24/25 february 2018 pymble catholic parish year of youth - “open new horizons for spreading joy”...
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PYMBLE CATHOLIC PARISH SACRED HEART & OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR
Second Sunday of Lent 24/25 February 2018
Building a Christ-centred community of Love and Mercy
The year of Fr Francis Jordan, founder of the Salvatorians.
Sept 2017 - Sept 2018
“The test of humility is patience”
www.pymblecatholicparish.org.au
Dear Jesus, help me to
spread your fragrance
everywhere I go;
Flood my soul with your
spirit and life;
Penetrate and possess my
whole
being so completely
That all my life may be only a
radiance of yours;
Shine through me and be so
in me
That everyone with whom I
come into contact
May feel your presence
within me.
Let them look up and see no
longer me—but only Jesus.
Amen.
(John Henry Cardinal Newman, Prayer of
Surrender to Christ)
Thank you to all the Families who joined us this weekend in our Parish…
We invite you this week to pray together that
your family will continue to express its love for God by loving others.
Fr. Bogus & Fr. Greg
HAVE YOU TOLD US?
Please inform the Parish Office if you have
recently changed your address, phone number
or email. For parishioners who give via credit
card, does your credit card expire in February
or March? Please let the Parish Office know if
you have received a new credit card and/or
new expiry date. Thank you!
Praying with the Pope in February
Universal: Say “No” to Corruption That those who have material, political or spiritual power may resist any lure of
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Parish Staff Contact details
Pastoral care Salvatorian Fathers Parish Priest: Fr. Boguslaw Loska SDS
Email: [email protected]
Assistant Priest: Fr Grzegorz Skulski SDS
Email: [email protected]
Parish Staff Parish Secretary: Natalia Gomez
Email: [email protected]
Assistant Secretary: Louise Maishman
Email: [email protected]
Youth Minister: Katrina Pratt
Email: [email protected]
Sacramental & CCD Coordinator: Melanie Benbow
Email: [email protected]
Parish Office Address: 2 Richard Porter Way, Pymble, NSW 2073
Postal address: PO BOX 231 Turramurra NSW 2074
Telephone: (02) 9144 2702
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pymblecatholicparish.org.au
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PymbleCatholicParish/
Office hours: Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm
Friday 9am to 4pm
Parish Primary Schools
Parish Mass Times Sacraments Information
Sacred Heart 2 Richard Porter Way, Pymble NSW 2073 Week days: Tuesday to Friday 9:00am Morning Prayer: Tuesday to Friday 8:40am Rosary: Tuesday to Friday after morning Mass Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Friday after morning Mass Weekend: Saturday (Vigil Mass): 5:30pm Sunday: 7:45am, 9:30am and 6:00pm
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 64 Kendal St, West Pymble, NSW, 2073 Week days: Thursday: 12.15pm - During School Term
Weekend: Saturday: 9:00am and 5:00pm (Vigil Mass) Sunday: 9:00am
Reconciliation:
Sacred Heart: Friday 8:30am, Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 5:30pm
OLPS: Saturday 9.30am
Baptisms and Marriages:
Please contact the Parish Office.
Confirmation, Reconciliation and First Eucharist:
Please contact Melanie Benbow - CCD & Sacramental Coordinator.
In office: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
This week in our Parish...
