Reflection: Jesus...2019/02/03 · We thank Matthew Tonkins, Mary Collins, Brett Pollard, Mary...
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Reflection: Jesus came among us not as an authorised teacher of the Law, like the scribes
and Pharisees, nor as a priest of the temple but as a prophet. In awe at his preaching and his
miraculous deeds, some of the people of his day were moved to exclaim: “A great prophet has
risen among us; God has visited his people” (Lk 7:16). Sadly this was not how he was received in
his hometown of Nazareth. Rejected by his townspeople, Jesus reminded them that ‘no prophet
is ever accepted in his home country’. Contrary to popular belief, a prophet is not essentially one
who foretells what is to come but a man or a woman who, acutely aware of the significance of
present events, is moved to draw attention to their probable, perhaps disturbing, future
consequences. At the same time as we try to identify today’s prophetic figures, we need to
remind ourselves that there is a prophetic dimension to the vocation of all Christians. It is
exercised not in magisterial pronouncements on our part but in the way we live our daily lives.
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
3rd February, 2019
ROSTERS ARE AVAILABLE AT
THE BACK OF THE CHURCH
Op Shop Opening Hours –
Tuesday – 9.00 – 3.30pm
Wednesday – 9.00 - 1.00pm
Thursday – 9.00 – 4.00pm
Saturday – 9.00 – 11.30am
*** UPCOMING MEETINGS ***
Op Shop – Thursday14th February 2019 @ 1.30pm in the Parish Centre
Finance Meeting – Thursday 14th February 2019 @ 5.30pm
Liturgy Committee – Thursday 21st February 2019 @ 5.00pm
Social Bowls & Cards
will be held on
Monday, 11th February 2019
from 9:30 – 12:00
Come along and enjoy this social
morning.
Helping Hands & Mah-jong are
held each Wednesday in the Parish
Centre from 10-00am– 3.00pm
All Welcome
The Op-Shop is in need of Volunteers.
If you have a spare hour or two and would
like to lend a helping hand, pop in to the Op
Shop and chat with the lovely ladies (Who
knows, you may find some treasure while
you are there ).
BORDER RIVERS
COMMUNITY CARE DROUGHT RELIEF
To register for assistance please contact your local Stock & Station
Agent or Care Goondiwindi PH: 07) 4670 0700
FAX: 07) 46714132 or email [email protected]
To donate to this project please contact Care Goondiwindi or you can
donate via EFT
BSB: 034184 ACC: 188 591 REF: BRCC/NAME
All donations are tax deductable
The Parish Council is still in the formation
process.
We thank Matthew Tonkins, Mary Collins,
Brett Pollard, Mary Burchell and Pat Thompson
for so generously giving your time.
We are still seeking more members to join this
council group. If you think this is something
you would like to be a part of, please see any
of the current members and express your
interest.
Prayer for Rain -
We pray for the land
we hear the promise you have spoken in Isaiah
of the refreshment of the creation;
of water in the desert,
of renewal for the land,
of hope, of life.
We name our simple need – rain for our thirsty
land.
Our tanks and dams are nearly empty,
like our hopes for this season.
Please, loving God, bring us rain
to renew the ground, to replenish our dams,
to bring some chance of feed,
to bring the possibility of some reward
to those who have toiled so hard.
We turn to you in faith and hope.
We pray for our community
We pray for all those whose lives
are under the shadow of drought.
We think first of those who work with the land,
for farmers and their families,
for those who rely upon the land for their life and
relationships.
We pray for contractors, merchants and truck
drivers,
for rural counsellors and support workers,
for all our rural community.
May the refreshment of your Spirit,
present in miraculous and truly human ways,
be with all of us as we move forward into the days
ahead.
We pray, too, for justice;
for fair prices for our stock and our wool and our
crops.
We pray for governments, banks and corporations
to be driven by the wisdom
of community, justice and compassion
not simply the folly of the dollar and the bottom
line.
We pray for each other,
keep us aware of the needs of those around us:
for those who are struggling,
who are grieving,
who are ill, who are dying.
