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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019 1 Keenan Street Mona Vale NSW 2103 Tel:9157 0999 Fax 9012 0509 email: offi[email protected] website: www.pittwaterparish.org Thoughts of Fr Francis Jordan God became a human being for us to redeem us, to rescue our souls. Therefore let us seek only the honour of God and the salvation of souls. Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions For March Christian Communities That Christian communities, especially those who are persecuted, feel that they are close to Christ and have their rights respected. All for me Do I forget? How much do I truly understand? What you went through, what you felt. For me. I want the feel good Jesus. The one that forgives, frees, heals and loves me. All my shame. The worst of me. I know how far I squandered your blessings. But He stood up for me and said, “ I did it. Treat me Father as if I did those things wrong.” The hammer strikes. Nails drive deep into innocent flesh. There is blood, pain and death. For me. Still, the true cross is the hurt you felt as your Father surrendered you to be my sin. You got what I deserved. How can I possibly accept such a gift? How can I begin to comprehend such love? Let it burn me, Oh Lord. Let it break my heart. Then I may truly begin to know what it means to be forgiven, free, healthy and loved. A warm welcome to our parishioners and visitors who are celebrating the Eucharist with us at Pittwater Parish - Sacred Heart Church Mona Vale and Maria Regina Church, Avalon

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Page 1: All for me · Natasha Britt Milka Marov Carol Brennan Annette Leary Edward Hogan Rufina Criss Tayla Riddle Warwick Carpenter ... Vera Bateman Marion Russell Marian Santa Ana Lorriane

Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

1 Keenan Street Mona Vale NSW 2103 • Tel:9157 0999 • Fax 9012 0509 • email: o�[email protected] • website: www.pittwaterparish.org

Thoughts of Fr Francis Jordan

God became a human being for us to redeem us, to rescue our souls. Therefore let us seek only the honour of God and the salvation of souls.

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions For March

Christian CommunitiesThat Christian communities, especially those who are persecuted, feel that they are close to Christ and have their rights respected.

All for meDo I forget?

How much do I truly understand?

What you went through, what you felt.

For me.

I want the feel good Jesus. The one that forgives, frees,

heals and loves me.

All my shame. The worst of me.

I know how far I squandered your blessings.

But He stood up for me and said, “ I did it. Treat me Father as if

I did those things wrong.”

The hammer strikes. Nails drive deep into

innocent flesh. There is blood, pain and death.

For me.

Still, the true cross is the hurt you felt as your Father

surrendered you to be my sin. You got what I deserved.

How can I possibly accept such a gift?

How can I begin to comprehend such love?

Let it burn me, Oh Lord. Let it break my heart.

Then I may truly begin to know what it means

to be forgiven, free, healthy and loved.

A warm welcome to our parishioners and visitors who are

celebrating the Eucharist with us at

Pittwater Parish - Sacred Heart Church

Mona Vale and Maria Regina Church,

Avalon

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

For the needy, help is available by contacting the Brookvale Centre

9905 0424 during business hours.

We Pray forDeceased Anniversary

Jack FavaloroCora O’Kelly

George StevensLance Carmichael

Holy Souls in Purgatory

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord, And Let Perpetual Light

Shine Upon Them. May they Rest in Peace. Amen.

May Their Souls And The Souls Of The Faithful Departed,

Through The Mercy Of God, Rest In Peace. Amen.

Recently Deceased

Peter TosiMaria Calvi

Fr Lauro RufoJim Nunn

If you would like the names of your relatives or friends and offerings included, please drop the envelope in to the Parish Office by Midday on Wednesdays. Thank You.