Sunday, 25 February 7:45am Mass at Sacred Heart 9:00am Mass at OLPS 9:30am Mass at Sacred Heart 6:00pm Youth Mass at Sacred Heart 7:00pm Youth Group (14yrs +) Tuesday, 27 February 9:00am Mass at Sacred Heart 7:30pm RCIA Meeting 7:30pm Charismatic Prayer Group Wednesday, 28 February 9:00am Mass at Sacred Heart 11.00am Mass at Southern Cross Nursing Home Thursday, 01 March 9:00am Mass at Sacred Heart 12:15pm Mass at OLPS 7:00pm Youth Group (Yr 5 - 9)
Friday, 02 March 9:00am Mass at Sacred Heart 10:00am Bible Study 6:30pm Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart 7:00pm “Light is On for you” Prayer, Reflection & Reconciliation 7:30pm Taize Prayer Group Saturday, 03 March 9:00am Mass at OLPS 9.30am Stations of the Cross at OLPS 5:00pm Mass at OLPS 5:30pm Mass at Sacred Heart Sunday, 04 March 7:45am Mass at Sacred Heart 9:00am Mass at OLPS 9:30am Mass at Sacred Heart 6:00pm Youth Mass at Sacred Heart 7:00pm Youth Group (14yrs +)
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Principal: Sue Host
Telephone: (02) 9498 6060 www.olpsdbb.catholic.edu.au
Sacred Heart Principal: Mary Hor
Telephone: (02) 94408056 www.shdbb.catholic.edu.au
The Year of Youth - “Open new horizons for spreading joy” The Australian Catholic Bishops have announced that 2018 will be the national Year of Youth. This Year of Youth began with the 1st Sunday of Advent (03 December 2017). We encourage you to pray with us for our young parishioners and for all Australian youth.
PRAYER FOR YOUTH
Come Holy Spirit of this Great Southland Inspire our entire faith community, As we prayerfully discern new horizons for spreading joy in the lives and communities of the People of God. Come Holy Spirit of Youth Fill the hearts of young people with the hope and love of Jesus Christ. Enliven our community with the creativity, energy and joy of youth. Guide us together, as we strive to offer God’s mercy to those who feel abandoned or outcast.
Come Holy Spirit of Faith Empower our community to be courageous. Unite your people as witnesses of love. Walk with us, as we blaze new trails of discipleship, Accompanying young people as we renew the Church together. Come Holy Spirit of Vocation Stir within young people an awareness of God’s call. Reveal to us the graces of young people. Guide us all, in finding our place and raising our voices To build a civilization of love. St Mary of the Cross Mackillop, pray for us. Our Lady of the Southern Cross, pray for us.
Parish Prayer Zone Please remember in your prayers...
Recently Deceased Death Anniversaries Prayers for the sick Other Intentions
Brian Su Fr. Peter Neville Melba Sequeira
Margaret Comensoli Frederik Schreuder
Angel Rodrigo Arnav Morais
Kerry Oei Antonios Djunaidi and
Margaretha Hetty Nina DeSouza
Cara Lee Wanda & Stanislaw Naskalski
Claire Rickard Cara Lee
John Forbes
Deceased member of the Helsloot, Hawthorne and McNiff families, Julia Pinkerton and all souls in
purgatory.
For our young men and women whom God is calling to serve as Priests and Religious, that they may have the grace of God to
hear the call and the support of their family and friends to
answer
Stephens Daines Sandra Fry Aaron Moll
Phillip Johnston Lloyd Victor
Ron Chandler Santa Celio Ron O’Brien
Lois Rae Richard Fillingham
Jenny Scott Colleen Hussin
Joanne Fernandes Burt Schaafsma
Maureen Helsloot Tom Nash
Elizabeth Dwyer Trenna Scanlan
If you would like the names of your relatives to be included in the prayer list (anniversary of deaths, recently deceased, illnesses, wedding cel-ebration or anniversaries, birthdays, etc.) please contact the Parish Office by midday each Wednesday. Remember that due to privacy policy, names of the sick can only be put on the bulletin with permission of the immediate family. This list will be updated every month and we would appreciate if we are advised of any updates. Thank you
We welcome Cameron and William Griffiths
to Pymble Parish for the Sacrament of Baptism 25 February 2018
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church
Weekly Prayer intention…
This week we pray for a new sense of God’s
presence in our lives, that when tempted to
lose faith we shall find the power of God’s
Spirit at work in our weakness. Amen.
Mass Online
Are you unable to physically join your parish community either
weekdays, or on the weekend, for Mass? We invite you to join the
congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara for
Mass Live!
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara
9.30am on each day
Adoration and Benediction on Saturdays following 9:30am Mass.
