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Entrance#Antiphon:#To!you,!I!lift!up!my!soul,!O!my!God.!!In!you,!I!have!trusted;!let!me!not!be!put!to!shame.!!Nor!let!my!enemies!exult!over!me;!and!let!none!who!hope!in!you!be!put!to!shame.!!!Communion#Antiphon:#The!Lord!will!bestow!his!bounty,!and!our!earth!shall!yield!its!increase.!!

PLEASE#PRAY#FOR#MEMBERS#OF#OUR#PARISH#COMMUNITY:##Our#sick:!Hilton!Denis,!Tobias!AlesanaWRennie,!Leanne!Frost,!Michael!Steel,!Janno!Punla,!Conrad!Murray,!Fr!Jaime!Bonet,!Mary!Cunney,!Joao!Merchado,!Therese!Grima,!Geoff!Shalala,!Alexandre!Branco,!Richard!Hannigan,!Maureen!McLoughlin,!Steve!Estrada.!!Deceased:#We!pray!especially!for!the!deceased!of!our!parish.!We!pray!especially!in!this!month!of!November!for!family!and!friends!who!have!been!taken!up!into!the!arms!of!our!loving!Father.!!!Birthdays:#Therese!Grima!(27!November),!Maribel!Villanueva!(29!November),!Isla!Foster!(2!December).!!Death#Anniversary:#Maria!Bidmead!(27!November).!

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FIRST#SUNDAY#OF#ADVENT#–#YEAR##A# # # #27TH#November#2016#

WEEKEND#MASSES:#Saturday!6pm!Sunday!7:30am!

Sunday!9:30am!W!Family!Mass!with!Children’s!Liturgy!

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WEEKDAY#SERVICES#C#7am!Monday:!Communion!Service!!

Tuesday!W!Friday:!Mass!!

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW#Adoration#of#the#Blessed#Sacrament!!

Saturday!3:30pm!W!5:30pm!!#

Sacrament#of#Reconciliation!Saturday!!4pm!W!5pm!

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Baptisms#&#Weddings!By!appointment!

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PARISH#MINISTRIES:#To#offer#assistance/make#enquiries#contact#the#following#people#or#the#Parish#office:!W!Altar!Servers,!Eucharistic!Ministers!&!Acolytes:!!Rosemary!9667!2955!W!Readers:!Josette!0409!662!468!W!Public!School!Catechists:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Kath!9667!3505!W!Visiting!the!sick,!elderly!&!lonely:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Grainne!9663!3945!W!Music!&!Choir:!Phil!0423!233!109!W!Youth:!Phil!0423!233!109!!W!St!Vincent!de!Paul:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bernard!0408!114!789!W!RCIA:!Michael!Steel!0415!437!132!W!Morning!Tea:!Helen!0414!397!105!#

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CHRISTMAS#MASS#TIMES#Christmas#Eve,#Saturday#24th#

5pm!! Children's!Mass!(most!suitable!for!ages!3W10)!7pm! Vigil!(led!by!Joey’s!Youth)!12am! Midnight!Mass!

!Christmas#Day,#Sunday#25th#

9:30am!Christmas!Day!Mass!!

We! WELCOME! the! New! Auxiliary!Bishop!of! the!Archdiocese!of!Sydney,!Bishop!Richard!Umbers! to!our! Parish!community.!!

*!A!light!refreshment!will!follow!this!Saturday!Vigil!Mass,!in!the!Church!Hall,!where!you!will!have!a!chance!to!speak!to!Bishop!Richard!Umbers!in!person.!

LOSS#&#GRIEF#WORKSHOP!The!Seasons!for!Growth!workshop!provides!participants!the!opportunity!to!learn!about!the!nature!and!consequences!of!change,!loss!and!grief!on!life.!!The!next!session!is!December#5th!and!held!at!Mary#MacKillop#Place,!North!Sydney.!!For!more!information!see!the!poster!on!the!noticeboard!or!register!at!mopevent.bookings@sosj.org.au!!

THIS#WEEKEND.#.#.##THE#ST#VINCENT#DE#PAUL#SOCIETY#CHRISTMAS#APPEAL#will#be#conducted#in#the#parish#after#all#Masses.##Any!Christmas!gifts,!food!and!cash!donations!will!be!gratefully!received.!Cash!donation!of!$2.00!and!over!are!tax!deductible!

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Sunday,'December'11th'Commences!at!12:30!pm!@!The!Parish!Grounds!

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JUMPING#CASTLE#FOR#KIDS!##!

Please!write!down!at!the!back!of!the!Church!on!the!sheet!provided!the!salad!or!dessert!you!can!bring!to!share.!

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Sunday Movie Day The#SANTA#CLAUSE#4th!of!December!at!1!pm!

!Come!spend!an!afternoon!of!nice!company,!yummy!treats!and!a!movie!screening.!All!welcome!!If#anyone#

requires#transport#call#Rosemary#Cooley#on##

9667#2955#or#0438#673#860.!!

ROSTERS! Readers! Extra!Eucharistic!Ministers!

6pm# This# L!Azzopardi/T!Poulton! A!Lobo/R!Cooley!Next# G!Norton/D!Silveira! R!Cameron/P!Di!Cristo!

