Entrance Antiphon: When I prove my holiness among you, I will gather you from all the foreign lands; and I will pour clean water upon you and cleanse you from all your impurities, and I will give you a new spirit, says the Lord.

Communion Antiphon: For anyone who drinks it, says the Lord, the water I shall give will become in him a spring welling up to eternal life. PLEASE PRAY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH COMMUNITY: Our sick: Kath McDonald, George Pazmino, Richard Hannigan, Hilton Denis, Leanne Frost, Joao Merchado, Tobias Alesana-Rennie, Mary Cunney, Michael Steel, Alexandre Branco, Steve Estrada, Janno Punla, Conrad Murray, Therese Grima, Geoff Shalala, Maureen McLoughlin, Fr Jaime Bonet. Recently Deceased: In your hands Lord we entrust our brother, Les Ryan, husband of Mary Ryan whom has recently passed away. Deceased: Canada Lobo, Nick Di Campli (18 Mar); Lea Silveira (22 Mar); Ernesto Lopez, Rollee Rodriguez (24 Mar). Birthdays: Madeline Maher (18 Mar); Rochelle D’Souza (20 Mar); Helen Abbey (21 Mar); Gary Wooden (23 Mar).

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ROSEBERY Fr Greg Morgan Parish Administrator

Parish Office (New Hours): Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri, 9am-2pm Phone: (02) 9663 5343 Secretary: Mari Aguilar

Parish Office & Postal Address: 74 Rosebery Ave, Rosebery NSW 2018 roseberycatholic@gmail.com | www.roseberyparish.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/roseberyparish Third Sunday of Lent – Year A | 18-19th March 2017

REGULAR WEEKEND MASSES: Saturday 6pm* Sunday 7:30am

Sunday 9:30am – Family Mass with Children’s Liturgy

*1st Saturday of each month – Youth Led Mass

WEEKDAY SERVICES - 7am Monday: Communion Service*

Tuesday - Friday: Mass

*Mon, 20th March a Mass will replace communion service.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Saturday 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4pm - 5pm

Baptisms & Weddings By appointment

PARISH MINISTRIES:

To offer assistance/make enquiries contact the following people or the Parish office: - Altar Servers, Eucharistic Ministers & Acolytes: Rosemary 9667 2955 - Readers: Josette 0409 662 468 - Public School Catechists: Josette 0409 662 468 - Visiting the sick, elderly & lonely: Grainne 9663 3945 - Music & Choir: Phil 0423 233 109 - Youth: Phil 0423 233 109 & Sarah 0426 892 945 - St Vincent de Paul: Bernard 0408 114 789 - RCIA: Michael Steel 0415 437 132 - Morning Tea: Helen 0414 397 105

OLSH Sisters: 9663 4211

Feast of Saint Joseph Mass On Monday morning at 7am, a Mass will replace the usual communion service as it is the Feast Day of our Patron Saint, St Joseph. You are all invited.

LENTEN PRAYER PROGRAMME

Growing in Friendship with God

Join us for our Lenten Programme beginning THIS Tuesday, 21st March at 7pm to 8pm in the Adoration Chapel.

Week one commences with: Friends talk together, so let’s learn to pray Together (tips for overcoming ‘Fear of God’) Save the date for our next meetings: Tuesday, 28th March; Tuesday, 4th April; Tuesday, 11th April

mailto:roseberycatholic@gmail.comhttp://www.roseberyparish.org/http://www.facebook.com/roseberyparish

JOEY’S TEEN NIGHT THIS Sunday, 19th March 2017 6pm to 8pm @ the Church Hall

We welcome the Sydney Net Team along to our youth group to explore the topic of “Take a Stand” and learn how to deal with bullying.

