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‘GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH.’

Entrance Antiphon Cf.Isaiah 66:10-11 Rejoice, Jerusalem, and all who love

her. Be joyful, all who were in

mourning; exult and be satisfied at

her consoling breast.

1st Reading 36:14–16, 19–23 A reading from the second

book of Chronicles All the heads of the priesthood, and

the people too, added infidelity to

infidelity, copying all the shameful

practices of the nations and defiling

the Temple that the Lord had con-

secrated for himself in Jerusalem.

The Lord, the God of their ances-

tors, tirelessly sent them messenger

after messenger, since he wished to

spare his people and his house. But

they ridiculed the messengers of

God, they despised his words, they laughed at his prophets, until at last

the wrath of the Lord rose so high

against his people that there was no

further remedy. Their enemies

burned down the Temple of God,

demolished the walls of Jerusalem,

set fire to all its palaces, and de-

stroyed everything of value in it. The

survivors were deported by Nebu-

chadnezzar to Babylon; they were to

serve him and his sons until the

kingdom of Persia came to power.

This is how the word of the Lord

was fulfilled that he spoke through

Jeremiah, 'Until this land has enjoyed

its Sabbath rest, until seventy years

have gone by, it will keep Sabbath

throughout the days of its desola-

tion.' And in the first year of Cyrus

king of Persia, to fulfil the word of

the Lord that was spoken through

Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit

of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a

proclamation and to have it publicly

displayed throughout his kingdom:

'Thus speaks Cyrus king of Persia,

"The Lord, the God of heaven, has

given me all the kingdoms of the

earth; he has ordered me to build

him a Temple in Jerusalem, in Judah.

Whoever there is among you of all

his people, may his God be with

him! Let him go up."'

The Word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm Ps 136

RESPONSE: Let my tongue

be silenced, if I ever forget

you!

By the rivers of Babylon there we

sat and wept, remembering Zion; on

the poplars that grew there we hung

up our harps. /R.

For it was there that they asked us,

our captors, for songs, our oppres-

sors, for joy. 'Sing to us,' they said,

'one of Zion's songs.' /R.

O how could we sing the song of

the Lord on alien soil? If I forget

you, Jerusalem, let my right hand

wither! /R.

O let my tongue cleave my mouth if

I remember you not, if I prize not

Jerusalem above all my joys! /R.

2nd Reading 2:4-10 A reading from the first letter

of St Paul to the Ephesians God loved us with so much love

that he was generous with his mer-

cy: when we were dead through our

sins, he brought us to life with

Christ - it is through grace that you

have been saved - and raised us up

with him and gave us a place with

him in heaven, in Christ Jesus. This

was to show for all ages to come,

through his goodness towards us in

Christ Jesus, how infinitely rich he is

in grace. Because it is by grace that

you have been saved, through faith;

not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God; not by anything that

you have done, so that nobody can

claim the credit. We are God's

work of art, created in Christ Jesus

to live the good life as from the be-

ginning he had meant us to live it.

The Word of the Lord

All: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation John 3:16 Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ! God loved the world

so much, he gave us his only Son,

that all who believe in him might

have eternal life. Glory and praise

to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel 3:14-21 A reading from the holy Gospel

according to John

Jesus said to Nicodemus: 'The Son

of Man must be lifted up as Moses

lifted up the serpent in the desert,

so that everyone who believes may

have eternal life in him. Yes, God

loved the world so much that he

gave his only Son, so that everyone

who believed in him may not be lost

but may have eternal life. For God

sent his Son into the world not to

condemn the world, but so that

through him the world might be

saved. No one who believes in him

will be condemned; but whoever

refuses to believe is condemned al-

ready, because he has refused to

believe in the name of God's only

Son. On these grounds is sentence

pronounced: that though the light

has come into the world men have

shown they prefer darkness to the

light because their deeds were evil.

And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it,

for fear his actions should be ex-

posed; but the man who lives by the

truth comes out into the light, so

that it may be plainly seen that what

he does is done in God.'

The Gospel of the Lord

All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus

Christ.

