SUNDAY MASSENTRANCE ANTIPHON:O Lord, I trust in your merciful love. Let my heart rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord who has been bountiful with me.FIRST READING: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18.RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Psalm 103.RESPONSE:The Lord is compassionate and gracious.1. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits. ℟2. It is the Lord who forgives all your sins, who heals every one of your ills, who redeems your life from the grave, who crowns you with mercy and compassion. ℟3. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in mercy. He does not treat us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our faults. ℟4.As far as the east is from the west, so far from us does he remove our transgressions. As a father has compassion on his children, the Lord’s compassion is on those who fear

him. ℟SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 3:16-23.GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:Alleluia, alleluia! Whoever keeps Christ’s word, in him truly love for God is perfected. Alleluia.GOSPEL: Matthew 5:38-48.COMMUNION ANTIPHON:All your wonders I will recount. I will rejoice in you and be glad, and sing psalms to your name, O Most High.

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Communion

A JOKE went around af ter the liturgical changes of Vatican II that some bishop had sent out an advisory – where the priest

left out the necessary commas – that people could now receive communion either ‘standing on the hand or kneeling on the tongue’!

Of course, liturgical ges tures a re not contor t ions . They represent the body language that we bring, in faith, to our worship. So how we receive communion makes a statement. Does it express that we are persons of faith and reverence, or does it show us up as lukewarm and indif ferent? Nowhere more so than in our approach to the Table of the Lord! Remember, we have just prayed: ‘Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof…’

Let’s examine some of the ways we show our sense of unworthiness and of reverence in receiving communion.

Firstly there is the getting in line. It should not really be necessary, but some large parishes have to make use of ushers to assist the process, otherwise there would be a free-for-all leading to congestion. The act of patiently waiting one’s turn, or of kindly gesturing to someone to move into the queue, can all reflect an attitude of attention and devotion to the Eucharist.

Then receiving communion. As you approach the celebrant or Eucharistic minister, you are encouraged to make an act of reverence. This doesn’t have to be ‘over the top’, for after all, God looks at the heart of a person. A simple bow of the head before receiving says enough. Now

you may exercise your preference of receiving communion either on the hand or on the tongue (by the way, this option is not given in all countries, but is allowed within our own Southern

A f r ican Bishops ’ Conference). If you are r ight-handed (vice-versa if you are lef t-handed), you p l a ce you r r ight hand under your lef t, forming a big ‘W’ with both hands. The host is placed onto the top hand. Take the host between the thumb and forefinger of the bottom hand and place it into your

mouth. This might seem obvious, but perhaps a few observations from the perspective of the communion minister (as the writer of this article is) are in order. We get people with both hands exposed and cupped – so onto which hand do we put the host? We get hands pointing upward or downward, not horizontally, with the danger that the host will slide off. We get communicants arriving with thumb and forefinger stretched out ready to grab the host.

Receiving communion on the tongue is the other option. But this too carries hazards, like mouth tightly closed and only the tip of the tongue sticking out, or just as bad, mouth wide open, tongue retracted, waiting for the host to be dropped in!

Whatever the (correct) option you choose, the idea is to be reverent and practical, to use common sense. The way we receive communion is the body language that expresses our faith: Do we believe that it is the Real and True Presence of Jesus Christ that we receive?

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

(KEY: SOLEMNITY; FEAST; Memorial; (Optional Memorial)Colour = Liturgical colour of the day or feast)

Mon 20 Feb Liturgy of the DaySirach 1:1-10; Psalm 93; Mark 9:14-29The hardships we face daily can either hold us cap-tive, or they can be transformed into testimonies of God’s grace. Jesus makes it clear that the worst of evils can be eradicated only through prayer.

Sun 26 Feb 8TH SUNDAY OF THE YEARIsaiah 49:14-15; Psalm 62; Matthew 6:24-34Isaiah compares the watchful care and concern of a mother for her child with that of God’s concern and care for us. Using this image in your prayer, place yourself in God’s loving care.

