We pray for the repose of the souls of the recently deceased:

Brenda Dismaya, Kevin McGillicuddy, Cheuk Yuk Leung Wong, Herminio Saquitan,

Terry Saldhana, Victor Care, Ed McGrath, Nick Mally, Jenny Pang, Maree McCann

and Slavka Kokinovski.

We remember those relatives and friends who have departed this life:

Herbert & Dora Christensen, George & Josephine Cowell, Trevor Gaynor, Fr Ron Harden,

Florence May Jones, Ken Lucas, Frank & Lillian Lucas, Alan & Kathleen Mercer, Jennifer Meredith,

Antonino Picone, Joseph George Sakr, Vittorio & Angela Scali and the Tracey & Kelly Families.

We pray for Angela & Angelo Buffon and Paul Mok whose anniversaries occur about now.

We pray for the sick in our community:

Patricia Toscano, Pamela Cleary, Joseph Park, Zlata Hrestak, Cathy Rogers, Ta Nguyen,

Angela Tennant, Pat Fraser, Lourdes Camilon, Ellie Humphreys, Gloria Elpos and Atelaite Alamoti.

We also pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and for those who have no one to pray for them.

MON 10 APR

H H H O O O L L L YYY

WWWE E E E E E KKK

Weekday Mass 6.45am

TUE 11 APR Weekday Mass 6.45am

Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle 6pm Church

Devotion to St Michael & the Angels 7pm Church

WED 12 APR Weekday Mass 6.45am

Legion of Mary 7.30pm Old Church

HOLY

THURSDAY

13 APR

NO MORNING MASS (Chrism Mass 10.30am St Mary’s Cathedral)

MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER 7pm followed by

Adoration Chapel of the Repose Old Church

GOOD

FRIDAY

14 APR

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 10am Bethany College

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S PASSION 3pm

Confessions 4.30pm—5.30pm

Novena to the Divine Mercy 7.30pm

HOLY

SATURDAY

15 APR

Morning Prayer (Lauds) and Rosary 9am

Confessions 9.30am—10.30am

Novena to the Divine Mercy 3pm

EASTER VIGIL MASS 7pm

SUN 16 APR EASTER SUNDAY

MASS TIMES: 8am, 10am and 6pm.

Novena to the Divine Mercy 3pm

Weekday Mass 9am (No 6.45am Mass)

Novena to the Divine Mercy 7.30pm

MON 17 APR

Palm Sunday—9 April 2017 Year A

On Palm Sunday the long reading of the Passion dominates the celebration, and in a sense its meaning is obvious. Do not allow this, however, to detract from the other readings,

which give the vital context necessary for understanding the Passion as more than just a long story. It is our story – the tale of how God achieved OUR salvation by the supreme

sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

Dear parishioners and community groups, a huge thank you for

your generous support and donations towards the upgrade of our

Parish Audio and Video Systems, as you will see we have purchased

and installed some of the equipment. We hope to have everything

up and running in time for our Holy Easter Triduum this week.

Please note, our Holy Week and Easter Celebrations program is now available for collection today!

You will also find these details on our Parish website and Facebook page.

May God bless all our families and communities over the coming Easter and holidays.

Have a happy, holy and blessed Easter!

Thank you and blessings to you all, Fr Janusz.

PROJECT COMPASSION

boxes and envelopes may be

returned at any of the Masses

celebrated during Holy Week. Baskets will be found

at the doors at the back of the Church.

Support our Parish by buying your raffle ticket for our Easter Hamper

Raffle this weekend. Cost: $2 per ticket or 3 for $5!

Raffle to be drawn on Easter Sunday after our 10am Mass.

GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION—The annual collection for the support of our Church in the

Holy Land. Envelopes will be available for your generous support of the missionary work.

© The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.

ST MICHAEL’S

PARISH

10 Croydon Road,

Hurstville 2220

02 9587 2166

www.stmichaelhurst.org.au

PARISH CLERGY:

Parish Priest

Fr Janusz Bieniek CSMA

Assistant Priest

Fr Kenneth Kaimalan CSMA

PARISH STAFF:

Secretary

Leena Strickland-Langatuki

Accounts

Maria Awad

Sacramental Co-ordinator

Valerie Gonzaga

HEALING MASS:

First Friday of:

March, June, Sept & Dec at 7pm

CHILDREN’S LITURGY:

Sunday 10.00am Mass

(except 5th Sunday)

RECONCILIATION:

Sat: 9.45am-10.15am, 4-4.45pm

BAPTISMS:

Sunday at 11.15am

MARRIAGES:

Please contact the Priest 6mths

prior to the wedding.

