ST. PAUL’S CATHOLIC COMMUNITY NIGHTCLIFF

Under the care of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

Cnr. Trower Rd & Francis Street, NIGHTCLIFF. NT 0810 PO Box 781 Nightcliff. NT 0814

Phone: 08 89852343/ 0408201408 stpaulsnightcliff@bigpond.com.

PARISH TEAM: Fr. Roy O’Neill MSC. Fr. Binesh Joseph CST 08 89851238 Sr. Rita Zuccher FdCC. 08 89853128

Mr. Anthony Hockey Principal 08 89851911. Mrs. Helen Smith. Chair of Pastoral Council

First Sunday in Lent Year A

No one lives on bread alone

First Reading : Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Your eyes will be open and you will be like gods

Psalm 50: Be merciful O Lord for we have sinned

Second Reading: Romans 5:12, 17-19 Through the obedience of Jesus many are made righteous

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 One does not live on bread alone

Com. Verse: One does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Prayers of the Faithful

Celebrant: As we enter into this Lenten season, we rec-

ognize our need to pray each day for peace, for recon-

ciliation, for healing, and for an end to violence in our

world.

Leader: We pray for the women of our world

People: May the Spirit give them the courage to stand

up for their rights. Celebrant: We pray to the Lord

(Pause) All: Lord hear our prayer.

Leader: We pray for our community of faith and the

Parish of Nhulunbuy.

People: May we be alert to the many ways we can

help those in need, especially by taking part in Project

Compassion. (Pause) Celebrant: We pray to the Lord.

All: Lord hear our prayer.

Leader: We pray for catechumens and candidates pre-

paring to enter the Church. (Pause)

People: May they experience our support as they strive

to live the Gospel. (Pause) Celebrant: We pray to the

Lord. All: Lord hear our prayer.

Leader We pray for children and parents in the Recon-

ciliation program: (Pause)

People: May they enjoy discovering new ways of mak-

ing peace. Celebrant: We pray to the Lord.

All: Lord hear our prayer.

Celebrant: Holy Father, you hear our prayers that come

from the depths of our longing. Help us in this season

of repentance, to remember the needy, the poor, the

sick, and all those who need our care. We make our

prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Please Pray for those who are sick: Bridie Kuskey, Ada

Mallett, Les and Clare Fern, Margaret Schubert , Mary

Cutjar. Joe & Rosemary Valle, Tony Lelli, Ardea Tramontin,

Luigi Nardone. Henry Archbold (2yr son of Natasha Fyles)

Thought for the Day:

The last temptation in the greatest treason: to do the right

deed for the wrong reason.

T.S. Eliot. Murder in the Cathedral

Next Week: SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT. Genesis 12:1-4. 2Tim.1:8-10. Matthew 17:1-9

The Elect of God:

Rites celebrate the passage of the catechumens

from one level of catechesis to another. An anoint-

ing marks them as ‘the elect of God’ and the

presentation of The Creed and The Lord’s Prayer

invite them into the faith of the Community. The

entire Community should participate in these rites

MASS TIMES: SATURDAY VIGIL. 6.00 pm SUNDAY 8.30 am AND 6.00 pm.

Syro-Malabar Rite 10.30 am the First Sunday of month. Children’s Mass 8.30 am last Sunday of month.

Monday 5.30 pm. (8.00 am Public Holidays) Tues–Friday. 6. 45am. Anointing Mass First Mondays 5.30 pm

Saturday: 8.00 am. SACRAMENTS: Reconciliation: Ask at least 15 minutes before any Mass

and immediately after Saturday Mass. Baptisms/ Marriage By appointment. Book well ahead

Living the Gospel: ‘The greatest treason: the right deed for the wrong reason’

As always on the First Sunday in Lent, the Gospel sto-ry is about the Temptations that confronted Jesus. They were temptations to make money, to achieve power and to avoid responsibility. Jesus rejected all these temptations by calling on the only strength he really had, his relationship with God the Father. Be-cause all these things would be in the way of his mis-sion on earth, they had to be avoided.

We also have the same kinds of temptations that Jesus had. They are not always as clear cut as these three in the story, but they amount to the same in the end; all our temptations are about wanting more (No matter how we get it), wanting power over others (we want to be better than others, we want to get an edge on others), and we want to avoid taking responsibility for our own lives and to be of service to others. Indi-vidualism is increasingly becoming the moral norm in our society. What is best for the individual has to be right!! That is NOT the message of the Gospels.

There are some social problems today that come back time and again to confront us. When we come to make decisions about morality, we need to be objec-tive; we cannot make up our minds just on individual cases, no matter how many cases there might be, nor how much sympathy they might arouse. There are so many people confronted by these temptations, and we can easily let our sympathy determine our norms of morality.

The Moral Law does not depend just on the Church,

or the Pope, or the Scriptures– but each guides us in making moral decisions. Morality, and the norms of morality, can only be worked out in terms of what is for the common good, what is ennobling for human nature, what will ultimately enrich humanity.

All life is a gift from God; it has to be lived as a gift; it has to be lived as a gift to others; it is a far more enriching gift when it chal-lenges others to become better human be-ings. At least Jesus thought so!

PARISH NOTICES AND COMING EVENTS

Weekly Collections: 1st Collection: $904.20 2nd Collection: $ 999.55 Direct Debit $647.00

MARCH CALENDAR

LENTEN GROUPS. Meet at Convent on Tuesdays, Presby-tery on Wednesdays at 7.00 pm and Matt/Cathy Bourke’s on Thursdays at 7.30 pm

STATIONS OF THE CROSS every Friday in Lent at 6.00 pm

Minister’s Roster

DATE MASS TIME USHER COMMENTATOR READER 1 READER 2

Childrens Lit

Word SPECIAL MINISTERS

THE SEASON OF LENT is a penitential season of prayer, self-

denial and helping others (prayer, penance and alms giving).

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are days of fast and absti-

nence. The law of fasting binds those who have completed

their eighteenth year, until the beginning of

their sixtieth year; the law of abstinence

binds those who have completed their four-

teenth year. Lent is the most appropriate

time for celebrating the Sacrament of Recon-

ciliation (Confession). From The Ordo

9th Mar .14 SAT 6pm Kathy Hilder Sharon Theresa Thomas Thomy Helen Smith

Bob & Felicity Sharp,

Peter Liddle,

SUN 8:30am. Sylvia Kervin Bryan Adamos Jacinta Kelly Estella Ega

Garry

Blackett, Judy

Bruer

Baby Joseph, Garry Blackett,

Nancy Yong, Fele Mann

SUN 6pm Pat McGregor Pat McGregor

Courtenay

Furlan Paula Wright

Pat McGregor, J. Monteiro.

Adrianne Furlan

16th Mar

2014 SAT 6pm Felicity Sharp Helen Smith Sharon Theresa Ross O'Campo

Armida Monteith, Bob Sharp,

Peter Sheldon.

SUN 8:30am. Jacinta Kelly Sr Lucy Kert Joan Angeles Marty Musco Emma Fleming

Jacinta Kelly, Rhett Bowden

Joann Baker E Ega, Benita

DiVincentis

SUN 6pm Pat McGregor Betti Knott Tita Allom Mike Bowden

Pat McGregor, Pauline

Feehan; Catherine Phillips