Sat 25 Feb Liturgy of the DaySirach 17:1-13; Psalm 103; Mark 10:13-16There is nothing wrong in our search for rational explanations. God gave us that ability. But faith – the faith of a child – is based on love and trust and hope. It is that kind of faith that Jesus is asking us to retain.

Fri 24 Feb Liturgy of the DaySirach 6:5-17; Psalm 119; Mark 10:1-12Aristotle wrote that if he were to have to choose between wealth and friendship, he would choose friendship. Sirach writes in the same vein. Friendship is a treasure beyond compare. Value and nurture it!

Thu 23 Feb St Polycarp, Bishop & DoctorSirach 5:1-8; Psalm 1; Mark 9:41-50Giving someone ‘a cup of water to drink’ is essentially a statement about kindness, not about obligation. Jesus calls us to go beyond merely helping quench someone’s thirst. Help make kindness contagious.

Wed 22 Feb CHAIR OF ST PETER1 Peter 5:1-4; Psalm 23; Matthew 16:13-19Jesus picked Peter for a reason. Peter gives us hope. He embodies all our faults and all our dreams of saintli-ness. Despite – of perhaps because of – his human-ness, Peter is chosen by Jesus to establish his Church.

Tue 21 Feb (St Peter Damian, Bishop & Doctor)Sirach 2:1-11; Psalm 37; Mark 9:30-37Like many other things marketed to us today, spiritual-ity is often ‘sold’ as a means of making life better and easier. This is ‘cheap’ spirituality. Redemptive suffering must, and always will be, a real part of the picture.

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Assistants: Fr Scott Davidson C.Ss.R and Fr Charles Mulenga C.Ss.R

18 / 19 FEBRUARY 2017~ SEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY

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WEEKEND SUNDAY MASS TIMES :

SATURDAY: 6.00pm

SUNDAY: 7.00am, 9.00am, 11.00am and 6.00pm

FRENCH MASS: SUNDAYS: 1.30pm

DAILY MASS TIMES:

MON to FRI: 6.15am (or Communion Service)

MON to SAT: 8.30am

MORNING PRAYER: MON to FRI at 8.00am

ROSARY: WEDNESDAY after 8.30am Mass

CONFESSION TIMES:

THURSDAY: 7.00 to 7.30pm

SATURDAY: 9.00 to 10.00am & 5.00 to 5.55pm

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MONDAY to FRIDAY: 9.00am to 9.00pm

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WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS

Feb 20 Mon 1st Year Life Teen Parents / candidates 7pm Parish centre Fundraising Core group 7.30pm Edna Cottle room

6.15am Ann & John Clarence - Rip 8.30am Private Intention

Feb 21 Tues

Care & craft after 8.30am Mass Edna Cottle room RCIA 7.30pm Edna Cottle room Charismatic Praise & Worship 7.45pm Room 1 Adorers 7pm in boardroom Young adults 7.15pm in Monastery

6.15am Deceased Redemptorists - Rip 8.30am Co Workers of Mother Teresa

Feb 22 Wed Rosary after 8.30am Mass Alpha course 7pm in Parish Centre Life Teen 7pm in boardroom

6.15am Benefactors- Redemptorists 8.30am Redemptorists Fathers & Brothers

Feb 23 Thurs Novena 7.30pm in the Church Badminton after Novena Parish centre

6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Bianca Mc Gowan (Lino) - Rip

Feb 24 Fri 6.15am Philippe Souchon - Rip 8.30am Private Intention

Feb 25 Sat. Legion of Mary 9.15am Room 2 All Ministries morning of reflection

8.30am Noel & Hilda Mallaby - Rip 6.00pm Alan Morris - Rip

Feb 26 Sun

Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time Theme: God Is Father and Mother PAGE: 335 in New Sunday Missal. Year A Bacon/egg rolls sold after 9am Mass

7.00am Parishioners 9.00am Gloria Goerke - Rip 11.00am Terence Jacobs - Rip 6.00pm Mortuary List

(23 Thoughts From A Saint by Judith Turner · February 14, 2017 — CONTINUED)

8. “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”

9. “Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you

can catch souls.”

