TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C

Since October 30, 1930

@ctkmetropolitan Christ the KING Parish Kampala UG www.christthekingkampala.org

DAILY MASSES: Monday to Friday: 6:30am | 7:00am | 1:00pm; Saturday: 7:00am | 6:00pm

FIRST READING: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4“The righteous shall live by his faith”

Apology: “To rely on our talents is a cause of great loss. When someone places confidence in his own prudence, knowledge, and intelligence, God, To make him know and see his insufficiency, withdraws from him His help and leaves him to work by himself. This is often why our undertakings miserably fail.”

--- St. Vincent de Paul (correction)

Sunday, 2nd October 2016

YOU ARE INVITED!

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Habakkuk

O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and thou wilt not save? Why do you make me see wrongs and look upon trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its time; it hastens to the end -- it will not lie. If it seem slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay. Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

The Word of the LORD.

06th October is the LAUNCH FOR THE ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION of our Church. There will be an official FUNDRAISING FUNCTION that day.

You are all invited.Those who may not attend the LAUNCH may contribute in today’s 2nd

collection & on Thursday 06th October, 2016 in all the Masses.Envelopes are in the Parish Office and at the entrance. Pledge cards will be distributed are in the Bulletin. The Parish Priest’s office will be open for any donations. Your usual GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT is very encouraging.

to a Fundraiser to support theALTERATION & EXTENSION

of our Parishat Cardinal Wamala Hall at

Christ the King on Colville Street. Thursday, 6th October 2016

4.30pm – 7.00pm Donate generously to the restructuring

of Christ the King Parish.

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RESPONSORIAL PSALMS: Ps. 95:1-2, 6-9R. O that today you would listen to His voice, harden not your hearts.

SECOND READING: 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14“Do not be ashamed of testifying to our LORD”

A reading from the Second Letter of Saint Paul to TimothyBeloved: I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control.

Do not be ashamed then of testifying to our LORD, nor of me His prisoner, but share of

suffering for the gospel in the power of God, Follow the pattern of the sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus; guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.

The Word of the LORD.

Come, let us ring out our joy to the LORD; Hail the Rock Who saves us! Let us come into His presence giving thanks; let us hail Him with a song of praise! R.

O come; let us bow and bend low, let us kneel before the God, Who made us! For He is our God, and we the people

who belong to His pasture, the flock that is led by His hand. R.

O that today you would listen to His voice! Harden not your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the desert, when your forebears put me to the

test, when they tried me, though they saw my work. R.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Luke 1:25V. Alleluia R. AlleluiaV. The Word of the LORD abides forever; that word is the Good News which was preached to you. R. Alleluia

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GOSPEL: Luke 17:5-10“If you had faith”

† A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke

At that time: the apostles said to the LORD, “Increase our faith!” And the LORD said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, `Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

“Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, `Come at once and sit down at table’? Will he not rather

say to him, `Prepare supper for me, and put on your apron and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, `We are unworthy

servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

The Gospel of the LORD.

PRAYING THE ROSARYin the month of October

Mysteries of the RosaryThe Mysteries of the Rosary are meditations on episodes in the life and death of Jesus from the Annunciation to the Ascension and beyond, known as the Joyful (or Joyous) Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Glorious Mysteries

and the Luminous Mysteries (or the "Mysteries of Light"). Each of these Mysteries contemplates five different stages of Christ's life.

Joyful Mysteries1. The Annunciation. Fruit of the Mystery: Humility2. The Visitation. Fruit of the Mystery: Love of

Neighbors3. The Nativity. Fruit of the Mystery: Poverty (poor in

spirit), Detachment from the things of the world, Contempt of Riches, Love of the Poor

4. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Fruit of the Mystery: Purity, Obedience

5. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple. Fruit of the Mystery: True Wisdom and True Conversion, Piety, Joy of Finding Jesus

Luminous Mysteries1. The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan. Fruit of the

Mystery: Openness to the Holy Spirit, the Healer.2. The Wedding at Cana. Fruit of the Mystery: To

Jesus through Mary. The understanding of the ability to manifest-through faith.

