Both our Churches are fitted with a hearing induction loop. Please use the ‘T’ or other appropriate switch on your hearing aid. Please tell us if you experience any difficulty.

We acknowledge the Yalukit Willam Clan, the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We pay our respects to them.

May we walk gently here.

The CarmeliteParish of Port Melbourne and Middle Park

in the care of the Carmelites since 1882

3rd Sunday of Easter 30 April 2017

My dear Parishioners,

CONCERT FOR TIMOR-LESTEMany thanks to Marita and John Molloy for organising the Concert last Sunday to assist the work of the Carmelites in Timor-Leste. It was a delightful afternoon’s entertainment and special appreciation should go to the three soloists, Catriona, Salvatore and Desmond, and the accompanist, Justin. St Joseph’s provided a beautiful venue for the occasion.

VISITING CARMELITE FROM INDONESIALast Wednesday the Carmelites hosted Fr Petrus Kusdiyantoro, O.Carm from our Indonesian province as well as members of the Indonesian community here in Melbourne. Fr Petrus was here to give a retreat to the young members of the Indonesian community and although his stay was brief, it was good to meet him.

My thanks to the office staff and the Carmelites, especially Frs Paul Cahill and Paul Sireh and Brs Leo and Januario for their support. Special thanks to Leo and Januario for their translating skills.

REFLECTIVE ARTICLEIn today’s bulletin there is a reflective piece by Gerry Loughran, courtesy of John Tidey. It is a thought-provoking piece of writing especially as the seasons change, although I have to say that the views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Port Melbourne-Middle Park Parish or the Church. Nevertheless, I think it is worth your consideration and thanks to John for providing it.

REFLECTION“God is at home; it is we who have gone for a walk.”(Meister Eckhart, 14th century mystic)

May the winter chills see us warmed by the presence of the Spirit in our lives.

in this issueParish News ..........3& 4Enrolment for First EucharistConcert for East TimorSt Vincent de Paul - HelpMeditationKilbride/StJoseph’s ReunionDivine MercySt Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Carmelite Saint & Mystic2017 SymposiumReflection on this Week’s Readings. ..... 5 A Personal View .............6Liturgical Art...................8Our Liturgy ................ 9

our parish this weekMonday 1 May9.00am Mass, both churchesNo Bible Study Group

Tuesday 2 May9.00am Mass, both churches

Wednesday 3 May - Parish Office Closed9.00am Mass, both churches

Thursday 4 May9.00am Mass, both churches6.30pm Introduction to Meditation, followed by 7.00pm Meditation Session in Malone Room

Friday 5 May9.00am Mass, both churches9.30am Lectio Divina, Lady Chapel, Mt Carmel

Saturday 6 May9.00am Mass, both churches6.00pm Vigil Mass, Mt Carmel

Sunday 7 May - 4th Sunday of Easter9.00am Mass, St Joseph’s10.30am Mass, Mt Carmel

we remember

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Churches St Joseph’s cnr Rouse & Stokes Streets Port Melbourne

Our Lady of Mount Carmel cnr Richardson & Wright Streets Middle Park

Sunday Masses 6.00pm (Sat) Mount Carmel 9.00am Saint Joseph’s 10.30am Mount Carmel

Reconciliation after 9.00am Mass Saturday

Carmelite Parish Office 274 Rouse Street Port Melbourne Vic 3207

Telephone 03 9681 9600

After Hours Emergency 0408 754 283

Email parish@sj-mc.org.au

Parish Website www.sj-mc.org.au

Carmelite Website www.carmelites.org.au

Office Hours 9am-4pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday(CLOSED WEDNESDAYS)

Parish Priest Fr Hugh Brown OCarm

Parish Secretary Anne Ierardo (Monday to Thursday)

Community Liaison Sr Geraldine Stapleton csb(Monday/Tuesday & Weekend Mass)

Pastoral Life Co-ordinator Michael Murray (Wednesday/ Thursday)

