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SUNDAY MASSENTRANCE ANTIPHON:The merciful love of the Lord fi lls the earth; by the word of the Lord the heavens were made, alleluia.FIRST READING: Acts 13:14, 43-52.RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 100.RESPONSE:We are his people, the sheep of his fl ock.1. Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing for joy. ℟2. Know that he, the Lord, is God. He made us; we belong to him. We are his people, the sheep of his fl ock. ℟3. Indeed, how good is the Lord, eternal his merciful love. He is faithful from age to age. ℟SECOND READING: Revelation 7:9, 14-17.GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:Alleluia, alleluia. I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my own, and my own know me. Alleluia.GOSPEL: John 10:27-30.COMMUNION ANTIPHON:The Good Shepherd has risen, who laid down his life for his sheep and willingly died for his fl ock, alleluia.

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Mary Magdalene, by El Greco, 16th C.

RESTORING HER dignity as “apostle to the apostles”, Pope Francis has raised the liturgical commemoration of Mary

Magdalene from a memorial to the full status of a feast. She is an Easter disciple par excellence.

Mar y Magdalene was present at the crucif ixion of Jesus, standing with Mary his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas. She is a woman of courage; she is loyal and devoted; she shares a mother’s grief. How she herself must have been feeling at that moment is picked up later when John describes her at the tomb “weeping” (v. 11).

Emotion is often the “raw material” through which the Holy Spirit works in us. It is often the starting point of personal transformation. God meets us where we are.

Mary “stays outside, near the tomb, weeping.” Grief leaves one immobile. Then, “still weeping, she bent over and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been” (20:12). In the Bible, angels are messengers of God – they symbolise divine intervention. These angels represent the beginning of a revelation of divine mystery to Mary. Asking her why she is weeping, she gives what is by now her stock answer: someone has taken the body of Jesus away (see John 20:2 and 13).

Mary Magdalene, stuck in her f ixed way of interpreting things, is still thinking stolen corpse when she turns around and sees Jesus. This is the next stop on her faith journey, meeting the Risen Lord, though she does not know that yet.

There is not even a hint of resurrection faith as she thinks he is the gardener! She even suggests that he is responsible for the loss of the body and asks where it is so that she can go and remove it.

But then the Word utters a word; a word in the form of a name, in Aramaic/Hebrew, Mariam. Today’s gospel reminds us that the Good Shepherd knows his sheep “by name”. And the sheep know the sound of his voice. Mary is the f irst disciple to hear the voice of the Risen Shepherd who had laid down his life for his sheep.

She calls out “Rabbouni!” J e sus cau t ions Mar y, however, not to cling to him because he must still return to his Father – his Paschal mystery is not yet complete. Mary is called to a new intimacy with the Lord which transcends the human intimacy she had

known and which she wrongly assumed could now continue. Her new and true “intimacy” with the Lord is to be discovered by fulf illing the mission she receives from him. She becomes the medium of his message: “Go and f ind the brothers and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father; to my God and your God.” (20:17) This is all Mary needs to cling to. The greatest intimacy with Jesus is precisely this, that his Father is now also her Father, his God is her God.

The f inal stop on Mary’s journey of faith is completed in the fulf ilment of that mission. She simply “went” as instructed, and thus became the “apostle to the apostles”.

Live the Word T H E W E E K A H E A D

(KEY: SOLEMNITY; FEAST; Memorial; (Optional Memorial)A=Apostle; P=Pope; M=Martyr

Mon 13 May (Our Lady of Fatima)Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 42; John 10:1-10“When lovers are together, they spend hours and hours repeating the same thing: ‘I love you!’ What is missing in the people who think the rosary monotonous is Love. What is not done for love is worthless.” Sr Lucia

Sun 19 May 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTERActs 14:21-27; Psalm 145; John 13:31-35All have respect and dignity in the eyes of God, who sees much further and deeper into the hearts of people than we do. There is a latent goodness resid-ing in the hardest of hearts and the meanest of spirits.