10. “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without

leaving happier.”

11. “One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.”

12. “The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.”

13. “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”

14. “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly

endless.”

15. “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to

each other.”

16. “Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will

we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better

because of them.”

17. “Intense love does not measure, it just gives.”

18. “God doesn’t require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.”

19. “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great

love.”

20. “Even the rich are hungry for love, for being cared for, for being wanted,

for having someone to call their own.”

21. “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”

22. “Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to

the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the

humble work.”

23. “I have found the paradox—that if you love until it hurts, there can be no

more hurt, only more love.”

St Teresa of Kolkata, pray for us!

Source: https://www.scross.co.za/2017/02/23-thoughts-saint/

23 Thoughts From A Saint

by Judith Turner · February 14, 2017

Source: https://www.scross.co.za/2017/02/23-thoughts-saint/

February is known as the month of love. Well, mostly commercially, because it is month when most people celebrate Valentine’s Day.

On this day love is expressed by the exchanging of gifts of flowers and chocolates with bows of red and white ribbon. People dress up and take each other for dinners, some of which may include the hoped-for “surprise”.

School kids dress in red and white and take flowers and gifts to their teachers. On Robben Island a mass wedding ceremony is held for couples who want to tie the knot on this special day of love. On Valen-tine’s Day it is all about expressing and showing that we love. This day draws our attention to love — to romantic love.

Drawing our attention to love is exactly what Mother Teresa did. She drew the world’s attention to love — of course, not to romantic love, but to an unselfish love in which we are called to give our lives for others, just as she gave her life for the thousands of poor living in the gutters of Kolkata, that Indian city of 14,1 million inhabitants.

So let’s survey a few quotes from this great saint as an inspiration for us to love others in the same way as she did:

1. “I know God won’t give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish he didn’t

trust me so much.”

2. “Live simply so others may simply live.” (Often incorrectly attributed to

Gandhi.)”

3. “I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbour. Do you know

your next-door neighbour?”

4. “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that

is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has

nothing to eat.”

5. “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But

the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

6. “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love

we put in that action.”

7. “Peace begins with a smile.”

(Continued 2nd last page)

2nd COLLECTION

This week: None

1st YEAR LIFE TEEN CANDIDATES / PARENTS MEETING

Monday 20 February 7.00pm

Venue - Parish centre

FUNDRAISING CORE GROUP MEETING Monday 20 February 7.30pm Venue - Edna Cottle room

ADORERS MEETING Tuesday 21 February 7.00pm

Venue - Boardroom

YOUNG ADULTS MEETING Tuesday 21 February 7.15pm

Venue - Monastery

ALL MINISTRIES

Day of reflection Saturday 25 February Mass at 8.30am, thereafter in Parish centre 9.00am to 1.00pm.

BACON & EGG ROLLS Sunday 26 February After 9.00am Mass

Alpha Group initiative

SCRIPTURE CIRCLE MEETING

Monday 27 February at 7.30pm Venue - Parish centre

RUMMAGE SALE

Friday 3 March 1.00pm

Venue - Parish Centre

DOUGHNUTS FOR SALE

Sunday 5 March after 7 & 9am Masses

2nd & 3rd YEAR LIFE TEEN CANDIDATES / PARENTS MEETING

Monday 6 March 7.00pm

Venue - Parish centre

SACRISTANS MEETING Monday 6 March 7.30pm Venue - Edna Cottle room

BAPTISM INSTRUCTION

Saturday 11 March 1.00 to 4.30 pm. Venue - Parish Centre

BAPTISM CEREMONY

Sunday 19 March after 11.00am Mass.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

