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Third Sunday of Advent
14th / 15th December
“Gaudete Sunday”
The ordinary story to the birth of an extra-ordinary man
One of the reasons why the Jews did not accept Jesus as the messiah was because of the realities
behind his ordinary birth. They expected a messiah to come from a wealthy Jewish Royal family,
but instead what they saw was an ordinary humble son of a carpenter who was born in a manger.
Like the Jews of old we also wait for the coming of God among us, for our Immanuel (God with
us). Maybe we should take a moment and ask ourselves, how do we expect God to come among
us? How does God work among us? This is necessary because sometimes the problem is not that
God is not with us, the problem rather is that we do not recognize the ways of God’s presence and
action among us. We act often like Jacob in Bethel who awoke from his sleep and exclaimed, “So
the LORD is in this place – and I did not know it!” (Genesis 28:16).
The coming of the long awaited Messiah, the light of the world, the king of the Jews and the head
of our families, in such an ordinary way, reminds us that God comes in ordinary, normal, daily
circumstances of life. God comes to us in the people we see around us being born, growing up,
ageing and dying. Yet it is still hard for us to see God in the people who are familiar to us, not to
talk of in our own very selves. But if we see the incarnation of the Son of God as a bridge between
heaven and earth, between the divine and the human, between the order of grace and the order of
nature, between the sacred and the profane, maybe we will begin to discern the presence and action
of God more and more in our daily lives.
Today also is “Gaudete Sunday”! That’s why we are using rose candles and vestments today.
“Gaudete” is a Latin word for “rejoice”. The Church invites us to rejoice because Christmas is
closer. The eclipse is nearly over and the sun is set to shine again. So we are called not only to
rejoice but to prepare our hearts and minds and listen and hear the footsteps of God who comes
into our lives in ordinary ways, through ordinary people and at ordinary moments of our lives. No
need to look up to the mountain top or the depths of the ocean, for he is always with us and it is in
him that we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28).
Come, Lord Jesus!
Fr Lucius
Calendar Dates
December
15 Third Sunday in Advent
15 Gleeman Concert Little Flower
15 Filipino Christmas Mass Cab
16 Parish Discernment Meeting
17 Priest Visitation Season’s Bribie
18 Advent Reconciliation Bribie
19 Advent Reconciliation Cab
22 Fourth Sunday in Advent
23 Parish Discernment Meeting
24th December - Office Closed
PARISH BAPTISMS
St Peter’s 10.30am 1st & 2nd Saturdays of each month
Little Flower 10.30am 3rd Saturday of each month
For Weddings & Funerals please contact the Parish Office
SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK This Sunday - Third Sunday of Advent (Yr A)
Isaiah 35:1-6,10 James 5:7-10; Matt 11:2-11
Weekday Readings:
Monday Num 24:2-7,15-17; Matt 21:23-27
Tuesday Gen 49:2,8-10; Matt 1:1-17
Wednesday Jer 23:5-8; Matt 1:18-24
Thursday Judges 13:2-7,24-25; Luke 1:5-25
Friday St Lucy Isaiah 7:10-14; Luke 1:26-38
Saturday Song 2:8-14 or Zeph 3:14-18 Luke 1:39-45
Next Sunday– Fourth Sunday of Advent (Yr A)
Isaiah 7:10-14; Romans 1:1-7; Matt 1:18-24
Response:
Lord, come and save us.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, Alleluia! The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me; he sent me to bring Good News to
the poor. Alleluia!
News from St Peter’s
SUNDAY
6.00 pm Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent (Church)
7.00 am Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent (Church)
8.30 am Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent (Beachmere)
10.00 am Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent (Church)
12 noon Filipino Mass (Church) 5.30 pm Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent (Church)
MONDAY
9.00 am Mass
9.30 am 5 Decade Rosary (Church)
12.30 pm 20 Decade Rosary (Church)
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
9.30 am Mass (Church)
7.00 pm Christmas Vigil Mass Choir practise (Church)
THURSDAY
10.00 am El Shaddai 21 Hayes St. Ph. Susie 0404 844 395.
6.30 pm Special Christmas Communal Reconciliation
FRIDAY
7.45 am Mass (St Peter’s Church)
9.30 - 11.30am Craft Group (Parish Office Meeting Room)
SATURDAY
5.00 pm Individual Reconciliation
6.00 pm Mass of the Fourth Sunday of Advent (Church)
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News from Little Flower
SUNDAY
8.30am Mass of the Third Sunday of Advent (Church)
MONDAY
TUESDAY
6.00 pm MASS
WEDNESDAY
9.00 am Communion Liturgy (Church)
9.30 am Christian Meditation (Our House)
3.30 pm Bible Study Group Frederic Ozanam Centre
5.00 pm Men’s Choir Practice (New Men’s voices welcome) (Church)
6.30 pm Special Christmas Communal Reconciliation
THURSDAY
9.15 am Mass (Church)
FRIDAY
9.00 am Mass
SATURDAY
5.00 pm Individual Reconciliation (Church)
6.00 pm Mass of Fourth Sunday of Advent (Church)
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Gleeman’s Christmas Concert this Sunday 15th Dec
Little Flower Church 2pm - all welcome.
Gold coin donation with all money going to St Vinnies.
Thank you to our hospitality Ladies who will provide afternoon tea
for everyone. We hope you will join us for a great afternoon!