Sat 18 May (St John I, PM)Acts 13:44-52; Psalm 98; John 14:7-14Saint John I was a martyr for the faith, imprisoned and starved to death by a heretical Germanic king during the sixth century. He was a friend of the renowned Christian philosopher Boethius, who died in a similar manner.

Fri 17 May Liturgy of the DayActs 13:26-33; Psalm 2; John 14:1-6Often in our spiritual journey we find ourselves lost. We don’t know where we are in relation to God – and we just keep struggling on. At this point, we need to swallow our pride, pull over, and ask for directions.

Thu 16 May Liturgy of the DayActs 13:13-25; Psalm 89; John 13:16-20When we find ourselves talking about “those people” or creating distance by being critical of everybody around us, it would be good to remember that God most likely finds them beautiful too.

Wed 15 May Liturgy of the DayActs 12:24–13:5; Psalm 67; John 12:44-50Do I really know that God’s commands are in truth the way to eternal life? And do I have that kind of Christ-like love that makes me eager to bring that Good News to others?

Tue 14 May ST MATTHIAS, AActs 1:15-17.20-26; Psalm 113; John 15:9-17Jesus attracted people wherever he went. Some continued to follow him, while others left when his teachings were difficult. Matthias was one who gladly accepted Jesus’ teach-ing and was willing to be a ‘witness to his resurrection'.

In this lively yet informative discuss ion of the seven gif ts of the Holy Spirit and how they f igure into the l i ves of Cathol ics today, Mitch F inley ser ves up a potpourri of down-to-earth commen t a r y, t houg h t-provoking ref lections, and concrete ev idence f rom the Catechism, Vatican II , and other sources. In his popular, reader-f r iendly style, he demonstrates how the seven gifts are the marks of God’s image in us; they are the ways by which we form ourselves into a new person, conformed to the will of God and full of justice and holiness.

HOLY REDEEMER PARISH

Parish Priest: Fr. Anthony Padua CSsR Email: parishpriest@holyredeemer.co.za

Tel: 021 712 2210 parish@holyredeemer.co.za

Website: www.holyredeemer.co.za Contact: Naquita.hendricks@gmail.com

Weekly diary 11th /12th May 2019 Pg 833 Mass Intentions

11th Saturday 6pm

Paddy Stephenson RIP

12th Sunday 7am 9am 11am 6pm

4th Sunday of Easter

Carl William Malherbe RIP All moms in heaven RIP Joan Williamson RIP For all mothers

13th Monday 6.15

8.30am Birthday thankgiving Our Lady of Fatima

Ngozi Imelda Akubue Special Intention

14th Tuesday 6.15 8.30am

St. Matthias Mortuary List Anthony Frewen RIP

15th Wednesday 6.15 8.30am

Birthday of

Sr. Laurence OP RIP Isabel Gorgulho

16thThursday 6.15 8.30am

Dot Herbst RIP Daphne Riley RIP

17th Friday 6.15 8.30am

Evangelization in our parish Sr. Julia OP RIP

18th Saturday 8.30 6pm

St. John Pope and Martyr

Daniel Jacobs RIP Tracey van Wyk - healing

19th Sunday 7am 9am 11am 6pm

Chinweobi

Parishioners Edna Cottle RIP Joseph Akubue Rip Elizabeth Firmstone RIP

Please pray our sick: Helga Boyles, Pam Cable, Gloriana Cloete, Dulcie Da Silva,

Mavis Da Silva, Wilf de Hahn, Matthew Ford, Caryn Gortan, Peter Hansen, Dale

Heynes, Dawn Heynes, Russell Heynes, Kerry Heideman, George Hitchman,

Marcel Le Breton, Gerald Louw, Fr. Lunny, Dennis Michaels, Di Owens, Ray

Pankhurst, Monty Pasqualie, Ernest Peskin, Wynand Rinkwest, Sybil Robbins,

Elaine Roodt, Jean Rother, Marion Samuels, Anthony Scott, Elizabeth Scott, Jane

September, Lionel September and Margie Wilhelm, Bertha Hendricks, Linda

Moses, Keith Gomez, Meg Vincentini, Trevor de Beer, Carol-Ann Scholtz, Silvia

Peters.