You can access to the Mass online through our
www.pymblecatholicparish.og.au or www.dbb.org.au and click on
“Watch Mass Live”
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Bible Study:
In Sacred Scripture, the Church constantly finds her nourishment and her
strength, for she welcomes it not as a human word, “but as what it really
is, the word of God.”67
“In the sacred books the Father who is in heaven
comes lovingly to meet his children and talks with them.”68
(CCC104).
Join us each Friday morning from 10.00am - 11am in the
Sacred Heart meeting room, as we reflect on and explore
the Word of God for the coming Sunday.
All very welcome. Fr. Greg
God created us for relationship with God and one another. Lent
invites us to renew our relationship with God, in particular
through the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
You are invited to take part in the Light is ON Lenten initiative
where Sacred Heart Church will be open every Friday evening
from 7pm-8pm for quiet time, prayer (exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament) and the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Make a space to let God’s light and peace into
your life in a new way.
A Lent Invitation…
One of the beautiful faith traditions is the
Stational Mass – a special opportunity
that offers a way to greater prayer with
the universal Church during particular
seasons throughout the year. Most Rev
Peter A Comensoli is calling for the
people of Broken Bay to join him in making the pilgrimage of
Lenten Stational Masses in Broken Bay.
Please join us at one or all of the following Masses
celebrated by Bishop Peter:
20 February, St Patrick’s, East Gosford. 7.30pm
27 February, Mary Immaculate Church, Manly. 7.30pm
6 March, St Agatha’s, Pennant Hills. 7.30pm
13 March, Our Lady of the Rosary Church, The Entrance.
7.30pm
22 March, St Philip Neri Church, Northbridge. 7.30pm
CALLING ALL 11 -12YR OLD GIRLS
COME PLAY SOCCER WITH SACRED HEART FC
Sacred Heart Pymble FC is a fantastic parish club looking
for some Under11 - 12 girls to join our team and have lots
of fun.
If you or anyone you know might be interested please contact Jo Martin [email protected]
In loving memory of Brian Su, a
parent from Sacred Heart
School, who passed on the
20th February 2018.
Brian was a loving husband of Susan, and
wonderful father to Sophia and Bryson. He
was always at every school event for his
children, and every weekend he was on
the sidelines at Soccer supporting his
beautiful and talented daughter.
We ask for your prayers to support the Su
family through this difficult time.
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STATIONS OF THE CROSS
During this Lent season, we would like to invite you to
pray with us the Stations of the Cross
Sacred Heart Church, Pymble
Fridays at 6:30pm
OLPS Church, West Pymble
Saturdays after 9:00am Mass
NEW PARISHIONERS!
If you are new to our Parish, or would like to update your family details, we would like to invite you to complete the Household Information Form. This
form is available at the back of both churches or can be requested by emailing
[email protected] or contacting the Parish Office on 9144 2702
Would you like to receive the PARISH BULLETIN in
your email?
Let us know and email us at
PYMBLE CATHOLIC PARISH - STATIONS OF THE CROSS 2018
YOUTH INVOLVEMENT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Pymble Parish would like to invite all youth of high school age and above to
participate in our presentation of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday
(30th March). The presentation will incorporate some reflections, acting and
music to take the parishioners through this traditional devotion in a new
inspiring way.
It is hoped that during this Year of Youth, when we are called to spread the
joy of our faith in new ways, that our youth will help parishioners experience
the passion and dead of our Lord, and to reflect on its meaning in their lives.
REQUIREMENTS:
Able to commit to 3 rehearsals on Sunday evenings after 6pm youth
mass (25th Feb, 11th Mar and 25th Mar)
Available for both presentations at Sacred Heart and OLPS on Good
Friday (30th March)
Please note—no experience is needed! We will need some readers, and the
acting parts are non-speaking roles and not too complicated. Also, no spe-
cial costumes are needed - all participants, except one, will be required to
wear black on the day. Further details will be provided at the first rehearsal.