Finance Officer Shane Harrison (Tuesday - Friday)

Facilities Manager Ken Chaffer

Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School Bank Street South Melbourne Vic 3205

Telephone 03 9699 2928 Principal Simon Millar

Those who are sick or ill and in need of prayer: Michael Baine, Molly Baker, John Bassett, Ellen Beams, Sash Somerset Beauverie, Josie Broemann, Karen Brown, Lulu Cooney, Vincenza Cortazzio, Luka Dabovic, Jelena Djokmarkovic, Ron Dalton, Charles Dalli, Maureen & Doug Dickason, Paola Ghicui, Lesley Gilbert, Catherine Gillies, Andrew Hamilton, Harry Henry, Ivy Hermence, Tony Jandayar, Maria Lancuba, Lina Lawrence, Maria Loc, Baby Nagorcka, Fr Phelim McGowan SJ, Elishka Marvan, Betty Molnar, Sastra Munanto, Baby Anika Nagorcka, B O’Mahony, Rafal Rafalski, Lolo Fred Revita, Joanna Kilner, Fr Rybe, Salvatore Sirio, Joy Skeffington, Chris Smith, James Smith, Maurie Smith, Poppy Smith, Domenico Speranza, Helen Stanley, Jim Sullivan, Bill Toohey, Nola Vincent, Rosemary Walsh, Diah Wardhani, Laura Winter and Tami Yap.

Those who have died recently: John Kilmartin, Fr Frank Madden, and Dorothy Nolan.

Those whose anniversaries of death occur about this time: John Davey, Paley Hammet, Beverlie Hicks, Kathleen McLaughlin, Jess & Will Ryan, and Franco Viterale.

ministers

for your generosity last SundaySt Joseph’s Carmelite and Parish Offering $704.00Our Lady of Mt Carmel Carmelite and Parish Offering $942.00

thank you

in our parish

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6/7 May4th Sunday of Easter

6.00pm Mount Carmel

Commentator Terry Mulligan

Readers: Jina Mulligan

Eucharistic Ministers Jina Mulligan, Terry Mulligan, Margaret Murphy

Communion to the Sick Michael Murray

9.00am St Joseph’s

Commentator: Jeremy Correa

Readers: Gerhard Correa

Eucharistic Ministers Jacek Glenda, Kelly McEnhill & Frances Correa

Counters Jane Dee & Jim Power

Childrens’ Liturgy TBA

10.30am Mount Carmel

Commentator Sally Diserio

Readers: Denis Churkovich

Eucharistic Ministers Denis Churkovich, Sally Diserio, Margaret Smith

Childrens’ Liturgy Bernadette Hickey

Hospitality Richard Grant

We have received a plea from a single mother with a large family who is expecting to deliver a baby boy this week. She is requesting baby nappies for her newborn. Any assistance from the parishioners would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Gerhard Correa on 0400 640 611, or Kathy Mount on 0437 588855.

First EucharistEnrolments are now open for children in Grade 4 and above who wish to prepare for the Sacrament of First Eucharist. Your child must have completed their First Reconciliation Program and received the sacrament of Reconciliation. An enrolment form can be obtained from both churches, the Parish Office, or the Parish website: www.sj-mc.org.au.

At least one parent must attend the Parent Information Session on Thursday, 11 May, so that your family will know how to accompany your child during their preparation for the Sacrament.

During the 6.00pm mass on Saturday evenings there will be a special ritual for the children involved in preparing for the Sacrament – this is not an ‘optional extra’ it is an integral part of your child’s preparation.

Enrolments close on Monday 8 May and the First Eucharist Program commences on Saturday 13 May. For further information, please contact the Parish Office on 9681 9600 during business hours.