ROSTERS Readers Extra Eucharistic Ministers 6pm This G Norton/ C Buxton A Lobo/ R Cooley

Next T Poulton/ D Silveira R Cameron/ P Di Cristo 7:30am This D Matheson/ P Murphy D Matheson

Next J Merchant/ S MacDonald J Sciberras 9:30am This J Maher/ L Fenotti L Steel

Next M Machado/ J Maher J Buist Counters This N Kerr/ T Ellery/ E Di Cristo

Next N & P Paredes, J Buist

MASS CONTRIBUTIONS: Thank you for your contributions towards our Parish. You can also

contribute via weekly envelopes or electronic transfer:

Our bank details are: Account Name:

Rosebery Parish Church Account BSB: 062 784

Account No.: 537 5002

FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK Sat 18th Mar St Cyril

Mon 20th Mar St Joseph Thurs 23rd Mar St Turibius

We thank Laing+Simmons for the printing of this week’s bulletin.

PROJECT COMPASSION Tax deductions are available for donations to Project Compassion by completing the information on their envelope or inside the lid of their box. Donations can be placed in the usual mass collection plates or handed in at the office.

READERS and EXTRA EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

We are always interested in welcoming new people to our ministers of Reading the Word of God during Mass and also being a Eucharistic Minister. We particularly need more ministers and readers at the 9:30am mass. Maybe your family would like to do the readings on a special occasion? Or just as a once-off? Please contact Rosemary or Josette- phone details on the front page.

PARISH 2020 SURVEY We encourage you to complete the Parish 2020 surveys either online or in paper. Paper copies are available near the back of the church. Place completed paper surveys in the box provided. Your Parish committee can help if you need assistance in completing the survey. See one of us after mass or talk with Fr Greg.

Xt3 LENT CALENDAR 2017

In a busy world with many distractions, it’s hard to find quiet time for prayer. Download the Xt3.com Lent Calendar and pray wherever you are e.g. On

the bus or taking a break from study.

Day of the Unborn Child Sunday, 26 Mar 2017

10:30am Mass: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney 12 noon: Angelus, followed by a prayerful procession through the streets of Sydney led by Archbishop Anthony Fisher 1:30pm: Benediction at St Mary’s Cathedral

Men’s Lenten Retreat Day – Notre Dame Sydney On Saturday, 8 April from 10am to 4:30pm. The day will include Mass, time for reflection and reconciliation, lunch, afternoon tea, and inspiring talks. This year we have three fantastic speakers who will present the sessions:

• Bishop Richard Umbers • Fr. Brendan Purcell • Fr. James Baxter OP

The retreat will take place at The University of Notre Dame Australia on Broadway campus. Event is free, registration essential: http://www.trybooking.com/PERK or (02) 8204 4189.

Catholic Youth Services Presents Y FACTOR 2017

Archdiocesan Youth Camp There are only 3 weeks left until registration close! For more information and to register, see the link below: http://www.catholicyouthservices.org/yfactor/

NEXT MOVIE DAY Tuesday, 28th March @ 1.30pm in the Hall

Featuring "Sisters of War" Based on the true story of two Australian women, a nurse and a Catholic sister from NSW who survived as P.O.W in

Papua New Guinea during WWII. Transport available –

Contact Rosemary on 9667 2955 or 0438 673 860.

http://www.catholicyouthservices.org/yfactor/

The Living Word Third Sunday of Lent, Year A

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S t Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary and adoptive father of Jesus, was a descendant of King David and a carpenter by trade. During his betrothal to Mary he became distressed when he heard that she was with child, but an angelic vision reassured him that this was all part of God’s plan. After Jesus’ birth he was warned in a dream to flee with his family to Egypt, in order to escape from King Herod. Joseph showed great faith in his willingness to do whatever God asked of him. St Joseph is the patron saint of many causes including families, expectant mothers, workers and people in doubt.