If you think you would like to be involved in this, please give your de-
tails to Fr. Greg or email our youth coordinator at
[email protected] with the subject “Good Friday.”
Rattanak is a skilled young barber, living an independent life in rural Cambodia. But it wasn’t always that
way. As a child he contracted polio and also became deaf. Like many people who are deaf or hard of
hearing, Rattanak faced isolation, with a lack of opportunity to escape poverty. After joining the Deaf
Development Program run by Caritas Australia’s partner, Maryknoll Cambodia, his life was transformed
and he is now supporting himself, his wife and baby.
Please donate to Project Compassion 2018 and help deaf youth in Cambodia to build a just future, and live
in communities that uphold everyone’s dignity.
A Just Future starts with your support! You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes (available at the back of both
churches), by visiting www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or phoning 1800 024 413.
Parish Prayer Zone…
If you would like the names of your relatives to be included
in the prayer list (anniversary of deaths, recently deceased,
illnesses, wedding celebration or anniversaries, birthdays,
etc.) please contact the Parish Office by midday each
Wednesday. Remember that due to privacy policy, names of
the sick can only be put on the bulletin with per-
mission of the immediate family. This list will be
updated every month and we would appreciate
if we are advised of any updates.
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CWF: Thank You! Once again we were humbled by your generous support for our Parish CWF Appeal.
This month we raised $ 10,125. Many thanks and we’ll see you in May for our last CWF Appeal for this financial year. Our tar-
get for May is $ 17,873. We hope to have your generous support again!!
Can You Help?
Yes, become a catechist! We are in need of new scripture teachers. The following classes will be without Catholic SRE teachers in 2018 if we do not get volunteers:
• Gordon East Public School: Tuesday 9.10-9.40am Kindergarten
• Turramurra Public School: Wednesday 9.15am - 9.45am AND 10.25am-11.05am
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 & Year 5 • Pymble Public School: Wednesday 9-930am Year 1 • Gordon West Public School: Wednesday 11.35-12.10pm
Year 2, Year 3 and Year 5 • West Pymble Public School: Wednesday 1235-110pm Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 5 and Year 6 Classes are once a week and run for 30-35 minutes.
All resources, teacher’s manuals, student workbooks, support and training are provided free of charge.
Please contact [email protected] for a commitment free discussion about how you can add value to our community’s youth.
Youth Off The Streets
In 1991, Father Chris Riley’s The Youth Off The Streets
program started providing support for homeless youth.
Part of that program was the supply of meals. Soon after,
the Pymble Parish community started providing frozen
home cooked meals for the program.
For more than 20 years, the Pymble Parish community has
continued with the home cooked meals project. For much
of that time, Rachel O'Brien has provided a collection point
at her home and has transported the meals to the Youth
Off The Streets facility. Rachel is now moving out of the
area and has retired from the project.
Thank you Rachel for your generous support for the youth
of Sydney and your selfless work for the Parish community.
We wish you well in your new environment.
Following on from Rachel’s excellent record of community
service, the 2018 monthly program will start again from
March. Details will follow.
For further information, please contact the Parish office.
World Day of Prayer
2 March
Friday 2 March is World Day of Prayer, a global ecumenical
movement which brings Christians of many traditions together to
observe a common day of prayer each year, leading to closer
fellowship and action throughout the year. It is a prayer movement
developed from a Christian women’s perspective as a creative
response to issues of concern around the world. In 2018, we pray
especially for the Republic of Suriname in South America, and the
theme is "All God's creation is very good!"
All are warmly invited to attend a service in our local area at:
St John's Anglican Church, Gordon
Morning tea: 10:00am
Service: 11:00am
Any enquiries please contact Penelope Sewell on 0408 262 981.
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect and pray with other
Christians in our community—www.worlddayofprayeraustralia.org
World Youth Day 2018
on Palm Sunday!