Meditation for Beginners with Peter Thomas -

Thursday4 May, 6.30pmMalone Room, Carmelite Hall

A half-hour instruction for the beginner on techniques and spiritual traditions related to meditation practice,

followed by a regular meditation session. Cost: $5.00

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Tuesday Matins Prayer8.30am Tuesday mornings in the Lady Chapel, Mt Carmel

Lectio Divina9.30-10.15am Fridays in

the Lady Chapel, Mt Carmel

Carmelite Centre Program BookingsT: 9690 5430 (leave message if unattended) or reregistration@thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

via website: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

The Carmelite Centre is a joint venture of the Carmelites of Australia and East Timor and our Parish of Port Melbourne/Middle Park.

Address: 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park Vic 3206 (Mel Ref 2K C10) T: (03) 9690 5430 Website: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

in our parishKilbride/St Joseph's Re-union

will be held at Kilbride Centre, Albert Parkon Sunday 28th May, from 2pm.

All Past Pupils welcome. Contact: Catherine. 98026378

0411 407190.

Divine Mercy Chaplet3.00pm Sunday 7 May

Our Lady of Mount Carmel ChurchBenediction, Adoration before

Blessed Sacrament, rosary and hymns. All welcome.

Classical Music ConcertThe concert, 'Arias and Ensembles from Italian Operas', held last Sunday, was a wonderful occasion thoroughly enjoyed by an enthusiastic audience. Many thanks to those who attended and/or supported the concert in a variety of ways.

Special thanks to the performers, Catriona, Salvatore, Desmond and Justin for presenting this delightful concert. The performers generously donated their talents and the proceeds, $1455.00 will go directly to the Carmelites' work in East Timor.

Saint Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi, Carmelite Nun and Mystic 450th Anniversary Year: 2nd April 2016 - 25th May 2017

With Srs Paula & Jerome from The Carmelite Monastery Kew. 10.00am till 12 noon Tuesday 2 May

Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi invites us to glimpse life in the rich and fascinating world of 16th century Florence. Her story linking up with the early history of Carmelite Nuns: Reveals the mysterious ways of God in prayer; Shows how liturgy has an important role in contemplative prayer; Uncovers a path of beauty leading to God; Gives proofs of real holiness in a person; Manifests mission in contemplative prayer. And you will want to discover even more about this Carmelite driven by love who was almost forgotten.

2017 SYMPOSIUM: 'The Once and Future Reformation': The Way of the Spirit. Thursday 25 – Saturday 27 May

An opportunity to talk about the current need for renewal and reformation today, in the churches and in the world. Our Symposium will be diverse, ecumenical, and imaginative. Join us for three days of lectures, reflections and discussion on ways of learning from the past, of living in the present and of looking to the future.

Keynote speaker: Francis Moloney SDB, AM, STD, D. Phil. (Oxon), D. Univ. (ACU), FAHA Thursday evening 7.30pm -9.30pm. He will speak on "Reform: Spirituality and the Person of Jesus: Christian Holiness as Deification (Theiosis)."

A full schedule of events is now available for booking. The trybooking link is https://www.trybooking.com/273099 Go to website.

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Reflection ontHIS wEEK’S readingsWith very good reason, the story of the road to Emmaus is thought to be the best parallel we have in the New Testament to our weekly celebration of the Eucharist. This idea could be a little surprising for some who might think the Last Supper would hold more similarities. Luke, however, reminds his community, who are like us, that even though they, like us, are prevented from seeing Jesus, they can still have a life-changing experience of his presence.

The disciples are on a journey of faith and Jesus meets them where they are, as they are. This is a critical detail in the story. Jesus listens to their expectations, hopes and disappointments and only after they have expressed the reality of their situation, does Christ open the scriptures to them. In doing so he takes their disillusionment and enables them to see the connections with the story of salvation. This leads them to hope. Even then, they do not recognise who Jesus is until he breaks the bread and in that action he is revealed as the one in whom they had been hoping. This experience drives them back to Jerusalem to witness to the power of Christ's resurrection.

Every Sunday as part of our journey of faith we embark on our road to Emmaus. There is never any point in us coming here pretending to be different from how we actually feel and who we are. God sees our hearts and minds and wants to meet us in the midst of our lives, whatever they may be like. The Emmaus story teaches us that Jesus firstly wants to listen to us before he wants us to listen to Him.