Pre-marriage course is required

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

AND DYING:

Call the Priest any time

(We gather outside)

CHRIST’S ENTRANCE

INTO JERUSALEM

PRIESTS INTRODUCTION

BLESSING OF PALMS

ANTIPHON:

Hosanna to the Son of David;

blessed is he who comes in the name of the

Lord, the King of Israel.

Hosanna in the highest.

GOSPEL: ✝Matt 21:1-11

A reading from the holy Gospel according

to Matthew.

When they drew near to Jerusalem and came

to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, Jesus

sent two disciples, 2

saying to them, ‘Go into

the village opposite you, and immediately

you will find an ass tied, and a colt with her;

untie them and bring them to me.

If anyone

says anything to you, you shall say, “The

Lord has need of them,” and he will send

them immediately’. This took place to fulfil

what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

‘Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king

is coming to you, humble and mounted on an

ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass’. The

disciples went and did as Jesus had directed

them; they brought the ass and the colt, and

put their garments on them, and he sat

thereon. Most of the crowd spread their

garments on the road, and others cut

branches from the trees and spread them on

the road. And the crowds that went before

him and that followed him shouted,

‘Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he

who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna

in the highest!’ And when he entered

Jerusalem all the city was stirred, saying,

‘Who is this?’ And the crowds said, "This is

Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee."

The Gospel of the Lord.

PROCESSION

(Wave your palm branch

during the procession)

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:

Six days before the Passover, when the Lord

came into the city of Jerusalem, the children

ran to meet him; in their hands they carried

palm branches and with a loud voice cried

out: * Hosanna in the highest! Blessed are

you, who have come in your abundant

mercy! O gates, lift high your heads; grow

higher, ancient doors. Let him enter, the king

of glory! Who is this king of glory? He, the

Lord of hosts, he is the king of glory.

* Hosanna in the highest! Blessed are you,

who have come in your abundant mercy!

FIRST READING: Is 50:4-7

A reading from the prophet Isaiah

The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue. So

that I may know how to reply to the wearied

he provides me with speech. Each morning he

wakes me to hear, to listen like a disciple. The

Lord has opened my ear. For my part, I made

no resistance, neither did I turn away. I

offered my back to those who struck me, my

cheeks to those who tore at my beard; I did

not cover my face against insult and spittle.

The Lord comes to my help, so that I am

untouched by the insults. So, too, I set my

face like flint; I know I shall not be shamed.

The word of the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Ps 21:8-9.

17-20. 23-24. R. v.2

All: My God, my God, why have you

abandoned me?

1. All who see me deride me.

They curl their lips, they toss their heads.

‘He trusted in the Lord, let him save him;

let him release him if this is his friend.’

2. Many dogs have surrounded me,

a band of the wicked beset me.

They tear holes in my hands and my feet.

I can count every one of my bones.

1. They divide my clothing among them.

They cast lots for my robe.

O Lord, do not leave me alone,

my strength, make haste to help me!

2. I will tell of your name to my brethren

and praise you where they are assembled.

‘You who fear the Lord give him praise;

all sons of Jacob, give him glory.

Revere him, Israel’s sons.’

All: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

SEOND READING: Phil 2:6-11

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Philippians

His state was divine, yet Christ Jesus did not cling to his

equality with God but emptied himself to assume the

condition of a slave, and became as men are, and being as all

men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death

on a cross. But God raised him high and gave him the name

which is above all other names so that all beings in the

heavens, on earth and in the underworld, should bend the

knee at the name of Jesus and that every tongue should

acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

The Gospel of the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

Christ became obedient for us even to death

dying on the cross.

Therefore God raised him on high

and gave him a name above all other names.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory!

(Please be seated)

THE PASSION OF OUR LORD Matthew 26:14—27:66

It is proclaimed by three readers. The Priest represents

Christ; one lector represents the narrator of the Gospel

story and the other lector the remaining speakers in the

drama.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON:

Everyone who lives and believes in me

will not die for ever, says the Lord.