BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C [OF]

Septuagesima Sunday [EF] 23rd/24th January, 2016

Readings for next Sunday

30th/31st January, 2016

1st : Jeremiah 1/4-5, 17-19

2nd: 1 Corinthians 12/31-

13/13

Gospel: Luke 4/21-30

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web:

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Deanery Website:

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Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Mrs Kathy Ducker

(Parish Finance Officer)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

Ms Shirley Sadler

(Parish Secretary)

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road,

Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mr Matthew Edwards (Principal)

Outside School Hours Care

Phone 3255 9468

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Mr Michael Armstrong (Principal)

Outside School Hours Care

Phone 3392 6291

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

Mrs Paula Goodwin (Principal)

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road,

Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

Phone 3392 9247

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Paul Chandler (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Adrian Sharp

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Francis King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Catherine McDowall

(0431 117 139) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners,

Today’s Gospel is the very beginning of Luke’s Gospel. We are reminded by St Luke that his Gospel is a faithful account of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection, and teachings, “exactly as they were handed down...by eyewitnesses and ministers of the word” from the beginning. This is of course true for all four of the holy Gospels. When we prayerfully meditate on a Gospel passage and let it sink down deep, we are truly connecting with Jesus himself and all he He did and taught. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the Lord teaches us, in a personal way relevant to our lives at the moment, if we but prayerfully listen intently to Him through the holy Gospels. Having listened we then need to respond in prayer ourselves to the Lord and also, very importantly, respond with concrete action in our daily lives. Once again we are always inspired and empowered in this by the grace of the Holy Spirit given to us as God’s sons and daughters through Baptism.

A key aspect of the Gospel that we are focussing on this year is the divine mercy of Jesus Christ. In this Year of Mercy I would like to draw your attention to the Brisbane South Deanery: Pilgrimage Through Lent activities that are being advertised in this Newsletter. Please especially take note of the evening we are hosting on February 25th - Mercy in Family Life - at the Marymac Centre.

For the Reflection this week we have a ‘taster’ of a excellent article, “Healing from Pornography with the Divine Comedy”. Dante’s immortal Divine Comedy should be read by every intelligent Catholic at least once in their lives and it is available in many excellent English translations. The author of this article, Matt Fradd, brilliantly links a major theme of the Divine Comedy to a serious and devastating problem for a growing number of people today. The link to the full article is:

http://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/healing-from-pornography-with-the-divine-comedy

Fr Andrew Wise PP If you haven’t yet read The Divine Comedy, the Year of Mercy is the time to do it. Named by Pope Francis as one of his favorite books, this narrative poem by the fourteenth-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri is widely considered to be the most preeminent work of Italian literature, as well as one of the greatest poems ever written. The impact of this work was so monumental that by writing The Divine Comedy in the Tuscan dialect, Dante laid the foundation for a nationalized Italian language.

But what, you may ask, does this epic poem’s 100 cantos have to do with pornography? At first glance, The Divine Comedy is a fictional recounting of Dante’s journey through the afterlife—the Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (heaven). At a deeper level, however, it is an allegory of the soul’s journey to God, which often includes recognizing, renouncing and healing from sin.

When someone starts using pornography, their gradual descent into addiction is quite similar to the opening of The Divine Comedy, when Dante awakens from slumber only to find himself lost in the woods. I don’t mean that one cannot be immediately fascinated by pornography, but that if one continues to view it regularly, those hooks of pornography, as it were, will sink deeper and deeper into a man’s heart, until what he thought he could walk

away from at any point in time, he now realizes he cannot.

The question becomes, then, what does one do to make it out of the woods, to break free from the enslavement that pornography brings? For true healing to take place, pornography users usually travel a path quite similar to Dante’s journey.

Resolve. The first action that is necessary is to recognize that you are, in fact, lost. When Dante realized he had strayed from the true path, he set his eyes upon the heights of Mount Joy and immediately began to attempt an ascent. When a man, trapped by pornography, sees what he is turning into, and how pornography has distorted his sense of self-worth, his masculine identity, his view of women and so forth, he is rightly repulsed and immediately resolves to do better, to be better. “I will never do this again,” he may say in all sincerity as he strives to be the man he was created to be.