3. Jesus' Proclamation of the Kingdom of God. Fruit

of the Mystery: Trust in God (Call of Conversion to Messiah)

4. The Transfiguration. Fruit of the Mystery: Desire for Holiness

5. The Institution of the Eucharist. Fruit of the Mystery: Adoration

Sorrowful Mysteries1. The Agony in the Garden. Fruit of the Mystery:

Sorrow for Sin, Uniformity with the will of God2. The Scourging at the Pillar. Fruit of the Mystery:

Mortification, Purity3. The Crowning with Thorns. Fruit of the Mystery:

Contempt of the world, Courage4. The Carrying of the Cross. Fruit of the Mystery:

Patience5. The Crucifixion. Fruit of the Mystery: Salvation,

ForgivenessGlorious Mysteries1. The Resurrection. Fruit of the Mystery: Faith2. The Ascension. Fruit of the Mystery: Hope and

desire for ascension to Heaven3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit. Fruit of the Mystery:

Holy Wisdom to know the truth and share with everyone, Divine Charity, Worship of the Holy Spirit

4. The Assumption of Mary. Fruit of the Mystery: Grace of a Happy Death and True Devotion towards Mary

5. The Coronation of the Virgin. Fruit of the Mystery: Perseverance and Crown of Glory, Trust in Mary's Intercession

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Msgr. Gerard Kalumba

PARISH PRIEST’S REFLECTIONTHE TWENTY SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR CHabakkuk 1: 2-2;2: 2-4 | 2Timothy 1: 6-8, 13-14 | Luke 17: 5-10

FAITH, EVEN WHEN IT IS LITTLE, PERFORMS GREAT WONDERS IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICES

not be ashamed of testifying to our LORD,” even if it may attract some suffering: The medicine for fear and suffering is Faith.

Let us be witnesses of the struggle against evil, injustices and sin through the great gift ofFaith: “LORD increase our Faith,” so ask the

disciples appeal to Jesus Christ in Today’s Gospel. Jesus confirms that Faith even the one as small as the smallest seeds performs great wonders. Our duty is to pray and say, “We are unworthy servants, we have only done what was our duty.

LORD pour out mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.

Msgr. Gerard KalumbaChrist the King Parish, Kampala

In the First R e a d i n g , the prophet

Habakkuk faces a population that is desperate and full of fear, for they think that God is quiet and does not hear! They are facing violence and all sorts of injustices, troubles and destruction! As the prophet turns to God for answers, God urges the people not to give up because of difficulties that shake their Faith in God. God may seem slow but He does not lie. He acts at His own pace and in His own time.

The conquest of injustices and sin however demands a share of suffering for the Gospel in the power of God: God did not give us a SPIRIT of Timidity, but a SPIRIT of POWER and LOVE and SELF- CONTROL: The righteous shall live by Faith. That is what St. Paul urges his colleague Timothy in the Second Reading; “Do

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ST. VINCENT DE PAULFeastday: September 27 | Birth: 1581 | Death: 1660Patron of charities; horses; hospitals; leprosy; lost articles; Madagascar; prisoners; Richmond, Virginia; spiritual help; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies; Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory; Vincentian Service Corps; volunteers.

Beatified By: August 13, 1729, Rome, Papal States by Pope Benedict XIIICanonized By: June 16, 1737, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement XII

St. Vincent de Paul was born to a poor peasant family in the French village of Pouy on April 24, 1581. His first formal education was provided by the Franciscans. He did so well, he

was hired to tutor the children of a nearby wealthy family. He used the monies he earned teaching to continue his formal studies at the University of Toulose where he studied theology.

He was ordained in 1600 and remained in Toulose for a time. In 1605, while on a ship traveling from Marseilles to Narbone, he was captured, brought to Tunis and sold as a slave. Two years later he and his master managed to escape and both returned to France.

St. Vincent went to Avignon and later to Rome to continue his studies. While there he became a chaplain to the Count of Goigny and was placed in charge of distributing money to the deserving poor. He became pastor of a small parish in Clichy for a short period of time, while also serving as a tutor and spiritual director.

From that point forward he spent his life preaching missions to and providing relief to the poor. He even established hospitals for them. This work became his passion. He later extended his concern and ministry to convicts. The need to evangelize and assist these souls was so great and the demands beyond his own ability to meet that he founded the Ladies of Charity, a lay institute of woman, to help, as well as a religious institute of priests - the Congregation of Priests of the Mission, commonly referred to now as the Vincentians.

This was at a time when there were not many priests in France and what priests there were, were neither well-formed nor faithful to their way of life. Vincent helped reform the clergy and the manner in which they

were instructed and prepared for the priesthood. He did this first through the presentation of retreats and later by helping develop a precursor to our modern day seminaries. At one point his community was directing 53 upper level seminaries. His retreats, open to priests and laymen, were so well attended that it is said he infused a “Christian spirit among more than 20,000 persons in his last 23 years.”