Restore those who are far from you
with the knowledge that they are loved and valued.
Give them not just a sense of renewal,
but a sense of hope and purpose for lives
that are finding the journey hard.
Let us see the miracle of healing
in relationships,
in lives,
in communities,
where there is illness
and hope is far away.
Keep us always conscious of the task we have
in ministry and mission in your world.
We offer all these prayers in the name of Jesus.
Amen.
Thank-you for your contributions:
27/01/2019
Envelopes: $222.60 Loose: $81.00
Direct Deposits: $125/wk (average over a month)
Parish Bank A/C Details
A/C Name: ADF St Mary’s Parish Goondiwindi
BSB: 064-786 A/C Number: 518826001
If paying by direct deposit, please use your
initials/surname as the reference.
VOLUNTEERS
MASS TIMES Kaloma – Tuesday 11.00am
Wednesday (Rosary 5.10pm) 5.30pm Mass Friday 12.15pm…Holy Adoration 5.00pm
2nd/3rd February 2019
SATURDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm SUNDAY MORNING: Weengallon 8.00am; Daymar 10.00am
9th/10th February 2019
SATURDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm SUNDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm
16th/17th February 2019
SATURDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm SUNDAY MORNING: Goondiwindi 9.00am
23rd/24th February 2019
SATURDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm SUNDAY MORNING: Goondiwindi 8.00am
Family Mass 9.30am
WE PRAY FOR THOSE: Who have entered your kingdom: Including Mabel Burgess, Ross Scantlebury (Biddy Rose’s Son In Law), Paul Lynch, Joe Cowmeadow, Aileen Bennett, Henry Orchard, Mervyn Fleming, Elly Heynen Knols (Teresa Heynen’s aunt), Brian O’Brien(FM’s Uncle), Nick Heironymus, Stella McGovern, Loretta Brennan, Tom Mitchell, Steve Aspinall, Delva Brown, Fay Hunt, Don McDonald, Allan Amey, Barry Kindt, Gwendolyn “Henny” Makim, Epigenia Cabus (Claire & Rose’s sister), Barbara Duffy, Vince O’Brien (Roma), Bishop John Gerry.
Whose anniversary is at this time: including Peter Spittles, Bronwynne Faddy, Paul FitzGerald, Betty “Topsy” Hunt, George Hartin, Michael Gibbs, Kevin Cook, Claire Park, Mia Beck, Jenny Marsh, Robert Ford, Dannielle Brennan, Barry Cook, Barbara Bendall, Arthur Gordon, Bill Bishop, Ronald Keehn, Veronica Rayner
Who are ill: including Colleen Williams, Jill Tonkin, Josie Vetter, Iris
Simpson, Celie Brosnan, Mel Cairns,Joy Collins, Hardy Sutton, Donna
Lindores, John Abbot, Angus Rigney,Tom Turvey, Bill Dyer,Trish Dyer,
Brian Freeney, Pat & Teresa Mullins, Deanna Dawson, Anne Hunt, Kevin
Lawless, Ray Mackie, Peter Keehn, Joan Fleming,Gloria Bale,David
Croft,Tim Bourke, Shirley Schluter, Stasia Lawless, Paul Lloyd, Mavis
Gordon, Jean Ramada, Jean Sizer, Francis Lloyd, Madonna Nicoletti,
Stephanie & Chris Adamson, Bailey Brennan, Pauline Robinson, Win
Skinner, Sonya Horrigan, Helen Paige, John Toohey, Marie Cook, Phillip
Carney, Shirley Riley and Joseph Hord; also those ill at home, in hospital
and for those in Kaloma.
We pray for the clergy of the Toowoomba Diocese whose anniversary is during
this month.