And then after Confession...

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Wednesday 27th January Parish Finance Council meets at the Parish Office at 9:00am. Friday 29th January Elizabethan Social Club AGM & Australia Day Function. Pies & Peas, etc. Bring & Swap Store. SJF Hall, 10:00am. Cost $7. Bookings: Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Tuesday 2nd February Sacramental Program Parent Information Session at 7:30pm. ` Please see notice below. Wednesday 3rd February Parish Pastoral Council meets at 7:30pm at the Parish Office. Monday 8th February Josephites Associates Meeting at 10:00am at St Fabian’s Hall, Yeronga. Contact Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998. Thursday 11th February All Night Adoration resumes at St Elizabeth’s Chapel at 6:00pm. Saturday 20th February Baptism Preparation for Parents at 9:00am in MI Primary School Library. Tuesday 8th March Anointing Mass at MI Church at 10:00am. Morning tea follows in Marymac Centre.

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND First: $1,597.25 Second: $3,510.70

Thank you from a grateful Parish

WE PRAY FOR

Those who are recently deceased: Sr Teresa WOOD, Linda TRIASMONO, Pam WISE and Amy ROBERTSON . Those who are sick: Esther ADENEY, Theresa BAGLEY, Z. BASSETT, Gabrielle BENTLEY, Neil BETTS, Baby BIRKETT, Stewart BOYD, Antoinette BRENNEN, Jeremy CARROLL, Robyn CLEMENTS, Jim CLIFFORD, Hilary COLLINS, Rina COOK, Rochelle COWARD, Marietta CRUZADO, Diane ELLIS, Rowena ENNIS, Jane FARRELL, Madge FARRELL, Joan FLEW, Mary FORRESTER, Anne FRANETTOVICH, John FRANK, , Gwen GAIR, Helen GIAQUINTA, Dulcey HARVEY (Ingham), John HASTINGS, Sr Patricia HAYES RSM, Jan HEGARTY, Peter HEGARTY, Keith HOGG, Patricia JACOBS, Marlene JOHNSTON, Dominic KENNEDY, Robyn KINNES, Ryan MacGARY-WALSH, Cherril MALONEY, Eileen MATTHEWS, Bernard McALARY, John MITCHELL, Marie MITCHELL, Harry MOHR, Kathryn MORRIS, Robyn O’DWYER, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Julie ROWEN (Mackay), Dorothy RYAN, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Florence SNELL, Mary STUART, Heather TERRILL, Charlie WINTER, Gary WYLIE, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.

All the faithful departed.

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community Septuagesima Sunday: Wilston, at 7:30am

THE LITTLE KING’S MOVEMENT

The Little King’s Movement, catering for people with

disabilities in social and spiritual activities, conducts a Door

Knock and Parish Appeal once a year. Please support the

Little King’s Annual Appeal in our Parish this weekend,

23rd/24th January, 2016. Complete one of the Appeal

envelopes provided and return it in any weekend

collection.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM: Thank you to all parents who returned Sacramental Program enrolment forms to us. The Parent Information Session for the Sacraments will be held on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 at 7:30pm at a venue to be advised. The first preparation session for the Sacrament of Penance for the children will be held on Wednesday, February 3rd at 4:00pm (venue also still to be advised). There will be FIVE sessions for Penance on Wednesday afternoons, leading up to Easter.