14th March 2021

Fourth Sunday of Lent Year B

St Mary Star of the Sea &

Corpus Christi Parish

Parish Priest: Fr. Marcelo Parra

Assistant Priest: Fr. Rodrigo Da Costa Ponte

Parish Secretary: Bridget Beatson

Safeguarding Officer: Rommie Masarei (Mobile # 041 7979 867) - Corpus Christi

Virginia Tobar ( Mobile # 041 3197 856) - St Mary Star of the Sea

Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 9.30am to 12.30pm

Address: 2 McNeil St. Peppermint Grove WA 6011(St Mary Star of the Sea)

Cnr of Palmerston & Lochee St Mosman Park (Corpus Christi)

Telephone: (08) 9384-2421

Email: cottesloe@perthcatholic.org.au

Website: http://staroftheseachurch.org.au/

FaceBook: facebook.com/staroftheseachurch

Instagram: @staroftheseachurch_cottesloe

Sacramental Program: cottesloesacraments@bigpond.com

Reconciliations: Saturday 12:00pm Star of the Sea

Saturday 5:00pm Corpus Christi

Children’s Liturgy: Sundays at 10am Mass (during school term)

Baptisms: Second and Fourth Sunday of the month at 11am

Weddings: Only by appointment

Sun, 14th March, 2021 8:30am Mass (Corpus Christi)

10:00am Mass (Children’s Liturgy)

12:00pm Mass (Spanish) 5:00pm Mass

Mon, 15th March, 2021

9:00am Mass

Tue, 16th March, 2021 9:00am Mass

5:00pm Adoration & Benediction

(Corpus Christi)

5:30pm Mass (Corpus Christi)

Wed, 17th March, 2021

Saint Patrick

9:00am Mass

Thu, 18th March, 2021

9:00am Mass

Fri, 19th March, 2021

Saint Joseph

8:30am Cottesloe Stations of the Cross

9am Mass (Cottesloe)

6:00pm Mosman Park Stations of the Cross

Sat, 20th March, 2021

9:00am Mass

12:00pm Confessions

5:00pm Confessions

(Corpus Christi)

5:30pm Mass (Corpus Christi)

8:00pm Neocatechumenal

Community Mass

(Parish Centre)

Parish Calendar — 4th week of Lent

God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son.

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Although we praise our common Lord

for all kinds of reasons, we praise and

glorify him above all for the cross. fills

us with awe to see him dying like one

accursed. is this death for people like

ourselves that Paul constantly regards as

the sign of Christ's love for us. He pass-

es over everything else that Christ did

for our advantage and consolation and

dwells incessantly on the cross. The

proof of God's love for us, he says, is that

Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Then in the following sentence he gives

us the highest ground for hope: If, when

we were alienated from God, we were rec-

onciled to him by the death of his Son, how

much more, now that we are reconciled,

shall we be saved by his life! It is this

above all that made Paul so proud, so

happy, so full of joy and exultation,

when he wrote to the Galatians: God

forbid that should glory in anything but

the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. What

wonder, indeed, if Paul rejoices and glo-

ries in the cross, when the Lord himself

spoke of his passion as his glory. Father,

he prayed, the hour has come: glorify

your Son.

The disciple who wrote those words

also told us that the Holy Spirit had not

yet come to them because Jesus was not

yet glorified, calling the cross glory. And

when he wanted to show God's love did

he do so by referring to signs, wonders,

or miracles of any sort? By no means: he

pointed to the cross, saying: God so loved

the world that he gave his only Son, that all

who believe in him might not perish but

have eternal life. And Paul writes: Since he

did not spare his own Son, but gave him up

for us all, how can he fail to lavish every

other gift upon us? And in his exhortation

to humility he uses the same example,

saying: "You should have the same disposi-

tions as you find in Christ Jesus. Although

his nature was divine, he did not cling to his

equality with God, but emptied himself to

assume the condition of a slave. Bearing the

human likeness, sharing the human lot, he

humbled himself and was obedient even to

the point of dying-dying on a cross!

Returning to the subject of love, Paul

again urges his hearers to love one anoth-

er, even as Christ loved us, and gave him-

self up for us as a fragrant offering and

sacrifice to God. And Christ himself

showed how the cross was his chief pre-

occupation, and how much he longed to

suffer. In his ignorance, Peter, first of the

Twelve, foundation of the Church, lead-

er of the Apostles, protested: God forbid,

Lord! This shall never happen to you! Lis-

ten to what Christ called him: Get behind

me, Satan. You are an obstacle in my way,

proving by the strength of his reprimand

his great eagerness to suffer on the

cross.