Rev Msgr Michael Potter (01/02/44) Ven A/Deacon Robert O’Shea (02/02/40)
Rev Fr Raymond White (08/02/00) Most Rev James Byrne DD (11/02/38)
Rev Msgr John Bergin (18/02/00) Rev Fr Michael Hayes (19/02/60)
Rev Fr Michael Cronin (20/02/92) Rev Fr Henry MacFarlane (20/02/46)
Rev Fr Michael Sheehan (25/02/47) Rev Fr Brian O’Dwyer (21/02/16)
Lord, hear our prayers and be merciful to your servants, the Bishops and Priests of this Diocese whom you have called from this life. Welcome them into the company of your Saints in the Kingdom of light and peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
WELCOMERS AT DOOR –
JENNIFER MAKIM & DI DALZIEL (03/02)
DENISE MCCORMACK & MARIE LLOYD (10/02)
MARY BELL & TERESA HEYNEN (17/02)
WELCOMER AT MICROPHONE –
CLAIRE CHARLES (03/02)
RACHAEL REEVES (10/02)
PAT THOMPSON (17/02)
1ST READER/PSALM -
MARY COLLINS (03/02)
MARY BURCHELL (10/02)
RACHAEL REEVES (17/02)
2ND READING/ALLELUIA –
ANDREW ERBACHER (03/02)
GRAHAM MCGOVERN (10/02)
ROS PHILLIPS (17/02)
EUCHARIST MINISTERS –
MARY BURCHELL, ST MARY’S SCHOOL &
ANN WEBSTER (03/02)
MARY COLLINS, SUE MCGOVERN & MICK CLANCY
(10/02)
BRETT POLLARD, BRIAN COOK & MARY COLLINS
(17/02)
DATA PROJECTOR –
ST MARY’S SCHOOL (03/02)
ROS PHILLIPS (10/02)
CAROL ORMES (17/02)
MONEY COUNTERS –
KERRY O’CONNOR & CLAIRE CHARLES (03/02)
TERRY & MARGARET RYAN (10/02)
KAREN CAIRNS & MARY COLLINS (17/02)
GROUNDS ROSTER –
GRAHAM MCGOVERN & TERRY RYAN (FEBRUARY)
DAN & LISA GALL (MARCH)
Introduction
Who really wants to be called upon to change, let alone promote it in others? The prophets surely
didn’t, and Jesus early on heard the reaction to his sermon among his own people. Today’s readings
remind us that our faith is grounded in God’s word. That always involves the call to be and live differently. Just as God’s love sustained others, we are equipped with spiritual gifts, especially love, to respond to that
same call.
First Reading
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19
Jeremiah, called to prophecy, will face resistance
Responsorial Psalm
I will sing of your salvation.
Second Reading
Corinthians 12:31
Love is the greatest of all gifts
ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! The Lord sent me to bring Good News to the poor
And freedom to prisoners.
ALLELUIA!
Gospel Luke 4:21-30
Jesus announces his ministry to those considered outsiders
Prayers of the Faithful
For all who make decisions that affect the welfare of others. May they follow God’s will and seek the good of all people, we pray:
For our Australia and its people in this time of drought, for those on farms and in rural areas deprived of harvests and livestock, livelihood and hope. May God send rain to water the earth and help those in need, we pray:
For agencies and individuals working to support those affected by drought. May their endeavours be blessed and their efforts richly rewarded, we pray:
For those organisations aimed at the conservation and restoration of the natural environment. May they inspire all people to treat God’s creation with respect and reverence and to use the resources of the earth wisely, we pray:
For Church leaders and all who minister in the name of Christ. May they hear the word of God and bring it to birth in our waiting world, we pray.
Let us pray together....
Loving God, have mercy on your people in their need and hear the prayers we offer with sincere
and contrite hearts. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
4TH
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
3RD
FEBRUARY 2019
PARISH INFORMATION: Parish Priest: Fr Hermi Rafada
PH: 0435 006 513; 4671 1091 , [email protected]
PARISH CONTACT DETAILS: 69 Callandoon St, PO Box 45,
Goondiwindi
PH: 4671 5087 email: [email protected]
Parish Secretary – Sarah Hedges 0429 926 231
(Wednesday 9.00am – 3.00pm)
St Mary’s School: Mr Brett Pollard PH: 4671 1730
Parish Safeguarding Rep:
Columban Calendars now available. You
will find them next to the Catholic Leaders. Please place $10.00
on the collection plate.