Every year since 1983, the Pope has called local bishops to gather with
their own young people on Palm Sunday to Celebrate World Youth Day
and 2018 is no exception. Bishop Peter invites the young and wise of the
Diocese to join him to celebrate World Youth Day 2018 at Our Lady of the
Rosary Cathedral. If you would like to assist in some way at the Mass or
Concelebrate, please contact the CYBB team.
Where: Hornsby Cathedral, 23 Yardley Ave, Waitara
When: 6pm Mass on Sunday 25 March
Young people are encourage to join us for some food and fun
from 4:30pm
RSVP: Kelly Paget - [email protected]
or with the Parish Office at
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Rite of Election
We pray for our Parish Catechumens elected for Christian initiation at Easter, that they will
continue their journey of faith with a great confidence and joy.
Last Sunday, 18 Feb Bishop Peter Comensoli celebrated the Rite of Election at
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral.
Liturgy of the Word 25 February to 04 March 2018
25/02 Second Sunday of Lent
Gen 22:1-2,9-13,15-18; Rom 8:31-34; Mk 9:2-10
26/02 Monday of the second week of Lent
Dan 9:4-10; Lk 6:36-38
27/02 Tuesday of the second week of Lent
Is 1:10,16-20; Mt 23:1-12
28/02 Wednesday of the second week of Lent
Jer 18:18-20; Mt 20:17-28
01/03 Thursday of the second week of Lent
Jer 17:5-10; Lk 16:19-31
02/03 Friday of the second week of Lent
Autumn Ember Day (Special Day of Prayer and Penance)
Gen 37:3-4,12-13,17-28; Mt 21:33-43,45-46
03/03 Saturday of the second week of Lent
Micah 7:14-15,18-20; Lk 15:1-3,11-32
25/02 Third Sunday of Lent
Ex 20:1-17; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25
When the Sacred Scriptures are read in the Church, God him-
self speaks to his people, and Christ, present in his word, pro-
claims the Gospel. GIRM 29
Taize Evening
Join us for TAIZE STYLE PRAYER at Sacred Heart Church at 7.30pm on Friday, 2nd March 2018. Come and spend a restful hour listening to music, short readings and prayers. Everyone is most welcome.
“Nothing is more conducive to a communion with the living God than a meditative common prayer with, as its high point, singing that never ends and that continues in the silence of one’s heart when one is alone again.” (Brother Roger)
If you are interested in joining the group or wish to help in any way please contact the Parish Office.
1st FRIDAY VISITATIONS OF THE SICK FOR THOSE
HOUSEBOUND AND IN HOSPITAL.
On the first Friday of the month, Fr Boguslaw and Fr Greg will visit all
those who are housebound and unable to attend mass
due to illness. Please phone the Parish Office on 9144
2702 if you wish to have a rostered visit for Friday, 2nd
March 2018.
For personal reflection during the week:
Recall a mountain-top experience in your faith life. Give thanks for this moment. How has this experience
changed you? Does it still encourage you? How has it allowed you to bring your faith to others?
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THE LORD WAITS FOR US
Lent Reflection
In a homily at the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis observed that sometimes people have difficulty asking for
forgiveness. “It is not easy to entrust oneself to God’s mercy,” he said, “because it is an abyss beyond our comprehension.”
But we must do! We must trust God. We must abandon ourselves to the arms of our Father God.
Pope Francis went on to recall conversations he has had with so many people:
“Oh, Father, if you knew my life, you would not say that to me!”
“Why, what have you done?”
“Oh, I am a great sinner!”
“All the better! Go to Jesus: he likes you to tell him these things!”
He forgets, he has a very special capacity for forgetting. He forgets, he kisses you, he embraces you and he simply says to
you:
‘Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more’ (John 8:11). That is the only advice he gives you. After a month, if we are
in the same situation… let us go back to the Lord. The Lord never tires of forgiving: never! It is we who tire of asking his
forgiveness. Let us ask for the grace not to tire of asking forgiveness, because he never tires of forgiving. Let us ask for this
grace.
The lord, who makes all things new, is there, waiting to forgive us, if only we would turn to him and seek his healing love.