Gospel: John 3:14-21

Commentary: John Chrysostom

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Next Sunday Readings: 21st March 2021—5th Sunday of Lent

Jeremiah 31:31-34 Psalm 50:3-4,12-15 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33

WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS (2ND PLATE): COTTESLOE $547.20 MOSMAN PARK $675.50

MOSMAN ROSTERS This Weekend 13/14 Mar Next Weekend 20/21 Mar

Flowers C Leandri R Beech

Readers Sat 5.30pm A Ray N Farias A Pickard

Readers Sun 8.30am A Baty N Kalnejais A Santelli S Cannon

COTTESLOE ROSTERS This Weekend 13/14 Mar Next Weekend 20/21 Mar

Flowers Lent Lent

Church Cleaning M Shea & L Mann P & N Colli

Readers Sun 10am R Coles & M Coles R Ardon & Volunteer

Readers Sun 5pm Volunteer & Frederick Volunteer

Morning Tea N/A N/A

Baptism We welcome into our Parish

Community through Baptism

on Sunday 14 March 2021

Aitor Sueiro Vega son of Matina Sueiro Seara

& Alvaro Vega Diez

Ronan Joseph Wilson

son of Annie & Ryan Jones

We ask God to bless

both Aitor and Ronan,

their parents, Godparents

and family as they journey

through life together.

Our Sick Please keep those who

are sick at home, and in

nursing homes and in the

general community in

your prayers. Let us keep

our parishioners in our

prayers: Maria Pereira, Val McKirdy

Margaret Hildick-Pytte

Regina Pass & mother Kath

Mason & Margaret Hayman

Pat Clarke, Albert Atrache Michael O’Connor

Requiescat in Pace

For family members &

friends who have recently

passed to Eternal Life, and

for all the departed Soul’s:

Eternal rest, grant unto

them, O Lord, and let per-

petual light shine upon them.

May the souls of the faithful

departed through the mercy

of God rest in peace. Amen.

Shrine” of St Mary Star of the Sea - Statue. We welcome parishioners to support our proposed NEW project at St Marys Star

of the Sea Cottesloe. To be located at the South West corner of the property.

KINDLY DONATE – ALL DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.

PAYMENTS CAN ALSO BE MADE ONLINE to the parish bank account

Name : COTTESLOE PARISH

BSB : 086 006 ACC: 558 131 050 REF : SHRINE

Fourth Sunday of Lent 14th March 2021

Arsad, an Indonesian farmer, had no toilet at home and was often sick due to the practice of open

defecation. Through Caritas Australia’s support, Arsad and his community improved hygiene and

sanitation, and funded their own toilets.

Please donate to Project Compassion 2021 and help improve health and wellbeing of

communities in Indonesia so they can work towards eradicating poverty, providing a

better future for all.

You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting

www.caritas.org.au/projectcompassion or phoning 1800 024 413.

CORPUS CHRISTI MOSMAN PARK PARISH MORNING TEA

Will be after the 8.30am

Mass this Sunday 14th

March, in the usual place at

the back of the church. We

welcome all parishioners &

visitors to stay and enjoy a

cup of tea/coffee.

Margaret Fane, Artist, will be holding a Fundraising Exhibition and Sale of her paintings

in the Parish Hall at St Mary Star of the Sea on Sunday 21st March from 9am until

5pm. Margaret’s paintings are primarily watercolour depictions of birds and flowers.

All proceeds will be donated to the relief of child prostitution and homelessness

Cambodia. Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey, OAM, will be joining Mass on Sunday

21st March to discuss how this fundraising effort can help the lives of others. To see

Margaret’s work, please visit her website: margaretfane.com.au Larger paintings can

be purchased from her studio - 213 Yangebup Rd Yangebup by appointment. Cash or bank transfer will be

accepted on the day. Margaret Fane can be contacted on 0432834743 or marg.fane@gmail.com

Dear Parishioners,

Contact Registers and the use of the Safe WA App will continue as part of post-lockdown life.

Contact Registers and/or QR codes for the Safe WA App are mandatory for all places of worship, all

parish offices and all archdiocesan facilities to assist in undertaking contact tracing if it is required. Western Australians are encouraged to continue to practise physical distancing where possible, maintain good per-

sonal hygiene at all times and get tested when unwell.