LENT

ASH WEDNESDAY – 1 MARCH 2017

Masses: 6.15am, 8.30am, 5.00pm and 7.30pm

LENTEN NOVENA

Thursday 7.30pm as from 2 March to 30 March 2017

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

Mondays after 8.30am Mass as from 6 March to 10 April 2017

Fridays 7.30pm as from 3 March to 7 April 2017

PENINTENTIAL SERVICE

Thursday 6 April 2017 at 7.30pm

A WORD FROM YOUR PARISH PRIEST

Over the last couple of years, since my arrival as parish priest at Holy Redeemer, we often began the New Year with mornings of reflection for some of the various ministry groups in the parish. These were always meaningful and helpful gatherings for all involved, and hopefully encouraged the commitment and level of service of each person.

This year, simply because of the large number of ministries and the number of people involved, it has not been possible to hold individual mornings of reflection. So, I made a decision that we would hold a morning of reflection and to invite all those who are involved in any kind of ministry in our parish life. The morning of reflection will take place on Saturday25th January.

The morning will begin with Mass at 8.30.a.m Mass, after which we will gather in the parish centre for tea or coffee. At 9.30 we will share in a reflection on what it means to be called to serve the parish in our various ministries, and hopefully to discover that each person has an important role in building up the Body of Christ at Holy Redeemer.

After a time of reflection, it is my hope that the various ministries will meet in their respective groups and discuss how best to continue to improve the quality of our service to our brothers and sisters. I realise, of course, that many of you serve in more than one ministry, but hope-fully we can be flexible enough to join the different groups at different times.

We will have to make full use of all the facilities at the parish centre. And, the Ministers of the Eucharist, as well as the altar servers will hold their meeting in the Church. This will also be a time when, hopefully, we can welcome and offer training for the new Ministers of the Eucharist who have been appointed for this year.

I realise that not everyone involved in ministry in the parish will be able to attend the morning of reflection, but I do urge as many of you as possible to make the effort to attend. And, on behalf of the parish, I would like to thank each and every one of you for all that you do to make the presence of Christ visible in the daily life of our parish community. I would also like to extend an invitation to others, who are perhaps interested in joining one of our parish ministries, to feel free to join us on Saturday morning. The more people we have who are actively engaged in ministry within our parish, then the more we can enhance the quality of our community life.

My aim is to conclude our morning of reflection and meetings with a bring and share lunch. So I appeal to your kindness in bringing along something so that none of us leaves hungry! I hope and pray that our time together will be a source of new life for all of us, and that our parish will continually be improved by individuals and families responding to God’s invitation to become His disciples in sharing the Good News to all who most need to hear it, especially the elderly and the sick, the lonely and troubled, and those encountering the normal difficulties of daily life. Our Holy Redeemer is always in our midst. It is our gift to reveal His presence to all those who are connected to our parish in any way. May God bless each of us in the year that lies ahead. Fr Gerard, CSsR

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A PRAYER FOR GENEROSITY

IN SERVICE

Gracious God,

You have called me to life

and gifted me in many ways.

Through Baptism You have sent me

to continue the mission of Jesus

by sharing my love with others.

Strengthen me to respond to

Your call each day.

Help me to become all You desire of me.

Inspire me to make a difference in

others' lives.

Lead me to choose the way of life

You have planned for me.

Open the hearts of all to listen

to Your call.

Fill all with Your Holy Spirit that

we may have listening hearts and

the courage to respond to You.

Enkindle in my heart

and the hearts of others the desire

to make the world a better place

by serving as you desire. Fr Anderson

Lily Ball

Dylan Berry

Jill Buser

Catharina Clavaux

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Christian Engelbrecht

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Keith Gomez

Kerry Heideman

Rita Hendricks

Sam Hendricks

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Dawn Heynes

Russell Heynes

Jean Kennedy

Caroline Kirkham

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Gerald Louw

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Willi Malherbe

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Patrick Perreira

Albert Petersen

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