Just before he became pope, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio wrote this in his Lenten message to the people of Buenos Aires:
Yes, it is possible that everything be made new and different because God continues to be “rich in kindness and mer-
cy, always willing to forgive,” and He encourages us to begin again and again. Today we are again invited to undertake a
paschal journey to Truth, a journey that includes the cross and renunciation, which will be uncomfortable but not sterile.
We are invited to admit that something is not right in ourselves, in society, and in the Church—to change, to turn around,
to be converted.
There is still time to return to the Lord. If we have denied him, as St. Peter did, let us seek his forgiveness. If we have be-
trayed him, as Judas did, let us repent and be reconciled by seeking his pardon. Our sins, though they be like scarlet, shall
be made white as snow by God’s love (Isaiah 1:18). The Lord never hesitates or tires of forgiving, so let us never hesitate or
tire of asking—with confidence, with trust—for forgiveness.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
(To begin an examination of conscience)
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful
and kindle in them the fire of your love.
V. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created.
R. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us Pray.
O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit,
did instruct the hearts of the faithful,
grant that by the same Holy Spirit,
we may truly wise and ever enjoy his consolations,
Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Cardinal Wuerl Donald, (2014) The Light is On for You, Frederick, Maryland: The Word Among Us Press
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Pymble Parish
Sacramental Program 2018
Confirmation
• Parent Welcome and Information Meeting: Tuesday 8th May at 7:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church (Pymble)
• Preparation Program: over 4-weeks in May and June (Groups)
• Presentation Mass: Sunday 3rd June
• Practice: Thursday 21st June at 4:30 pm OR 6:00 pm at Sacred Heart Church (Pymble)
• Service: 23rd June at 10:00 am (surnames A-K) and at 12:00 pm (surnames L-Z) at Sacred Heart Church (Pymble)
First Reconciliation
• Parent Welcome and Information Meeting: Wednesday 8th of August at 7:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church (Pymble) -
Combined with First Communion
• Preparation Program: over 4-weeks in August and September (Groups)
• Presentation Mass: Sunday 26th August
• Practice: No practice
• Service: Tuesday 11th September at 6:30pm at Sacred Heart Church (Pymble) OR Wednesday 12th September at 4:00pm at
OLPS Church (West Pymble)
First Communion
• Parent Welcome and Information Meeting: Wednesday 8th of August at 7:30 pm at Sacred Heart Church (Pymble) -
Combined with First Reconciliation
• Preparation Program: over 4-weeks in October and November (Groups)
• Presentation Mass: Sunday 28th October
• Go to confession one more time prior to First Communion:
At Sacred Heart: 8:30am Friday, 5:00pm Saturday, 5:30pm Sunday
At OLPS: 9:30am Saturday
• Practice: Saturday 10th November at 3:00pm at OLPS Church (West Pymble) OR Saturday 17th November at 3:00pm at
Sacred Heart Church (Pymble)
• Service: Sunday 11th November at 11:30 am at OLPS Church (West Pymble) OR Sunday 18th November at 11:30 am at Sacred
Heart Church (Pymble)
Please contact Melanie, our Sacramental and CCD Coordinator at [email protected] for more information.
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Liturgy of the Word Second Sunday of Lent
Entrance Antiphon
Of you my heart has spoken: Seek his face.
It is your face, O Lord, that I seek;
hide not your face from me.
First Reading Gen 22:1-2. 9-13. 15-18
A reading from the book of Genesis
The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith.
God put Abraham to the test.
‘Abraham, Abraham,’ he called.’ Here I am’ he
replied. ‘Take your son,’ God said ‘your only
child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land
of Moriah. There you shall offer him as a burnt
offering, on a mountain I will point out to you.’
When they arrived at the place God had pointed
out to him, Abraham built an altar there, and ar-
ranged the wood. Then he bound his
son Isaac and put him on the altar on top of the
wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and
seized the knife to kill his son.