Prayers for the SickPaulina Fabian

Madeleine ReicherNatasha BrittMilka Marov

Carol BrennanAnnette LearyEdward Hogan

Rufina CrissTayla Riddle

Warwick CarpenterElizabeth DavisMary Seymour

Allessio AngelucciXavier Flory

Neave MackeyKevin Begaud

Rachel WeldrickAntoinetta Knapp

Donald McRaeStefanie Romeo

Sasha WhiteAnn Harvey

Jo WildRita Farrelly

LinaJeff Guerra

Sue PoultonCraig CallahanDaryl Holland

Veronica Ann GracieKerrie Gill

Peter HectorJack Burai

Manpreet KaurVera BatemanMarion Russell

Marian Santa AnaLorriane Wilson

Rosalinda SingsonRodney YoungDaryl Kaufer

Marjan SeifoorRosa Lealaiauloto

Anne ReesBassam Khodr

Margaret BakerEstera Cimino

Angelo MicianioMark Kelsey

Marea TrevaskisSean MartinCarol DuffyGreg Kolts

John GordanDavid Traves

Gaetan DelerueIkhlas Khoshaba

Rosie RajakLuke Horton

Josephina CarusoPhilip Lambert

Robyn SheatherTerry Ysip

Mary-Kate DennisAdriana Pavlinca

Marie HillMelanie MacFarlane

Rhonda GrantTrina Hughes

Christina Leite MarquesMichael PowerPaul Hancock

Leone HancockValda MorganRafaela XavierRoss Perkins

This list will be updated every month and we would appreciate itif we are advised, if further reconsideration is required. Thank you

New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton

Contemplation is to be fully active and aware of life, its joys and wonders. It explains how spirituality awakens dormant memories of our experiences in life and every moment and event stirs something in our souls. A spiritual classic.

BOOK REVIEW

THURSDAY MORNING SPIRITUALITY GROUPWe recommenced on Thursday 7th February with a new book, Beyond the Edge by Andrew Mayes. Mayes will take us on a journey through the Holy Land visiting places where Jesus talked to the people and worked his miracles. We gain new and deeper insights into Jesus' way of life with the help of making it our own. Morning tea at 10 am. Sharing from 10.30 am to 12 noon. All are welcome. Contact Trish Newman on 99183973

This year Mater has a focus on ‘Stewardship’, and one aspect of that stewardship is caring for our earth. Currently at Mater Maria we have both a student EarthCare committee, with representatives from all year groups and a Staff EarthCare committee. Both committees are presently working very diligently to develop an Environmental Management Plan for our College. Caring for our Earth is caring for our children and our grandchildren. Let’s support an environment which will enable them to bear fruit, this year, next year and beyond.

We are now enrolling students in Years 5 for Year 7, 2021. Please visit the College website www.matermaria.nsw.edu.au for a prospectus or Application for Enrolment. Applications for Year 7, 2021 close on April 4, 2019.

from Our Schools

Mater Maria Catholic College

LIBRARYThe books which are reviewed here each week are from our Parish Library situated at Maria Regina Church, Avalon. The Library is opened at Maria Regina Church, Avalon before and after the weekend Masses, Saturday 6 pm and Sunday 9 am, and on week day Masses, except Tuesdays, at 9.15 am. If these hours don't suit you and you would like to borrow or have an inquiry you may phone me on 99183973 (Home) 041613643 (mobile). Trish Newman

Disabled Parking AreaThere are 2 Disabled Parking Spaces available on the Church grounds. Please observe the signs and refrain from parking in the Disabled Parking Area or in the driveway, especially during the weekends when Mass is on, and reserve this for our parishioners who are in need of the space. Thank you

There are “Poor Boxes” in both Churches. Your donations will help us help our local Vinnies clients.

A client of Vinnies Avalon Conference is looking for a room or a granny �at for lease, preferably in Avalon as she has a 6 year old at our local school. She receives NSW Community Housing, expiring in May.For more information, please call Sue Bowra on 9974 5175

If you are experiencing Domestic Violence

Ring 1800 RESPECT1800 737 732

The Parish Office will be closed from Good Friday to ANZAC Day and will

reopen on Friday 26 April 2019.

Friday

26Friday

19

Adoration & Benediction

8am Maria Regina Church

4 April 2019First Thursday of the month

(9.15am weekday Mass follows)

Adoration & Benediction

10am Sacred Heart Church 5 April 2019

First Friday of the monthStations of the Cross before

Exposition(no 9.15am weekday Mass)

Anointing of the Sick Mass 11am

Sacred Heart Church

Healing Prayer GroupWe apologise that there will not be Healing Prayers on the first Friday

in April. Healing Prayers will resume after Easter.

“This and more you will do in my name.” Jesus is the healer.

Enquires: Maryanne Vorlicek 0414430635

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

DATES for your DIARY

STATIONS OF THE CROSSEvery Friday in Lent after

morning mass. Except First Friday before Exposition (10am)

EXPOSITION AND RECONCILIATION

Every Friday in Lent from 7pm to 8pm at Sacred Heart Church

Mona Vale 5 April . Maria Regina Church and 12 April.