MEETINGS & GATHERINGS
MEETINGS & GATHERINGS
Our Schools
St Peter’s Primary School
30 Beerburrum Road, Caboolture. Ph: 5495 2266 http://www.stpeterscaboolture.qld.edu.au
St Columban’s College
100 McKean Street, Caboolture. Ph: 5495 3111. https://stc.moretonbay.com.au
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Please Remember In Your Prayers
Those Who Have Died Recently
Joseph Drewniak, Terry Walsh, Fay Pennington, Beryl Beecham,
Therese O’Connell, Robert Lam, Bela Venczel, Rita Bishop,
Mary King, Ernest Cooney, Carl Jorgensen.
Anniversaries of Those Who Have Died
Maureen Aiton, Giovanni Pinna, Jamie Moran, France Pasin,
Vincenzo Belmonte, Doug dale, Mary Bravo, Thora Levinson,
Mary Ledwidge, Ivan Bates, Emily Teske, Margery Halpin,
Gary Beckett, Robert Cudmore, Shannon Macrae, Robert
Simmonds, William Burgess-Dean, Eileen Oakman, Anna Toner,
Angela Meyer, Nick McTeare-Reyes, Ian Rennie, Antanas
Urbutis, Heather Boyd, Thomas Scanlon, Jim Toomey, Edith
Grainger, Ann Mullan, Lilla Chadwick, Mary McCracken.
Our Sick
Kevin Bowman, Denis Berge, Calvin Bartlett, Garry Kelly,
Bernie Daly, Mary Daly, Catherine Ferguson, Pedro
Fructuoso, Lisa Griffiths, Nicole Harvey, Jim Henderson,
Laurie Holdsworth, Lionel Henschell, Alison Jones, Paddy
Leahy, Gill Leach, Bob Lewis, Basil Moran, Maurice
O’Connell, Modesta Phillips, Nicole Parker, Alison Peall,
Leoncia Patiluna, Pedro Sanchez, Gene Rosenblatt, Brenda
Rennie, Margaret Stone, Bernie Sheppard, Betty Towell,
Amanda Thacker, Gerry Van Dinter, Marie Webster,
Mark Wheatley. …………………………………….
PARISH COLLECTIONS:
Across the Parish your gifting this week was - $5180.10
Thank you for the continued support of your Parish.
Little Flower Christmas Lunch
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The St Vinnies Christmas Appeal
Please don’t forget our local conferences Christmas Appeals. Your generosity is very much appreciated by those families who are helped by the hampers of food
donations and gifts each year. Envelopes for monetary donations are available at the
back of the church.
Congratulations to Tristan Silk &
Stevie Santo who will be welcomed into the
Church through Baptism at St Peter’s Church, this Saturday.
COMMUNAL RITES OF RECONCILIAITON
Our Special Christmas Communal Rites of Reconciliation will be celebrated this week
At Little flower - Wednesday 18th Dec at 6.30pm
At St Peter’s - Thursday 19th Dec 6.30pm You are all invited to share in this truly wonderful Sacrament of Forgiveness.
Listening & Discernment Groups
Our themes this week will be
“Humble, Healing & Merciful”
“Prayerful & Eucharistic”
Groups meet in our house at 9am on Bribie and at
7pm in the hall at Caboolture. For those who came
last Monday and are returning for the next session
please bring your folders back.
CHRISTMAS ROSTERS
Sheets for the Christmas Rosters are at the front of the church. If you are available for any of the
Mass times please add your name to the relevant ministry lists. Rosters will be available next
weekend. Thank you.
Rosters for all Liturgical ministries for 2020 will
be made available next weekend . If you are new and would like to be involved please contact the
Archdiocesan Prevention and Protection Policy
The Archdiocese of Brisbane holds that children, young people
and vulnerable adults are a gift from God with an intrinsic right
to dignity of life, respect and security from physical and emotional
harm. They are to be treasured, nurtured and safeguarded by all.
Safeguarding Is Everyone’s Responsibility
Parish Office Contact Information
www.cabooltureparish.org.au.
Parish Priest: Fr David Pascoe 0414 675 356
Associate Pastor: Fr Lucius Edomobi 0451 570 990
Parish Secretary: Sharron Macrae
Finance Officer: Kath Rawlinson
Staff Meeting - Wednesday 8.30am - 9.00am
Safeguarding Officer: Sharron Macrae
Phone: 1300 304 550 Email: [email protected]
The winners of the
Knights raffle held
last weekend were -
N. Everson,
M. Richardson
J. Plant
M. Dwyer
J. Major
T. Jonkers
B. Nolan
L. Miller
Thank you for your
support
CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES
24 6pm Vigil (Carols 5.30pm) Little Flower
24 6pm Vigil (Carols 5.30pm) St Peter’s School Under-
covered area. Please note change of time from previous years.
24 6pm Vigil (Carols 5.30pm) Beachmere
24 8.30pm Vigil (Carols 8.00pm) Little Flower
24 Midnight (Carols 11.30pm) St Peter’s
25 7am Christmas Day St Peter’s
25 8.30am Christmas Day Little Flower
25 9am Christmas Day St Peter’s
26 Feast of St Stephen
9.00am Mass Little Flower or 9.00am Mass St Peter’s
27 Feast of St John
9.00am Mass Little Flower or 9.00am Mass St Peter’s