But the angel of the Lord called to him from
heaven. ‘Abraham, Abraham’ he said. ‘I am here’
he replied. ‘Do not raise your hand against the
boy’ the angel said. ‘Do not harm him, for now I
know you fear God. You have not refused me
your son, your only son.’ Then looking
up, Abraham saw a ram caught by its horns in a
bush. Abraham took the ram and offered it as a
burnt offering in place of his son.
The angel of the Lord called Abraham a second
time from heaven. ‘I swear by my own self – it is
the Lord who speaks – because you have done
this, because you have not refused me your son,
your only son, I will shower blessings on you, I
will make your descendants as many as the stars
of heaven and the grains of sand on the sea-
shore. Your descendants shall gain possession of
the gates of your enemies. All the nations of the
earth shall bless themselves by your descend-
ants, as a reward for your obedience.’
Responsorial Psalm
(R.) I will walk in the presence of the Lord
in the land of the living.
1. I trusted, even when I said:
‘I am sorely afflicted.’
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful. (R.)
2. Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;
you have loosened my bonds.
A thanksgiving sacrifice I make:
I will call on the Lord’s name. (R.)
3. My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
before all his people,
in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem. (R.)
Second Reading Rom 8:31-34
A reading from the letter of St Paul to
the Romans
God did not spare his own Son.
With God on our side who can be against us?
Since God did not spare his own Son, but gave
him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after
such a gift, that he will not refuse anything he
can give. Could anyone accuse those that God
has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone
condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! He not only
died for us – he rose from the dead, and there at
God’s right hand he stands and pleads for us.
Gospel Acclamation
Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
From the shining cloud, the Father’s voice is
heard: this is my beloved Son, hear him.
Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!
Gospel Mk 9:2-10
A reading from the holy Gospel accord-
ing to Mark
This is my Son, the beloved; listen to him.
Jesus took with him Peter and James and John
and led them up a high mountain where they
could be alone by themselves. There in their
presence he was transfigured: his clothes be-
came dazzlingly white, whiter than any earthly
bleacher could make them. Elijah appeared to
them with Moses; and they were talking with
Jesus. Then Peter spoke to Jesus. ‘Rabbi,’ he
said ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us
make three tents, one for you, one for Moses
and one for Elijah.’ He did not know what to say;
they were so frightened. And a cloud came, cov-
ering them in shadow; and there came a voice
from the cloud, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Lis-
ten to him.’ Then suddenly, when they looked
round, they saw no one with them any more but
only Jesus.
As they came down from the mountain he
warned them to tell no one what they had seen,
until after the Son of Man had risen from the
dead. They observed the warning faithfully,
though among themselves they discussed what
‘rising from the dead’ could mean.
Reflection
Extract from Surrender Lent Program 2018
By Sr Hilda Scott OSB
This week we have a case of the disciples seeing
and hearing that which they could never have
envisioned.
They knew their world—they lived and talked
with Jesus and they thought they had some idea
of who he was and who they were in relation to
him. Yet, in this Transfiguration experience, all
their former constructs were blown away!
Were they—scruffy unlettered fisherman from
Galilee—really seeing this? Was this really who
Jesus was? Was there more to the world and the
universe than what they had known in their life?
Yes, there was far more, and their experience has
become an invitation to us some 2,000 plus years
later.
The disciples see mystery here, and mystery forms
a much ignored, but valid, part of our DNA. We
hear a piece of music that seems to stir our soul, a
child grips our hand unexpectedly, a smile lights
up out of nowhere, a feeling of exhilaration over-
whelms us at a majestic sight, or an out-of-the-
blue even has us in state of wonderment. We
have faced a mystery and our lives are the richer
for it. These are all mysteries of the everyday kind,
and when we dismiss or ignore them, we are dis-
missing the sight of God and our place in his mys-
tery.
What is it that opens our eyes to see the seeming-
ly impossible? Pain will certainly do that. It comes
to us under the guise of so many different
forms—sickness, separation, grief, depression
and I want to add a miscellaneous category for all
those things that have no words or labels and yet
hurt just the same. Because of pain, one can know
for sure that there are depths to life and unchar-
tered waters of hope and insight that we have
never seen or know.
