BRISBANE ORATORY IN FORMATION

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBINPARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN First Sunday of Lent - Year A [OF] & [EF]

4th/5th March, 2017

Readings for next Sunday

11th/12th March, 2017

1st: Genesis 12: 1-4

2nd: 2 Timothy 1:8-10

Gospel: Matthew 17: 1-9

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: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest : Fr Andrew Wise

Parish Team

Ms Shirley Sadler (Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Miss Ria McIntyre

(Assistant Sacramental Co-ordinator)

Mr Richard O’Neil:0427 484 679

† 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

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3848 7462

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Shawn Murphy

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power Br Matthew Buckley

Frassati (Young Men)

David Powick (0409 711 786)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Elise Hewitt (0400 204 995)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Abbie Powick (0477 055 778 ) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 3010 1096

Homeless Hotline: 1800 474 753

From the Parish Priest Dear Parishioners, For this first week of Lent we feature Archbishop Coleridge’s Lenten Pastoral Message - ‘Learning to Lament’. The Archbishop’s message is ultimately one of great hope and trust in God’s holy providence and power. This can be applied to our own lives, our families, our world and, in a special way, to the Church at this particular point in Her history.

At the rear of the church you will find copies of the latest Annals Australasia: Journal of Catholic Culture magazine. This is an excellent publication that has been printed in Australia since 1889. On Page 26 you will find a 3-page article on the Brisbane Oratory written by Tess Livingston, a journalist with The Australian newspaper. Please feel free to take home a copy of the magazine. A donation to the Oratory donation box in MI church (or through the celebrant at SJF church) would be appreciated to help defray the cost of the magazines to the Oratory - Thanks.

Fr Andrew Wise

LEARNING TO LAMENT

Dear brothers and sisters,

On Ash Wednesday we heard the prophet’s words: “Come back to me

with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning”

(Joel 2:12) – words which echo one of the key themes of Scripture, the

theme of lament. Ancient Israel had to make sense of the blood, sweat and

tears that so often marked their history; they had to learn to lament. So too

do we personally and the Church as a whole. In a sense the Church is

always in crisis, always under judgement – not only the judgement of the tribunals of this

world but the judgement of God. That’s why we need to learn anew the art of lamentation

which the Bible wants to teach us – especially perhaps in these days of Lent. That’s part of

what it means to come back to God with all our heart.

For the Bible, lament is firstly a refusal of silence before God – at a time when silence may

seem the only possible response. Lament gathers up the most powerful emotions – rage,

shame, sorrow, depression, frustration, bewilderment, all of which can be part of our response

to whatever crisis we may face. What are we to do with all the negativity? The Bible

says: Acknowledge it, give it a voice and let that voice be heard by God. It says that, even in

a time of crisis, a time of break-down, we approach a God who is personal, accessible and

attentive to our cry. This isn’t a God who is absent or who looks the other way but a God

who is present and wants us to speak, even in the most negative ways. God wants our rage,

our shame, our sorrow and so on; so we submit them all to him – not for his sake but for ours.

God also wants to hear our most anguishing spiritual and theological questions, which at

times we hardly dare formulate. Where is God in the midst of the mess? Is there a future to

hope in? Is there healing for wounds that seem incurable? Has the Church lost touch with

the real Jesus? Does love really have the last word? Are justice and peace a mirage? These

and many others are the questions God wants us to acknowledge, the questions God wants to

hear, especially through the Lenten season. Putting them to God is part of what it means to

come back to him with all our heart.

But that’s not the end of the story. Biblical faith goes further, because lament leads to

petition. The God who listens to our cry wants us to ask him for what we most need. We

submit our need to a God who we believe won’t be indifferent, a God who will respond and

who wants us to work with him to build the future. Lament is a dialogue between God and us

that, step by step, grows more intense; without that dialogue there is no future of the kind

Scripture promises and we desire.

As we let go of our rage, our shame, our sorrow, entrusting them to God, the first

glimmerings of real hope appear. To Page 2

PARISH DATE CLAIMERS Wednesday 8th March Parish Finance Council meets at the Parish Office at 7:30pm. Tuesday 14th March Anointing Mass at 10:00am at Mary Immaculate Church. Morning tea follows. Saturday 18th March Baptism Preparation for Parents at 9:00am in the Music Room (under MI church). Please contact the Parish Office to book. Monday 3rd April Elizabethan Social Club Bus Trip to Mt Tamborine. Cost $25.00, all inclusive. Limit of 30 people. For bookings, please phone Joan on 3848 3251 or Philomena on 3349 2809. Monday 8th May Josephites Associates Meeting at 10:00am at Majellan House, Yeerongpilly. Please phone Jay on 3848 8923 or Claire on 3848 3998 for further information.

WE PRAY FOR:

Those who are recently deceased: Tiernan McCANN (Ireland), Mary BERRY, Helen O’NEILL, Margaret (Joan) DRUERY, Sean McCANN (Ireland) Mary Ann VAN DER WEIDE, Neil BETTS and Gail TWEMLOW.