The Vincentians remain with us today with nearly 4,000 members in 86 countries. In addition to his order of Vincentian priests, St. Vincent cofounded the Daughters of Charity along with St. Louise de Marillac. There are more than 18,000 Daughters today serving the needs of the poor in 94 countries. He was eighty years old when he died in Paris on September 27, 1660.He had “become the symbol of the successful reform of the French Church”. St. Vincent is sometimes referred to as “The Apostle of Charity” and “The Father of the Poor”.

His incorrupt heart can be found in the Convent of the Sisters of Charity and his bones have been embedded in a wax effigy of the Saint located at the Church of the Lazarist Mission. Both sites are located in Paris, France.

Two miracles have been attributed to St Vincent - a nun cured of ulcers and a laywoman cured of paralysis. As a result of the first, Pope Benedict XIII beatified him on August 13, 1729. Less than 8 years later (on June 16, 1737) he was canonized by Pope Leo XIII. The Bull of Canonization recognized Vincent for his charity and reform of the clergy, as well as for his early role in opposing Jansenism.

It has been reported that St. Vincent wrote more than 30,000 letters in his lifetime and that nearly 7,000 had been collected in the 18th century. There are at least five collections of his letters in existence today.

The feast day for St. Vincent, the patron of all charitable societies, is September 27.

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We continue to remind ourselves of the fundraising week – Sunday 2nd October to Sunday 9th October 2016. We shall have our second collection

on Sunday 2nd October and Thursday 6th October. 6th October will be the climax with a fundraising function in the Evening from 4.30pm – 7.00pm here at Christ the King. To make it easy for the majority in the community, we are giving out special envelopes for purposes of donations. The Envelopes with your contributions should be dropped in the Parish Office which is found on the side of the Church near the Goroto of Mother Mary. Also below are the pledge cards. We need

approximately 8.8billion and we have so far collected 78% - Yes we can realise the remaining 22%.

For Further inquiries Contact: 0414-341505

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATEin the Alterations and Extention of our Parish

Christ the King Parish with pleasure invites you to participate inthe restructuring of our Parish on Thursdays, 6th October 2016

at Cardinal Wamala Hall behind the ChurchIn the Launch and Fundraising Function

For where you treasure is, there your heart will be also

PLEDGE CARD:I Pledge to do my part and participate in the

Alterations and Extension of Christ the King

I express my commitment to Christ the King and the many Good worksof our Parish with my pledge of (amount):…………………………

per week Per month Per year one off

Name:…………………………………………………………………….…………..........

Full Amount:…………………………………………………………………...................

Contact:.………………………………………………………………............................

Date of Honour:………………………………………………………............................Thanks for your Generous Contribution. God Bless You

Christ the King Parish, Kampala | Tel: +256 414-341505Plot 3 Colville Street, P. O. Box 2551, Kampala - Uganda

E-mail: info@christthekingkampala.org | www.christthekingkampala.org

SAINTS & READINGS OF THE WEEKWEEKDAY READINGSMonday 03rd October 2016 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice)

First reading: Galatians: 1:6-12;Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 111:1b-2, 7-10c; Gospel: Luke 10:25-37

Tuesday 04th October 2016 St. Francis of Assisi (Memorial) First reading: Galatians: 1:13-24;Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 139:1b-3, 13-15; Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

Wednesday 05th October 2016 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice) First reading: Galatians: 2:1, 7-14;Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 117:1bc-2; Gospel: Luke 11:1-4

Thursday 06th October 2016 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice)or: St. Bruno (Optional memorial)First reading: Galatians: 3:1-5;Responsorial Psalm: Lk. 1:69-75; Gospel: Luke 11:5-13

Friday 07th October 2016 Our Lady of the Rosary (Memorial)First reading: Galatians: 3:7-14;Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 111:1b-6; Gospel: Luke 11:15-26

Saturday 08th October 2016 Ordinary Weekday (Mass of Choice)or: Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin MaryFirst reading: Galatians: 3:22-29;Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 105:2-7; Gospel: Luke 11:27-28Vigil Mass of the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C

Sunday 09th October 2016 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR CFirst reading: 2 Kings 5:14-17;Responsorial Psalms: Ps 98:1-4;Second reading: 2 Timothy 2:8-13; Gospel: Luke 17:11-19Other Masses are not permitted, except funeral MassesOptional memorials of St. Denis and Companions, and of St. John Leonardi are not celebrated this year.

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