenced act. amid concerns about avoiding large gatherings of people in churches or In the month of November, the Church has two traditional means of cemeteries and including those confined to home due to the pandemic. obtaining a plenary indulgence for the souls in Purgatory. The first is to visit According to a decree Oct. 23, certain indulgenced acts, which can help to a cemetery and pray for the dead during the Octave of All Saints’ Day, which remit the temporal punishment due to sin for those who have died in a state is Nov. 1-8. of grace, can be obtained throughout the entire month of November 2020. The decree was signed by Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, major penitentiary of This year, the Vatican decreed that this plenary indulgence can be obtained the Apostolic Penitentiary. on any day in November. In an interview with Vatican News, Piacenza said that bishops had The second plenary indulgence is connected to the Feast of All Souls’ Day requested an extended timeframe for the plenary indulgence, considering on Nov. 2, and can be received by those who piously visit a church or the importance of the commemoration of the feasts of All Saints’ Day on oratory on that day and recite the Our Father and the Creed. Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. The Vatican said that this plenary indulgence has also been extended and is In the interview, Piacenza said that, although the availability of livestreamed available to Catholics throughout the month of November to reduce crowds. Mass was good for the elderly who cannot attend the liturgy in person, Both indulgences must include the three ordinary conditions and full “some people have gotten a little used to celebrations on television.” detachment from sin. This “can mark a certain disinterest in presence in [liturgical] celebrations,” he said. “There is therefore a pursuit by the bishops to implement all The Vatican also said that, because of the health emergency, the elderly, the sick, and others who cannot leave the house for serious reasons can possible solutions to bring people back to the Church, always respecting everything that needs to be done for the particular situation in which we participate in the indulgence from home by reciting prayers for the deceased unfortunately find ourselves.” before an image of Jesus or the Virgin Mary. Piacenza also noted the importance of the availability of the sacraments They must also spiritually unite themselves to other Catholics, be completely during the feasts of All Saints and All Souls, which for some countries can detached from sin, and have the intention of fulfilling the ordinary conditions have very high sacramental attendance and participation. as soon as possible. With the penitentiary’s new decree, those who cannot leave home can still The Vatican’s decree offered examples of prayers that homebound participate in the indulgence, and others can have more time to attend Mass, to receive the sacrament of confession, and to visit the cemetery, while still Catholics can pray for the dead, including lauds or vespers of the Office for following local coronavirus measures on crowds, he said. the Dead, the rosary, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, other prayers for deceased among their family or friends, or performing a work of mercy by The decree also encouraged priests to make the sacraments as widely offering their pain and discomfort to God. available as possible during November. “For an easier attainment of divine grace through pastoral charity, this The decree also said that “since the souls in Purgatory are helped by the penitentiary earnestly prays that all priests endowed with the appropriate suffrages of the faithful and especially with the sacrifice of the Altar pleasing faculties offer themselves with particular generosity to the celebration of the to God ... all priests are warmly invited to celebrate three times the Holy sacrament of Penance and to administering Holy Communion to the sick,” Mass on the day of the commemoration of all the faithful departed, in the decree said. accordance with the apostolic constitution ‘Incruentum altaris,’ issued by Pope Benedict XV, of venerable memory, on August 10, 1915.” Plenary indulgences, which remit all temporal punishment due to sin, must Piacenza said that another reason they are asking priests to say three be accompanied by full detachment from sin. Masses on Nov. 2 was to allow more Catholics to be able to attend. A Catholic who wishes to obtain a plenary indulgence must also fulfill the “Priests are also exhorted to be generous in the Ministry of Confessions and ordinary conditions of an indulgence, which are sacramental confession, in bringing Holy Communion to the sick,” Piacenza said. This will make it reception of the Eucharist, and prayer for the intentions of the pope. easier for Catholics to be able “to offer prayers for their deceased, to feel them close, in short, to encounter all these noble sentiments that go into creating the Communion of Saints.” PARISH PERSONNEL Parish Priest: Fr Andrzej Madry Congregation of the Resurrection Parish Deacon: Deacon Neil Daculan Parish secretary: Jeanne Bernard First Reading Wis 6:12-16 Gospel Acclamation A reading the book of Wisdom Alleluia, alleluia! Wisdom is bright, and does not grow dim. By those St Justin’s School Be watchful and ready: Principal: who love her she is readily seen, and found by those who look for her. Quick to anticipate those who desire you know not when the Son of Man is coming. Patrick Torpey her, she makes herself known to them. Watch for her Alleluia! 9561 7644 early and you will have no trouble; you will find her sitting at your gates. Even to think about her is under- Nazareth College standing fully grown; be on the alert for her and anxiety Gospel Mt 25:1-13 Principal: will quickly leave you. She herself walks about looking A reading from the holy Gospel according to for those who are worthy of her and graciously shows Sam Consentino herself to them as they go, in every thought of theirs Matthew 9795 8100 coming to meet them. “The Word of God” Parish Office Open: Tuesday 2pm—4pm Wednesday 10am—4pm Responsorial Psalm Thursday 10.00am —2pm Ps 62:2-8. R. v.2 Friday 12noon —4pm (R.) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my Piety Stall Open : closed God Weekend Masses: Second Reading 1 Thes 4:13-18 Saturday Vigil: 6.00pm (online) A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Thessalonians Jesus told this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom Sunday : 10.30am (online) and 5 pm We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those of heaven will be like this: Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. were foolish and five of them were sensible: the fool- Week Day Masses: We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it ish ones did take their lamps, but they brought no oil, will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday, will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the whereas the sensible ones took flasks of oil as well Thursday, Friday 9.15 am Lord’s own teaching, that any of us who are left alive as their lamps. The bridegroom was late, and they all Saturday 9.15am until the Lord’s coming will not have any advantage grew drowsy and fell asleep. But at midnight there now online via YouTube & over those who have died. At the trumpet of God, the was a cry, “The bridegroom is here! Go out and meet voice of the archangel will call out the command and Facebook the Lord himself will come down from heaven; those him.” At this, all those bridesmaids woke up and Reconciliation: By who have died in Christ will be the first to rise, and then trimmed their lamps, and the foolish ones said to the those of us who are still alive will be taken up in the sensible ones, “Give us some of your oil: our lamps appointment clouds, together with them, to meet the Lord in the air. are going out.” But they replied, “There may not be Baptisms, Marriages, So we shall stay with the Lord for ever. With such enough for us and for you; you had better go to those thoughts as these you should comfort one another. who sell it and buy some for yourselves.” They had “The Word of God” Pastoral Care of the Sick: gone of to buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those For details regarding the who were ready went in with him to the wedding hall celebration of these and the door was closed. The other bridesmaids ar- sacraments, please contact the Next Week’s Reading rived later.