Those who are sick: Luke ADENEY, Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Joan BRAMMER, Peter BROPHY, John BROPHY, Shannon EMSLIE, Jane FARRELL, Tereza FERENC, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Bronte GREER, Judy HARRIS, Marlene JOHNSTON, Brian McMAHON, Marie MITCHELL, Valerie & Kevin ORTON, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Nick SHANAHAN (Jnr), Charlie WINTER, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.

All the faithful departed.

COLLECTIONS LAST WEEKEND: $2,534.05 ELECTRONIC CONTRIBUTIONS

AVERAGE FOR WEEK $1,524.50

Thank you from a grateful Parish

Mary Immaculate School Centenary: Mary

Immaculate School, Annerley is about to turn 100!

On April 30th, 2017, the school will officially

commemorate its 100th birthday, and we will also

remember the centenary of Annerley Parish as well. We

are inviting all past students, parents, and staff to join with

us in celebrating this momentous event. Save the dates of

Saturday, April 29th and Sunday 30th April, 2017. We

would love for as many as possible to join us in celebrating

on this weekend with an “Under the Stars” late afternoon/

evening event on Saturday 29th April with guest of honour,

Mr Hugh Lunn. On Sunday 30th April, Archbishop Mark

Coleridge will celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass in honour of

our Centenary. We are also asking if you have any

memorabilia: photos, newsletters, etc., please email me,

Leanne Delaney at ldelaney@bne.catholic.edu.au or call

the school on 07 3848 8965.

Give the Gift of Faith. Did you

know that you can create a gift

to the Parish and/or the Brisbane Oratory in Formation

that lasts forever? Please consider naming one or

both as beneficiaries in your Will.

You can designate a specific gift amount or nominate

the Annerley Ekibin Parish/Brisbane Oratory in

Formation Endowment Fund to receive your gift. Endowments provide a steady stream of income to

the Parish forever.

To find out how to support the mission of the

Catholic Church, your local parish and/or the

Brisbane Oratory in Formation well into the future please contact the parish office or go to: https://

catholicfoundation.org.au/articles/donate-

perpetual-fund/, choose ‘designation’ and select

Annerley Ekibin Parish and/or Brisbane Oratory in

Formation.

From Page 1: Another future becomes imaginable, and biblical lament always looks to the future, as the Church must do at

this time. We may not be able to sing the praises of God in a time of crisis, be it personal or communal, but lament always

contains the promise that praise will come again. Lament believes that even from a crisis with all its negativity the time

will come, by God’s grace and our hard work, when weeping and mourning will finally cease, and we – all of us – will be

able to say with the Song of Songs, “the winter is past, the rain is over and gone, flowers appear on the earth and the time

for singing has come” (2:11-12). So may it be as we move through the desert of Lent towards the garden of Easter.

+ Mark Coleridge, Lent 2017

Project Compassion 2017: This year, Caritas Australia will once again conduct Project Compassion during Lent. Your Lenten donation helps support our most vulnerable neighbours so that they are empowered to create stronger families and communities, and build a better future for our common home. Lenten Share Packs (6 envelopes, one for each week of Lent) and boxes remain available in both churches and the chapel.

Parish Diary & Mass Times: 6th - 12th March

Monday 6th March

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00pm Mass [OF] MI Tuesday 7th March

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [EF] MI

9:00am Mass [OF] SE School

Wednesday 8th March

6:30am Mass [OF] SJF

9:00am Mass [OF] MI

Thursday 9th March

6:00am Mass [OF+] SE

7:00am Mass [OF+] MI

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

Friday 10th March

6:30am Mass [OF] SE

9:00am Mass [EF] MI

7:30pm Stations of the Cross, MI

followed by Holy Hour until 8:45pm

Saturday 11th March

8:15am Mass [EF] MI

Second Sunday of Lent

5:30pm Vigil [OF] SJF

5:30pm Vigil [OF+] MI

Sunday 12th March 7:30am Mass [OF] MI 8:30am Mass [OF] SJF 9:00am Mass [EF] MI 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: Mon 6:45pm (MI) Wed 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Thu 9:40am - 10:00am (MI Fri 9:40am - 10:00am (MI) Fri 7:30pm - 8:30pm (During Holy Hour) Sat 7:15am - 8:00am (MI) Sat 4:45pm - 5:15pm (MI) Sat 5:15pm by request (SJF) Sun During 9:00am Mass where possible (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 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 - 8:00am at Mary Immaculate Church.