Michaela is a 21-year-old trainee at Purple House, a dialysis center in the

Central Desert for people su�ering from kidney disease. The Aboriginal-controlled service gives patients the opportunity to

stay connected with their culture. They do this through traditional healing practices and income-generating activities, such as making bush balms and soaps. With the support of Caritas partners, Michaela is

helping to build a social enterprise, a connection to culture and a new outlook

for the chronically ill.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2019 and help provide essential health care, employment and training for First

Australians like Michaela.

Lives change when we all give 100%. You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting www.caritas.org.au

/projectcompassion or phoning 1800 024 413.

PARISH DIRECTORYPittwater Parish

1 Keenan Street Mona Vale NSW 2103

Tel 91570999 • Fax 9012 0509www.pittwaterparish.org

Parish AdministratorFr Bronek Pietrusewicz SDS

Tel 91570999 ext [email protected]

Assistant PriestFr Richard Sadowski SDS

Tel 91570999 ext [email protected]

Bishop - EmeritusBishop Bernard O’Grady op

Tel 91570999 ext 20

Parish SecretarySuzy Caruso

Tel 91570999 ext [email protected]

Youth DirectorTBA

Tel 91570999 ext [email protected]

Music DirectorJosh Willard

Tel 91570999 ext [email protected]

Media & CommunicationLaura Ee

Tel 91570999 ext [email protected]

Sacramental ProgramYvonne van den BergTel 91570999 ext 13

[email protected]

Parish Office HoursMonday to Friday9.00am to 4.00pm

Sacred Heart Church1 Keenan Street Mona Vale

Maria Regina Church

7 Central Road Avalon

Mona ValeSacred Heart School

Tel 9999 3264Principal: Mrs Suellen Garey

AvalonMaria Regina School

Tel 9918 2608Principal: Mrs Kathy Gee

WarriewoodMater Maria Catholic

CollegeTel 9997 7044

Principal: Mr Marc Reicher

Anointing Mass

At Nursing Homes And Retirement Villages

GEORGE MOCKLAR HOSTEL

Tuesday 2nd Aprilat 1.30pm

Anointing Mass

OCEAN VIEW NURSING HOME

Tuesday 2nd Aprilat 2.30pm

Anointing & Communion

MONA VALE NURSING HOME

Tuesday 2nd Aprilat 3.00pm

Anointing & Communion

MINKARA NURSING HOME

Tuesday 16th Aprilat 10.30am

Anointing Mass

SEABEACH GARDENS NURSING HOMETuesday 16th April

at 11.30amAnointing & Communion

BAYVIEW GARDEN NURSING HOMETuesday 16th April

at 1.30pm Anointing Mass

ESTIA HEALTH (PENINSULAR

GARDEN NURSING HOME)

Tuesday 16th Aprilat 2.30pm

Anointing & Communion

AVALON HOUSE NURSING HOME

Wednesday 24th Aprilat 10.45am

Anointing & Communion

MARCUS LOANE NURSING HOME

Wednesday 24th Aprilat 2.00pm

Anointing Mass

TINNIES for VINNIES. Thank you to our generous parishioners for their past

contributions to “Tinnies for Vinnies”. Sadly our stockpile is

quite depleted, as we give every client a bag of groceries.

Could each parishioner, please bring at least one item (groceries or toiletries).

Your generosity does make a difference.

Sue Bowra

Blessing of the Easter Foods In Slavic countries the blessing of Easter foods was an important tradition. This blessing is still found in the updated Roman Ritual, and is a wonderful practice. Many parishes still participate in this custom of the blessing of the Easter food or baskets. The blessing of special Easter food takes place on Holy Saturday. A basket containing lamb (which of course signi�es Jesus, the Lamb of God), boiled eggs, dyed and plain, Pascha (a special Easter bread), and other foods, is taken to the church where the priest blesses it.Among the Polish people the same custom is practiced, but the main foods blessed are an egg which is broken and shared by all on Easter Sunday morning, and a lamb moulded of butter or pastry. This butter-lamb and blessed Easter egg have a place of honour on the festive Easter table.In Rome on Holy Saturday there is an old custom which is still in practice. A fresh table cloth is spread on the table in the dining room and on it are laid out the Easter meal, including the uncooked Easter Lamb which is decorated with �owers, eggs, wine, fruit, and a large traditional cake called "pizza". These are sprinkled with holy water, and are given a special blessing by the priest. There will be blessing of Easter foods or baskets on 20 April at 11am, Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale.

