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CCCCatholic ink inkinkinkL Rejoice And Be Glad3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Divine Office: Week III 27 January 2019
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SUNDAY MASSENTRANCE ANTIPHON:O sing a new song to the Lord; sing to the Lord, all the earth. In his presence are majesty and splendour, strength and honour in his holy place.FIRST READING: Nehemiah 8:2-4, 5-6, 8-10.RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 19.RESPONSE:Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.1. The law of the Lord is perfect; it revives the soul. the decrees of the Lord are steadfast; they give wisdom to the simple. ℟2. The precepts of the Lord are right; they gladden the heart. The command of the Lord is clear; it gives light to the eyes. ℟3. The fear of the Lord is pure, abiding forever. The judgements of the Lord are true; they are, all of them, just. ℟4. May the spoken words of my mouth, the thoughts of my heart, win favour in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer! ℟SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 12:12-30.GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:Alleluia, alleluia. The Lord has sent me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives. Alleluia.GOSPEL: Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21.COMMUNION ANTIPHON:Look towards the Lord and be radiant; let your faces not be abashed.
Two Subtle Enemies of Holiness
Live the Word T H E W E E K A H E A D
(KEY: SOLEMNITY; FEAST; Memorial; (Optional Memorial)Pr=Priest; D=Doctor; M=Martyr
Mon 28 Jan St Thomas Aquinas, PrDHebrews 9:15.24-28; Psalm 98; Mark 3:22-30We should not consider possession of material goods our own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. – St Thomas Aquinas
Sun 3 Feb 4TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIMEJeremiah 1:4-5,17-19; Psalm 71; Luke 4:21-30By the example of his life, Jesus taught that inexhaustible compassion and love flow through human frailty. Our practice is to become present to that infinite flow of compassion and love in every painful situation.
Sat 2 Feb PRESENTATION OF THE LORDMalachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24; Luke 2:22-40It can be so easy for us to forget that Jesus was hu-man, and grew up just like any child. Reflect on Jesus’ humanity and you may find that it makes it easier to follow the man that he became.
Fri 1 Feb Bl. Benedict Daswa, MHebrews 10:32-39; Psalm 37; Mark 4:26-34Benedict Daswa was really an ordinary man… but a man of great faith. He was one of us but deeply com-mitted to Jesus Christ… in his family life, in his work life, in his community life. — Bishop Joao Rodriguez
Thu 31 Jan St John Bosco, PrHebrews 10:19-25; Psalm 24:1-6; Mark 4:21-25Without confidence and love, there can be no true education. If you want to be loved… you must love yourselves, and make your children feel that you love them. – St John Bosco
Wed 30 Jan Liturgy of the DayHebrews 10:11-18; Psalm 110; Mark 4:1-20Our good soil will reveal to us the beautiful and re-ceptive places in our lives, if we start spending time with it. Deep within us there is a wise place, it's where the Sower lives. You can live there too.
Tue 29 Jan Liturgy of the DayHebrews 10:1-10; Psalm 40; Mark 3:31-35Jesus invites us to discover that our fear is woven into God’s own life, whose life is mysteriously woven into all the scary things that can and do happen to us as human beings together on this earth.
IN THE second chapter of his Exhortation on the call to holiness in today’s world, Pope Francis identif ies to subtle enemies of holiness:
Gnosticism and Pelagianism.The Greek word
“ g n o s i s ” m e a n s k n o w l e d g e a n d in t he ver y ea r l y Church there was a heretical movement (gnost icism) which cla imed that Jesus had given a secret knowledge to the apos t les a f ter the Resurrection and that without this secret knowledge there could be no salvation. In practice this meant that only a very “elite” group could be saved.
Pope Francis warns that this gnostic mentality is seeping back into the Church. He writes: “Thanks be to God, throughout the history of the Church it has always been clear that a person’s perfection is measured not by the information or knowledge they possess, but by the depth of their charity” (37).
Perhaps we notice this tendency in the New Age movement or in some fundamentalist churches. What Francis calls “disembodied spirituality” is a new form of gnosticism. Such tendencies tend to diminish the sense of mystery inherent in true faith.
The second ancient heresy which Pope Francis warms about is Pelagianism. Pelagius was a British monk of a severe turn of mind. He placed theological emphasis, not on the mind (as with the gnostics) but on the will, leading to view that humans are able by sheer will-power to lead holy lives and sanctify themselves. This in turn led to the conviction that grace and salvation was a “do-it-yourself” project.
A visit to the self-help shelves of our bookshops shows how stubborn Pelagianism remains today! Translated into Church terms Pope Francis sees evidence of a new Pelagianism in “an
obsession with the law, an absorption w i t h s o c i a l a n d political advantages, a punctilious concern f or t he Church ’s liturgy, doctrine and pres t ige , a vani t y about the ability to manage prac t ica l m a t t e r s a n d a n excessive concern with programmes of
self-help and personal fulf ilment” (57).Pope Francis reaffirms the Church’s teaching on
the priority of God’s grace: “Only on the basis of God’s gift, freely accepted and humbly received, can we co-operate by our own efforts in our progressive transformation”. We see this most vividly in the life and spirituality of St Thérèse of Lisieux for whom “everything is grace”.
The humbling truth is “We must f irst belong to God, offering ourselves to him who was there f irst, and entrusting to him our abilities, our efforts, our struggle against evil and our creativity, so that his free gift may grow and develop within us” (56).
When Chr is t ian groups g ive excessive importance to certain rules, customs or ways of acting they can become museum pieces or worse, end up “fossilized... or corrupt” (58).
In an age of “fake news” it is not surprising that “ fake religions” and “ fake spiritualities” can emerge. Such movements can give a false impression of the Gospel and obscure the beauty of holiness.
Having dealt with these subtle enemies, Pope Francis is ready to address the heart of holiness.
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WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS 28 Jan Mon Finance meeting 6.30pm boardroom PPC meeting 7.30pm boardroom 6.15am Mortuary List 8.30am Olivia Cable - Special Intention
29 Jan Tues Care & Craft after 8.30am Mass Edna Cottle room RCIA 7.30pm Edna Cottle room Charismatic Praise & Worship 7.30pm Room 1 6.15am Sister Lawrence OP - Rip 8.30am Charles Olsen - Rip
30 Jan Wed Prayer & Life 10am Edna Cottle room Alpha 7pm Parish centre 6.15am Deceased C.Ss.R - Rip 8.30am Yolanda Bedderson - Rip
31 Jan Thurs Novena 7.30pm in the Church Badminton after Novena Parish centre 6.15am Redemptorist Priests & Brothers - 8.30am Benefactors of Redemptorists -
1 Feb Fri 6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Barry & Vals's Intention -
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3 Feb Sun Flight into Egypt 7.00am Natalie Risseeuw - Rip 9.00am Veronica Da Silva - Rip 11.00.am Parishioners 6.00pm Mortuary List
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