Rosters for next week

MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, 4th March, Private: For a Special Intention 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For the Holy Souls Sunday, 5th March, 8:30am Mass at SJF: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls Monday, 6th March, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Pope and the Bishops Tuesday, 7th March, 6:00am Mass at SE: For the Intentions of the Donor Wednesday, 8th March, 6:30am Mass at SJF: For the Holy Souls >

St Gregory’s Latin Mass Community: First Sunday of Lent: Wilston 7:30am

> 9:00am Mass at MI:

For Alex Webster, for recovery after surgery Thursday, 9th March, 6:00am Mass at SE: For a Special Intention 7:00am Mass at MI: For the Repose of the Soul of Norm Banwell, anniversary Friday, 10th March, 6:30am Mass at SE: For the Intentions of the Donor 9:00am Mass at MI: For baby Jonathan Gerard Lucey, anniversary of birth and death (10th March,1981) Saturday, 11th March, Private: For the Intentions of the Donor 8:15am Mass at MI: For the Repose of the Soul of Mona Lutvey, anniversary 5:30pm Vigil at MI: For the People of the Parish: Pro populo Sunday, 12th March, 7:30am Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls 9:00am Mass at MI: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory, living and deceased 5:00pm Mass at MI: For the Holy Souls

PLEASE NOTE:

No Weekday Masses are omitted for this week

Sacramental Program: Upcoming children’s sessions in

preparation for first confession are as follows: 8th, 15th

and 22nd March at 4:00pm, in the Christi Centre at

St Elizabeth’s Primary School, Tarragindi.

Rosters for next week MINISTERS OF THE WORD

Sat (SJF) 5:30pm Christine Nitz, Barbara Nicolaides

Sun (MI) 7.30am Ann Fell

Sun (SJF)9.00am Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5.00pm Pat Rickard, Andrew Carney

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: Peter Menagh

Sun (MI) 5:00pm: Liam Herbert (also available as a reserve. Please phone 0417 727 480) COUNTERS

Monday, 6th March, 2017 Clem Poncini, Bernie O’Hara

CHURCH CARE

Sacristy (SEC) Maria Monro

Sanctuary & Sacristy (MI) Mabel Saah

Laundry (SJF) Rebecca Birkett

Laundry (MI) Mabel Saah

Jeff Cavins Timeline Bible Study, as seen on EWTN: Wednesday 8th March, 7pm, at Little Kings Movement for the Disabled, 31/33 O'Keefe St, Woolloongabba. Car park via Carl and Wolseley Streets. Mystical Rose Praesidium: 0473 208 086.

Support new religious communities in Australia!

Oriens ex Alto Double CD of Chants of the Epiphany –

available for $30 each following 9 AM Masses. All

proceeds benefit new Benedictine monastery in

Tasmania: Notre Dame Priory. Award-winning Cloister

Coffee – available for sale following 9 AM Masses. $14

per bag or 2 for $23. All proceeds benefit new

Benedictine community in Sydney: Daughters of the

Maternal Heart of Mary.

Could this be your Ministry? The Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care Team requires more committed Catholics with an ability to relate pastorally to those who are suffering a mental illness. Training is offered. Please phone: 3252 5461

First Sunday of Lent - Year A: 4th/5th March, 2017

MASS READINGS

First Reading: Genesis 2:7-9; 3: 1-7

The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to east, with the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden. The serpent was the most subtle of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ The woman answered the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, “You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death.”’ The serpent said to the woman, ‘No! You will not die! God knows in fact that on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.’ The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was desirable for the knowledge that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She gave some also to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 50

(Said by all)

Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.

My offences truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done.

A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit.

Give me again the joy of your help; with a spirit of fervour sustain me. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise.

Second Reading: Romans 5: 12-19

Sin entered the world through one man, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the who human race because everyone has sinned. Sin existed in the world long before the Law was given. There was no law and so no one could be accused of the sin of ‘law-breaking, yet death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even though their sin, unlike that of Adam, was not a matter of breaking a law. Adam prefigured the One to come, but the gift itself considerably outweighed the fall. If it is certain that through one man’s fall so many died, it is even more certain that divine grace, coming through the one man, Jesus Christ, cam to so many as an abundant free gift. The results of the gift also outweigh the results of one man’s sin: for after one single fall came judgement with a verdict of condemnation,

now after many falls comes grace with its verdict of acquittal. If it is certain that death reigned over everyone as the consequence of one man’s fall, it is even more certain that one man, Jesus Christ, will cause everyone to reign in life who receives the free gift that he does not deserve, of being made righteous. Again, as one man’s fall brought condemnation on everyone, so the good act of one man brings everyone life and makes them justified. As by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

The Word of the Lord

Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! No one lives on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

Gospel: Matthew 4: 1-11

Jesus was led by the Spirit out into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was very hungry, and the tempter came and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to turn into loaves.’ But he replied, ‘Scripture says: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ The devil then took him to the holy city and made him stand on the parapet of the Temple. ‘If you are the Son of God’ he said ‘throw yourself down; for scripture says: ‘He will put you in his angels’ charge, and they will support you on their hands in case you hurt your foot against a stone.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Scripture also says: ‘You must not put the Lord your God to the test.’ Next, taking him to a very high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their spendour. ‘I will give you all these’, he said, ‘if you fall at my feet and worship me.’ Then Jesus replied, ‘Be off, Satan!’ For scripture says: ‘ You must worship the Lord your God and serve him alone.’ Then the devil left him, and the angels appeared and looked after him.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Memorial Acclamation: Number One

We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.

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