Calling All Parish Singers & Choristers!

Holy Thursday falls on April 18 this year, and I would like to welcome you to be a part of the Pittwater Parish Choir for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on this very special night - the start of the Paschal Triduum!We will be having one rehearsal for Holy Thursday - it will be on Palm Sunday (April 14) at Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale, at 11:15am (straight after the 10am Mass). After the practice, please stay for lunch in the Parish Centre.I hope you can help us celebrate this beautiful occaision!

Joshua WillardDirector of Music

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

You are Invited to The Mass of Chrism celebrated on Tuesday 16 April with the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency, Most Rev Adolfo Tito Yllana to be the Principal Celebrant, at Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, 23 Yardley Ave, Waitara.

It is one of the most solemn and signi�icant liturgies of our church.

During the Mass, the Papal Nuncio, His Excellency, Most Rev Adolfo Tito Yllana will bless the oil of catechumens, the oil of the sick, and the oil of chrism. We use the �irst for adult catechumens and infants, the second for anointing the sick, and the sacred oil of chrism for baptism, con�irmation, the ordination of priests, and the consecration of altars.For more than one thousand years, bishops blessed the oils on the Holy Thursday liturgy, but in 1955, a separate Mass earlier in the day at the cathedral was for that purpose, the Mass of Chrism. Today it may be celebrated on a different day shortly before Holy Thursday to give the celebration independence and so that more people like you may attend.Since the bishop is the only minister in the diocese who may consecrate chrism, this Mass highlights his ministry and our union with him. This Mass also acknowledges the ministry of priests. It invites them to renew their commitment of service and to receive the prayers and support of the people. The Mass of Chrism gathers the faithful of the diocese at the Cathedral to prepare for the celebrations of Christ in all our churches throughout the year.

If you would like to represent Pittwater Parish at the Chrism Mass at 7.30pm, there will be transport arranged to the Cathedral, we will leave Sacred Heart Church Mona Vale for Waitara at 6pm. To secure a seat, please put your name on the list provided at the back of Church. Thank you.

DATES for your DIARY

11 April 2019SECOND RITE OF

RECONCILIATION7.30pm Sacred Heart Church

16 April 2019CHRISM MASS

7.30pm Our Lady of the Rosary

Cathedral, Waitara.

18 April 2019HOLY THURSDAY

7.30pm Sacred Heart Church(no morning masses in both

churches)

19 April 2019GOOD FRIDAY

(fast and abstinence)STATIONS of the CROSS

10am Sacred Heart Church & 10am Maria Regina Church

FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

3pm Sacred Heart Church & 3pm Maria Regina Church

20 April 2019HOLY SATURDAY

6pm Family MassMaria Regina Church

7.30pm Sacred Heart Church

(There will not be a 5pm Vigil Mass)

21 April 2019EASTER SUNDAY

8am Sacred Heart Church10am Sacred Heart Church6pm Sacred Heart Church

9am Maria Regina Church

There will not be a 5pm Saturday Vigil Mass at Sacred Heart Church on Saturday 20 April 2019The Easter Vigil

Mass will be celebrated at

7.30pm

No morning mass on Holy Thursday 18 April 2019 at both churches.

PALM SUNDAYBlessing of the Palms Maria Regina Church:

Sat 6pm in ChurchSun 9am Procession from

outside ChurchSacred Heart Church

Sun 10am Procession (with a “donkey”) from Sacred Heart

School grounds Sat 5pm, Sun 8am and 6pm

in Church

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Let us pray the Rosary

SACRED HEART CHURCH MARIA REGINA CHURCH6th & 7th April 2019 - Fifth Sunday of Lent Sat 5.00pm Sun 8.00am Sun 10.00am Sun 6.00pm Sat 6.00pm Sun 9.00am

Senior Servers David Austin Ray Gillis David Frazer Uyen Le Miles Abrahams

Readers Rebecca Law Adora Barbacetto Bev Carmichael Soul Anne Toohey John Ayliffe

Stefan Wasinski Anna Smyth Volunteer Please Readers John Toohey Extraordinary Denise Bottero M Bomford Pauline Chipman Kathy Gray R Connors Francis KellyMinisters Graham Baker Chris Tocchini Yvonne Gibbs J Johnston Joanne Kelly Anna Walding Mona Vale Choir SOUL Band Sam Browne Avalon ChoirMusicians C Wilkinson Josh Willard Sam Browne Diane Lane Jan / Bernie