Faith 16 Year of Mercy: Pope Francis (2015) in announcing the extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy reminded us that we need to “contemplate the mystery of mercy” as mercy is a source of peace, joy and serenity that our salvation relies on and is revealed in the Most Holy Trinity. Pope Francis continues telling us that mercy is God’s ultimate and supreme act in which God comes to meet us, it is the fundamental law that dwells in each heart and it connects God and man as hearts are opened by the hope of everlasting love despite our sinfulness. Pope Francis calls us to recognise and live the season of Lent in this Jubilee year with greater intensity and to treat the season as a time to celebrate and experience God’s mercy. The Brisbane South Deanery in listening to this call will pilgrimage to Parishes in the Deanery every Thursday evening during the season of Lent 2016. Details for this program are below. Faith16: Merciful Like the FatherFaith16: Merciful Like the Father

Brisbane South Deanery: Pilgrimage through LentBrisbane South Deanery: Pilgrimage through Lent

Week 1. Week 1. Mercy in God: Mercy in God: Rev Dr John Chalmers

11 February 2016, 7- 8.30 pm

St Agnes Church, Mt Gravatt

WeekWeek 2. 2. Mercy in Luke : Mercy in Luke : Archbishop Mark Coleridge

18 February 2016, 7- 8.30 pm

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Sunnybank

Week 4Week 4. Mercy in Prayer: . Mercy in Prayer: Sr Mary Franzmann pbvm

& Sr Ursula O’Rouke sgs

3 March 2016, 7- 8.30 pm

St Bernard’s Church Upper Mt Gravatt

Week 5. Week 5. Mercy in CommunityMercy in Community: : Mr Rick Sheehan &

guest speakers

10 March 2016, 7-8.30 pm

St Pius X Hall Salisbury

Week 6. Chrism Mass

17 March 2016, 7. 00 pm

Cathedral of St Stephen

Join the worldwide movement to protect mothers and babies.

From February 10th to March 20th, our community will join

hundreds of other cities participating in 40 Days for Life.

Some of our Flores Teresianes young women will be taking

part. For more information, contact Catherine: 0431 117139.

Go to www.40daysforlife.com/brisbane or 40dfl.net

Week 3. Mercy in Family Life: Week 3. Mercy in Family Life: Mrs Gail Godfrey

25 February 2016, 7- 8.30 pm

Marymac Community Centre, Annerley

ART UNION 2016 PRIZE DRAWS: 1 March —EARLY BIRD DRAW—$300

5 April—$200, 3 May—$200, 7 June—$200, 5 July—$200, 2 August—$200, 6 September—$200, 4 October—$200. JACKPOT DRAW, 1 November— $1000. Only 150 tickets to be sold! Great odds! Every ticket sold is in every subsequent draw. Application forms in Churches and at the Parish Office.

Parish Diary & Mass Times:

25th - 31st January 2016

Monday 25th January

7:00am Mass [OF] SE

7:00pm Mass [EF] MI

Tuesday 26th January

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:00am Mass [OF+] MI

Wednesday 27th January

7:00am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Thursday 28th January

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Friday 29th January

7:00am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Holy Hour MI

Saturday 30th January

8:00am Mass [EF] MI

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

6:00pm Vigil [OF] SJF

Sunday 31st January

7:30am Mass [OF] MI 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 9:00am Mass [OF] SJF 5:00pm Mass [OF+] MI

OF = Ordinary Form | OF+ = Ad orientem | EF = Extraordinary Form]

MI = Mary Immaculate SE = St Elizabeth’s SJF = St John Fisher

CONFESSION TIMES:

Monday 6:45pm (MI) Wednesday 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thursday 7:30am - 8:00am (MI) Thursday 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Friday 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Friday 7:30pm - 8:30pm (MI) During Holy Hour Saturday 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Saturday 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Saturday 5:45pm by request (SJF)

Sunday 8:30am (MI)

The Angelus and the Rosary are prayed half an hour before the early Masses, Monday to Friday, at SE & SJF.