7:30am# This# D!Matheson/K!Atkins! D!Matheson!Next# P!Murphy/M!Burns! J!Sciberras!

9:30am# This# L!Steel/J!Maher! L!Steel!Next# J!Buist/C!Buxton! J!Buist!

Counters# This# N!Kerr,!T!Ellery,!E!Di!Cristo!Next# T!McDonald,!G!Elliott,!T!Lumibao!

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Advent Women’s Retreat Christ the Healer

Tuesday, 29 November 9am-4:30pm

FREE Registration Essential

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FEAST!DAYS!THIS!WEEK:!!Wed#30th!Nov!St!Andrew!Sat#3rd!Dec!St!Francis!Xavier!

FOUR WEEK ADVENT SERIES

Preparing'a'Place'for'Christ'!

Week'1:'Advent'Prayer#When:#Next!Tuesday#29th#Nov,#7#C#8#pm.!!

Coffee/Tea!available!afterwards!Who:!Open#to#all,!led!by!Fr.!Greg.!!Where:!Community#Room!(behind!Adoration!Chapel!!

across!from!Hall)!What:!Song,!30!minute!talk,!followed!by!20!minutes!!

of!silent!prayer!in!chapel,!and!a!final!wrap!up!!and!prayer.!

Why:!Because!Christ!is!Coming,!ready!or!not!

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Pope!Francis’!Apostolic!Exhortation,!The!Joy!of!the!Gospel!The!joy!of!evangelizing!always!arises!from!grateful!remembrance:!it!is!a!grace!which!we!constantly!need!to!implore.!...!The!believer!is!essentially!“one!who!remembers”.!!!

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First Reading Is 2:1-5A reading from the prophet IsaiahThe Lord will gather all nations in eternal peace in the kingdom of God.

The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

In the days to comethe mountain of the Temple of the Lordshall tower above the mountainsand be lifted higher than the hills.All the nations will stream to it,peoples without number will come to it;

and they will say:

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the Temple of the God of Jacobthat he may teach us his waysso that we may walk in his paths;since the Law will go out from Zion,and the oracle of the Lord

from Jerusalem.’

He will wield authority over the nationsand adjudicate between many peoples;these will hammer their swords into

ploughshares,their spears into sickles.Nation will not lift sword against nation,there will be no more training for war.O House of Jacob, come,let us walk in the light of the Lord.The word of the Lord.

Responsorial PsalmPs 121:1-2. 4-5. 6-9. R. see v.1.

(R.) Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

1. I rejoiced when I heard them say: ‘Let us go to God’s house.’ And now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem. (R.)

2. It is there that the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord. For Israel’s law it is, there to praise the Lord’s name. There were set the thrones

of judgement of the house of David. (R.)

3. For the peace of Jerusalem pray: ‘Peace be to your homes! May peace reign in your walls, in your palaces, peace!’ (R.)

4. For love of my brethren and friends I say: ‘Peace upon you!’ For love of the house of the Lord I will ask for your good. (R.)

Second Reading Rom 13:11-14A reading from the letter of St Paul to the RomansThe time has come, our salvation is near.

You know ‘the time’ has come: you must wake up now: our salvation is even nearer than it was when we were converted. The night is almost over, it will be daylight soon – let us give up all the things we prefer to do under the cover of the dark; let us arm ourselves and appear in the light. Let us live decently as people do in the daytime: no drunken orgies, no promiscuity or licentiousness, and no wrangling or jealousy. Let your armour be the Lord Jesus Christ.The word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Ps 84:8

Alleluia, alleluia!Lord, show us your mercy and love,and grant us your salvation.Alleluia!

Gospel Mt 24:37-44A reading from the holy Gospel according to MatthewStay awake, you must be ready.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of Man comes. Then of two men in the fields one is taken, one left; of two women at the millstone grinding, one is taken, one left.

‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming. You may be quite sure of this that if the householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed anyone to break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’The Gospel of the Lord.

Reflection by Michael Tate

Our Lord loved to unfurl the scroll of the Prophet Isaiah in his local synagogue. The poetic image of swords being hammered into ploughshares reverberated into his renouncing violence against the Roman occupying army in his own time. When will this picture come true for all human beings for all time?

Only God knows! We don’t know any more than we know when a burglar might target our home. But our ignorance of God’s timetable is no excuse for being fatalistic and sleepy. We have our own span of life providing the timetable for our own contribution to the hammering of swords into ploughshares.

Recent Popes, especially St John Paul II, have taken up this theme for our times, teaching more restrictive criteria for using armed force, even dropping the term ‘just war’ to very small print in the Catechism.

We could pause for a moment to pray to be awake to our opportunities to shape society in the light of the vision of Isaiah and the practice of Jesus the Prince of Peace.

mtate@bigpond.com

27 November 20161st Sunday of Advent, Year A

The psalm responses are from the English Translation of the Lectionary for the Mass ©1981 International Committee on English in the Liturgy Inc.(ICEL). All rights reserved. The psalm texts, from The Psalms, A New Translation, ©1963 by The Grail, England and used by permission of the publishers. The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers.© Creative Ministry Resources Pty LtdAll use must be in accordance with your user licensing agreement.