Library Trish Newman Margaret Hume

Computer Nicky Chin Karen Gillis Margaret Cliff Laura Ee Skye Nolan Brown M Abrahams Counters Team 2 (08/04/19) Mary Kitchen • John French • JAn Attwood Rosary Statue: M & N Hurley

13th & 14th April 2019 - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

Senior Servers Kerry Sullivan Stefan Wasinski Tony Macri A Pienkowski Uyen Le Miles Abrahams Stephen Wagner Chris Gillis Liam Kenny Claire Thomson Imelda Flynn Peter DrakeReaders Margo Quinlan Sheila Upjohn Yvonne Gibbs Sharon Neilsen Harry McErlean Veronica Thomas

Extraordinary S MacDonald M Bomford Therese Keane J A Tindall Anne Toohey Marion RussellMinisters Alexia Bembrick Kath Kaufer Bev Carmichael Nicolette Cilia John Toohey Judith Ratcliff

Musicians Josh Willard Josh Willard Tom Odell Sam Browne Jan /Bernie

Library Trish Newman Margaret Hume

Computer Vanessa Sharkey Karen Gillis Putri Rosati Laura Ee Greg Elliott M Abrahams

20th & 21st April 2019 - Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

Senior Servers Please Stefan Wasinski Tony Macri David Frazer Please Adrian Harding

Readers check Sabrina Gonzalez Bev Carmichael Soul see David Simmons Pauline Chipman Rebecca Molinaro Readers Extraordinary Holy Week Sue Berg Graham Baker Mark Suters Holy Week Paula LancubaMinisters Roster Maryanne Kelly Kevin Shanahan Roster Diana Taranto

Sam Brown Sam Browne Soul Band on website Avalon ChoirMusicians on website Josh Willard Josh Willard Charles / Anna Jan / Bernie

Library Maureen Suggitt Paula Lancuba Computer Leonie Smyth Margaret Cliff Jane Labone M Abrahams

Counters: Team 4 (23/04/19) Trish Rott & Kurt Rott Rosary Statue: R Pickard

27th & 28th April 2019 - Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) (ANZAC DAY)

Senior Servers Kerry Sullivan Ray Gillis Tony Macri David Frazer Trish Newman Penny Kerr

Readers Stephen Wagner Liam Kenny Bev Carmichael Soul Harry McErlean Marion Russell Martin Kerrigan Sheila Upjohn Pauline Chipman Readers

Extraordinary Suzie Randolph M Bomford Margaret Hyland V Wilson Anne Toohey Francis KellyMinisters M Papandrea Kath Kaufer Bev Carmichael Leonie Scarlett John Toohey Joanne Kelly Caroline Mulvenna Kerry Elizabeth Soul Band Klara H-Watson Diane LaneMusicians Josh Willard Josh Willard Tom / Anna Sam Browne Sam Browne

Library Marie Graham Mary Farrell

Computer Laura Ee Leonie Smyth Putri Rosati Laura Ee Anna Walker M Abrahams

Counters: Team 5(29/04/19) Graham Baker • Phil Gough • Ray Gillis Rosary Statue: F & J Kelly

Zelie Reynolds Adora Barbacetto Bev Carmichael Cam Smit P Neville Marion Russell

Vickey & Diane Mona Vale Choir Anna Walding Klara H Watson Avalon Choir

Counters Team 3(15/04/18) Margaret Schubert & Judi & Sarah Rosary Statue: M Lofhjelm

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

The Living Word First Reading Jos 5:9-12A reading from the book of JoshuaThe people of God went to the promised land and there kept the passover.

The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have taken the shame of Egypt away from you.’The Israelites pitched their camp at Gilgal and kept the Passover there on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening in the plain of Jericho. On the morrow of the Passover they tasted the produce of that country, unleavened bread and roasted ears of corn, that same day. From that time, from their first eating of the produce of that country, the manna stopped falling. And having manna no longer, the Israelites fed from that year onwards on what the land of Canaan yielded.

The word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm Ps 33:2-7. R. v.9

(R.) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. I will bless the Lord at all times,his praise always on my lips;in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.The humble shall hear and be glad. (R)

Glorify the Lord with me.Together let us praise his name.I sought the Lord and he answered me;from all my terrors he set me free. (R)

Look towards him and be radiant;let your faces not be abashed.This poor man called; the Lord heard himand rescued him from all his distress. (R)

Second Reading 2 Cor 5:17-21A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the CorinthiansGod reconciled us to himself through Christ.