What is happening in our parish?

Monday 13th: Catholic Men’s Ministry 7.30pm Edna Cottle room

Tuesday 14th : Care and Craft after 8.30 Mass

SVP @ 6.30pm in room 2

Charismatic Praise and Worship at @ 7.30pm in room 1.

Wednesday 15th: Alzheimer’s group 10am Edna Cottle room

Thursday 16th: Novena at 7.30pm

Saturday 18th May: Mother Teresa group 1pm Edna Cottle room

Legion of Mary 9.15am Cry Chapel

Knit-a-Thon 2pm Parish centre

FUTURE MEETINGS/ETC Alzheimer’s group Wednesday 15 May 10am Edna Cottle Seniors Thursday 16 May 10am Parish centre. Theological circle Monday 20 May 7.30pm boardroom Music Ministry: meeting of all organists and coordinators on20th May in Room 2 Alpha Monday 20 May 7pm Edna Cottle room

Taize Music workshop: Sat 18th @ 12pm. See notice board.

Time, Talent and Treasure Corner

Highlighting opportunities for Parishioners to contribute to their Church and

Parish with time, talent or treasure.

Will you rise to the Parish Fund Raising challenge?

Shrinking numbers and rising costs bring a great challenge to the Parish as

collections alone no longer cover our running costs. Fund raising is critical to

maintaining your parish buildings. Can you assist? Our “Club 100”group for R50

/month and s chance of winning cash prizes while helping to raise funds for

maintenance. See porch/office for details.

Planned Giving Renewals and Census – coming your way.

Its time to refresh our Parish community database. Parish Council would like to

combine our Planned Giving renewals in May/June with a census update of

families, full names, email addresses and contact details. Watch bulletin!

Reminder: request for help for the Taize conference 25 – 29

September 2019

Parish families are asked to host 50 – 150 young adult Pilgrims attending the

conference. Holy Redeemer requires a coordinator for supporting this event for

those in our parish. Please contact the office/ Brandon to offer assistance.

KNIT-A-THON

Please join the Co-Workers of Mother Teresa for a fun afternoon at the Annual

Knit-a-thon on 18th May 2019 at 2.00 p.m in the Parish Centre. It's a good

opportunity to meet other ladies from the parish. Tea will be served and beautiful

prizes to be won. All funds raised will go to the Sisters of Charity in Khayalitcha to

assist in their work. Please contact Angela Preyser on 071 400 9988 or Hilda

Hudson on 084 669 4871 if you have any queries.

ADORATION CHAPEL

Contact Carol Cornell on 073 194 7295 or Theresa in the Parish Office. The Chapel

is open from:

Monday to Wednesday - 9h00 – 21h00

Thursday and Friday 9h00 – 17h30

PARENTS of catechism children making their FIRST HOLY

COMMUNION this year are reminded that they are to attend a

Parent catechism session on SATURDAY 18th MAY from 9 to

10:30am.

It is for both or at least one parent and their child. Grand and

godparents are welcome.

This takes the form of a Celebration of Baptism presented by

Bernadene Harris, Bernadette Martin and your catechism child.

Please bring along your child's BAPTISM CANDLE if available

or any other white candle.

THE REDEMPTORIST COMMUNITY would once again like

to thank the parish of Holy Redeemer for the great Easter gift.

Your generosity to the community is always deeply valued and

appreciated. Always remember that God is never outdone in

generosity! Prayerful thanks and blessings of love and peace for

you and your family.

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