A little-known secret is that: where there is pain,
there is love, and where there is love, there is
God. Jesus proved that on the Cross. Love, too,
can transport us to unchartered places. I speak
here of real love—not the superficial “feel-good”
or transitory, fave love—the kind that is honed by
years of self-sacrifice, by bush fire and floods,
scarcity and plenty. Love, and its good friend pain,
will open the door of mystery and ultimately
show us God.
I would offer you one more thought about the
invitation to mystery that is ours. That same expe-
rience of Transfiguration is within us and seen es-
pecially when we actively surrender ourselves to
the mystery that is God—to the part we cannot
understand. Then, we actually transmit God’s
mystery to others.
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Pymble Parish Roster 03/04 March 2018
Sacred Heart
(Pymble)
Saturday
5.30pm
Sunday
7.45am
Sunday
9.30am
Sunday
6.00pm
Acolytes Lynette Hopcroft James Walton Richard Shankland Graham Swan
Altar Servers Henry Balzer Claire Crotty
Tom Hefferman Jeremiah Johnson Martin Shankland
Julius Mirabello
Eucharistic Ministers Ron DeMarco
Clemens Disney Anne Coyne
Paulette Awad Chistopher Greedy John Humphreys
William McMaugh Kay Miniter
Peter Kernahan Tilak Antony
Neidra Motha
Deidre McGreal Jessica Duffy
Agnes Starnawski Tricia Meers
Mary Anne Bannister
Music Vigil Singers
Annette Leahy Gerry Foley
Quiet Mass Eumi Cho
Mary Alice Bannister
Youth Choir
Tessie Sato
Projector Chris & Lenore Drinkwater Judy Witcombe Alex Johnston &
Miguel Zaragoza Marissa Ereve
Readers Miguel Zaragoza Madeleine Forbes Neidra Motha
Raeshell Tang Youth Mass
Wardens Charles Parbury Geoff Letts Geoff Nelson Peter Meers
Wel Ministers Fay Vernon Anne Scott
Barbara McGloin Ann Maxworthy
Bridget & Geoff Nelson
Mary & Jim Harrison
Deirdre McGreal
Rosani Wahab
Altar Society 03 March: Jann Brassil / Margaret Drylie
Counters 04 March: Peter Ward / Thomas Ryan / Anthony Mazzei
Rosary Statue 04 Mar: Hugh Family 0 11 Mar: M Patterson
OLPS
(West Pymble)
Saturday
5.00pm
Sunday
9.00am
Acolytes Anthony Mazzei Edward Makepeace
Altar Servers Eva Victor
Lelaina Dunsford
Ben & Alice Halpin Mariana Daly
Alexander Hinton
Eucharistic Ministers Dennis Family Julie Hensley
Pat Ryan Jane Wilkie
Music and Projector Sarah Quirke
Ken Strupitis-Haddrick Ken Strupitis-Haddrick
Readers John Dixon
Vanessa Mazzei
Louise Johnston Hugh Roche
Altar Cloth 03 March: Trish Barbero
Altar Society 03 March: M Walz
Rosary Statue 04 Mar: Mathias Family 11 Mar: Simpkins Family
If you would like to be part of one (or more) of our Parish ministries, please contact the Parish Office.
“Above all, I urge the members of the Church to take up the Lenten journey with enthusiasm, sustained by almsgiving, fasting and prayer. If, at times, the flame of charity seems to die in our own hearts, know that this is never the case in the heart of God! He con-stantly gives us a chance to begin loving anew. “ POPE FRANCIS , Lent 2018
Thank you for your financial contribution to the support of our Parish Community and its priests - it is very much appreciated. The First Collection taken up at Mass goes to the Salvatorian Fathers for the financial support of the priests and the Salvatorian Community. The Second Collection taken up at Mass is for the upkeep of the Parish. You are invited to help our Parish by committing to the Planned Giving Program. Please contact the Parish Office for more information.
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