For anyone who is in Christ, there is a new creation; the old creation has gone, and now the new one is here. It is all God’s work. It was God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the work of handing on his reconciliation. In other words, God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, not holding men’s faults against them, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. So we are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ’s name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God.

The word of the Lord

Gospel Acclamation Lk 15:18

Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ!I will rise and go to my Father and tell him:Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel Lk 15:1-3. 11-32A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeYour brother here was dead and has come to life.

The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he spoke this parable to them:‘A man had two sons. The younger said to his father, “Father, let me have the share of the estate that would come to me.” So the father divided the property between them. A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.‘When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch, so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs. And he would willingly have filled his belly with the husks the pigs were eating but no one offered him anything. Then he came to his senses and said, “How many of my father’s paid servants have more food than they want, and here am I dying of hunger! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your paid servants.” So he left the place and went back to his father.‘While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him tenderly. Then his son said, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son.” But the father said to his servants, “Quick! Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the calf we have been fattening, and kill it; we are going to have a feast, a celebration, because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he was lost and is found.” And they began to celebrate.‘Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and dancing. Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all about. “Your brother has come” replied the servant “and your father has killed the calf we had fattened because he has got him back safe and sound.” He was angry then and refused to go in, and his father came out to plead with him; but he answered his father, “Look, all these years I have slaved for you and

never once disobeyed your orders, yet you never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my friends. But for this son of yours, when he comes back after swallowing up your property – he and his women – you kill the calf we had been fattening.”‘The father said, “My son, you are with me always and all I have is yours. But it is only right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.”’

The Gospel of the Lord

Reflection

In the midst of Lent we are given a moment for rejoicing, Laetare Sunday. All of the readings provide us with reasons for rejoicing. The overarching theme is the prodigal goodness of God. The responsorial psalm sets the context for the reflections. The other readings show how needy people were showered with divine favour. Even in the midst of this rejoicing, we find a challenge. We must undergo a change of heart if we are to rejoice in God.The goodness of God is strikingly portrayed in the radically new image of father. This is a God who allows us to follow our own dreams, who is partial to no one, who faithfully and patiently waits for us to return, who gently corrects our misperceptions. God longs to be reconciled with us even more than we long to be reconciled with God.The challenges placed before us set out some of the conditions required if we are to be a new creation. We are called to a profound and total reconciliation, first with God and then with each other. Christ was identified with sin so that we might be identified with God's righteousness. Reconciliation requires that we be open to giving and receiving forgiveness. It requires that we both remember and forget. We must always remember the causes of alienation, so that we not succumb to them again. However, we must forget the resentment that we felt so that we not allow it to influence our lives.

© Diane Bergant CSA

Divine Mercy Sunday28 April 2019

Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale

3.00pmExposition

of the Blessed Sacrament Adoration

ReconciliationChaplet of Divine Mercy

Benediction

Zelie Reynolds Adora Barbacetto Bev Carmichael Cam Smit P Neville Marion Russell

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Fourth Sunday of Lent 30th & 31st March 2019

MICHAEL PAUL

Experienced CatholicAccredited Specialist

Family Lawyer

•Family Law Issues •Family Trusts •Wills & Succession Planning •Contested Estate Issues

Suite 29, Level 4Gateway Building1 Mona Vale Road

Tel: [email protected]

54 Darley Street Mona Vale

Liturgy for the Week

01/04 Monday - Fourth Week of Lent Is 65:17-21; Jn 4:43-54

02/04 Tuesday - Fourth Week of Lent Ezek 47:1-9, 12; Jn 5:1-3, 5-16

03/04 Wednesday - Fourth Week of Lent Is 49:8-15; Jn 5:17-30

04/04 Thursday - Fourth Week of Lent Ex 32:7-14; Jn 5:31-47

05/04 Friday -Fourth Week of Lent Wis 2:1, 12-22; Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

06/04 Saturday -Fourth Week of Lent Jer 11:18-20; Jn 7:40-52

The Catholic Parish of Pittwater

MISSING

The piano / keyboard from

Maria Regina Parish Hall has

been moved from its

normal location.

If anybody has information

on its whereabouts,

please contact the Parish O�ce

on 9157 0999.

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