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First Reading Ex 17:3-7A reading from the book of ExodusGive us water to drink.Tormented by thirst, the people complained against Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt?’ they said. ‘Was it so that I should die of thirst, my children too, and my cattle?’ Moses appealed to the Lord. ‘How am I to deal with this people?’ he said. ‘A little more and they will stone me!’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take with you some of the elders of Israel and move on to the forefront of the people; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the river, and go. I shall be standing before you there on the rock, at Horeb. You must strike the rock, and water will flow from it for the people to drink.’ This is what Moses did, in the sight of the elders of Israel. The place was named Massah and Meribah because of the grumbling of the sons of Israel and because they put the Lord to the test by saying, ‘Is the Lord with us, or not?’The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 94:1-2. 6-9. R. v.8(R.) If today you hear his voice,

harden not your hearts.1. Come, ring out our joy to the Lord; hail the rock who saves us. Let us come before him, giving thanks, with songs let us hail the Lord. (R.)

2. Come in; 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.)

3. O that today you would listen to his voice! ‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the desert when your fathers put me to the test; when they tried me, though they saw

my work.’ (R.)

Second Reading Rom 5:1-2, 5-8A reading from the letter of St Paul to the RomansThe love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.Through our Lord Jesus Christ by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in which we can boast about looking forward to God’s glory. This hope is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given us. We were still helpless when at his appointed moment Christ died for sinful men. It is not easy to die even for a good man – though of course for someone really worthy, a man might be prepared to die – but what proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.The word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation See Jn 4:42. 15Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!Lord, you are truly the Saviour of the world;give me living water, that I may never

thirst again.Glory to you, Word of God, Lord Jesus Christ!

Gospel Jn 4:5-15, 19-26, 39-42 (or longer form: Jn 4:5-42)A reading from the holy Gospel according to JohnThe water that I shall give will turn into a spring of eternal life.Jesus came to the Samaritan town called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well is there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat straight down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘What? You are a Jew and you ask me, a Samaritan, for a drink?’ – Jews, in fact, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied:

‘If you only knew what God is offeringand who it is that is saying to you:Give me a drink,you would have been the one to ask,and he would have given you living water.’

‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered ‘and the well is deep: how could you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?’ Jesus replied:

‘Whoever drinks this waterwill get thirsty again:but anyone who drinks the water that I shall givewill never be thirsty again:the water that I shall givewill turn into a spring inside him, welling up to

eternal life.’‘Sir,’ said the woman, ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never get thirsty and never have to come here again to draw water. I see you are a prophet, sir. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, while you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.’ Jesus said:

‘Believe me, woman, the hour is comingwhen you will worship the Fatherneither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.You worship what you do not know;we worship what we do know;for salvation comes from the Jews.But the hour will come – in fact it is here already –when true worshippers will worship the Father in

spirit and truth:that is the kind of worshipperthe Father wants.God is spirit,and those who worshipmust worship in spirit and truth.’

The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah – that is, Christ – is coming; and when he comes he will tell us everything.’ ‘I who am speaking to you,’ said Jesus ‘I am he.’Many Samaritans of that town had believed in him on the strength of the woman’s testimony, so, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and when he spoke to them many more came to believe; and they said to the woman, ‘Now we no longer believe

because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he really is the saviour of the world.’The Gospel of the Lord.

Reflection by Michael TateThe Jewish people worshipped at the Temple in Jerusalem. The Samaritans to the north worshipped on Mount Gerizem. But Jesus says to the woman of Samaria: ‘Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem . . . true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.’

We do this by acknowledging Jesus Christ as our sacred site. Jesus is where God is to be found. In his earthly ministry this was around places like the well in Samaria. As Risen Lord, he is to be found in those in dire need, and in the Heavenly Bread. In both cases we need to incline the body as an act of worship: in the case of the needy, by doing something practical; in the case of the Heavenly Bread, by genuflecting, bowing, before the Blessed Sacrament.

We could pause for a moment to reorientate ourselves to the Sacred Site who is the Risen Christ, acknowledging him as indeed the ‘Saviour of the World’.

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19 March 2017Third Sunday of Lent, Year A

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