All night Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (Currently suspended. Resumes February 11th) Usually takes place each Thursday at St Elizabeth’s Chapel beginning at 6:00pm and ending at 6:45am on Fridays.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament takes place on Saturdays from 7:15am - 7:45am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, 23rd January, 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Sunday, 24th January, 7:30am Mass at MI: For a Special Intention. Sunday, 24th January, 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the Soul of Linda Triasmono Monday, 25th January, 7:00am Mass at SE: For the Holy Souls Tuesday, 26th January, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Soul of Peter Byng 9:00am Mass at MI: For Margaret Lowcock, Recently Deceased Wednesday, 27th January, 7:00am Mass at SJF: For the Soul of Fr Brian Burke Thursday, 28th January, 6:00am Mass at SE: For a Special Intention

7:00am Mass at MI: For the Repose of the Soul of John Ahern Friday, 29th January, 7:00am Mass at SE: For Jesus Youth Saturday, 30th January, 6:00pm Vigil at SJF: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Sunday, 31st January, 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls

You are invited to come and spend a day as a pilgrim at the beautiful Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston. Who: All members of the Archdiocese are welcome individuals or a pilgrim group. Cost: Free (includes boxed lunch + tea & coffee) Bookings: Bookings are essential (maximum 60 pilgrims per day). Send/email (at least 7 days before your chosen pilgrim day) name/s, contact details and dietary needs if applicable to: ebadmin@bne.catholic.net.au Please phone 3286 4011 for further information or email enquiries as above.

Rosters for next week

MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sun (MI) 7.30am Shane Fell, Jim Lucey

Sun (SJF)9.00am Vince Kartelo

Sun (MI) 5.00pm Brett Heath, Dragica Heath

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Sat (SJF) 6:00pm: Bert Jacobs, John Lesina, Prem Nair, Kevin Rowen, Valmai Winter

Sun (MI) 7:30am: Bertha Clark, Joan Coghlan, Paul Coghlan, Ester Evangelista, Charles Grugan, Kathleen Grugan

Sun (SJF) 9:00am: Liam Herbert, Peter Menagh, Christine Murphy, Tony Murphy, Deidre Vokes

COUNTERS

Monday, 25th January, 2016

Nick Jabore, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah, Alicia Cooke

Church Cleaning (MI) Noel Everding

Laundry (SEC) Mira Tedjo, Kate Ahern

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Wednesday 9th March Sunday 13th March Tuesday 19th April Saturday 21st May

Wednesday 8th June Tuesday 9th August Saturday 22nd October

PILGRIM DAYS

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C

23rd/24th January 2016

SUNDAY MASS READINGS

First Reading: Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10

Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, consisting of men, women, and children old enough to understand. This was the first day of the seventh month. On the square before the Water Gate, in the presence of the men and women, and children old enough to understand, he read from the book from early morning till noon; all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden dais erected for the purpose. In full view of all the people - since he stood higher than all the people - Ezra opened the book; and when he opened it all the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people raised their hands and answered, 'Amen, Amen!'; then they bowed down and, face to the ground, prostrated them-selves before the Lord. And Ezra read from the Law of God, translating and giving the sense, so that the people understood what was read.

Then Nehemiah - His Excellency - and Ezra, priest and scribe (and the Levites who were instructing the people) said to all the people, 'This day is sacred to the Lord your God. Do not be mournful, do not weep.' For the people were all in tears as they listened to the words of the Law.

He then said, 'Go, eat the fat, drink the sweet wine, and send a portion to the man who has nothing prepared ready. For this day is sacred to our Lord. Do not be sad: the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.'

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 18

(Said by all)

The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever. The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.

May the spoken words of my mouth, the thoughts of my heart, win favour in your sight, O Lord, my rescuer, my rock!

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-30

Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to drink.

Nor is the body to be identified with any one of its many parts.

Now you together are Christ's body; but each of you is a different part of it.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The Lord sent me to bring Good News to the poor, and freedom to prisoners.

Alleluia!

Gospel: Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21

Seeing that many others have undertaken to draw up accounts of the events that have taken place among us, exactly as these were handed down to us by those who from the outset were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, I in my turn, after carefully going over the whole story from the beginning, have decided to write an ordered account for you, Theophilus, so that your Excellency may learn how well founded the teaching is that you have received.

Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside. He taught in their synagogues and everyone praised him.

He came to Nazara, where had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read, and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written: The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord's year of favour.

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to speak to them, `This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen'.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Memorial Acclamation: Number Three Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and

Resurrection you have set us free.

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