Emmaus, however, was not just about the disciples and their lives, in the same way that the Eucharist is not just about our lives either. Christ opens the scriptures to us each week so that we can make sense of our experience, see the ways in which God is present and absent and recognise our own foolishness. As with the Emmaus disciples, we are welcomed to the table of the Lord where we recognise Christ in the breaking of the bread and the pouring of the cup. This meal enables us to go out from here and proclaim to all we meet that Christ is risen.

One of the things the Church values most deeply is its connection to the experience of the earliest Church. And rightly so. It’s a great privilege for us to recall that what we do here each Sunday is built upon the faith and weekly celebration of countless generations.

And though, appropriately, many things can be different in various cultural settings for the Eucharist throughout the world, several elements always stay the same. It is the Risen Christ who accompanies us, listens to us, opens our minds to the scriptures, hosts us at his table, and sends us out to tell the world that He has been raised from the dead.

This is the best way to understand ourselves as ‘traditional Catholics’. We share with thousands of generations the same fire of God’s faithful love burning in our hearts as we are welcomed here each week, are listened to, taught, nourished and sent out to do our bit for the coming of Christ’s Kingdom.

© Richard Leonard SJ

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NCross December 2016

A Personal View

A farmer's prayer, transcendental moments and finding God in the televised universe

By GERRY LOUGHRAN

I was in Ireland a few weeks ago and I heard the following story from a Dominican priest. His elderly first cousin, a farmer from County Cork and not what you would call a holy man,was dying. At his bedside, the priest tentatively mentioned the subject of prayer and the old farmer said he thought that he had only ever prayed once in his life.

He said, "Remember when we were at school and the teacher called the register in the morning. She called your name and you raised your hand and said, Tame anseo, 'I am here."'

Well, one year the farming had been hard, bad weather for many weeks, too much rain, the land unworkable. Said the old man, "I was out in the fields before dawn trying to salvage something for the table when there was a mighty roar of wings and a thousand birds rose up from the field and blackened the sky. I raised my head and saw that the sun was beginning to rise over the knoll beyond the field. I dropped my hoe and I walked towards it.

"When I reached the field's end, the morning sun had flooded the world with a glorious, golden light. I raised my hand to the light and I said, To me anseo."

Greeting God in a golden dawn is a long way from rattling through the Morning Offering or whatever prayer starts our day. But I suspect that many more than a dying farmer, beautifully expressing the poetry that seems to dwell in Irish hearts, have perceived God in this way.

The one-time atheist professor C.S. Lewis had a similar experience-- "surprised by joy," he called it; and so did my favourite Jesuit, James Martin, as a kid on his bike. I have to confess that I, too, was there, at least once in my life. It feels so private that it goes against the grain to write about it, but this column is sub-titled A Personal View, after all.

For five years, Joe and Brian and I walked a mile or so to catch a trolley bus to school. Our journey took us out of our village, down a cinder path, across a bridge over a tiny stream, into a small dale of gorse bushes, and then through cultivated fields to the bus terminus.

One spring morning, I paused in the valley. The sun was warm and golden, birds chattered and the stream rippled and I heard crickets or grasshoppers. I was entranced, stunned by the beauty of it. I honestly cannot remember if my pals were with me and I do not know how long I stayed there, but I know I was late for school.

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Was I asked for an explanation? I cannot remember that either. I do know that 1 would never have said, "Please, sir, I was stunned by beauty." They were pretty hot about things like pantheism at my school and those silly folks who found spirituality by frolicking in the forests got short shrift from our down-to-earth Rl teachers.

Not that I considered my experience to be something spiritual at the time. But when the years moved on, it dawned on me that I had been surrounded by the glory of God's creation, made utterly happy, transfixed by a glimpse of something so beautiful! did not want it to end.

It is in much the same way that I now tend to look at arguments about the existence of our oft-denied God. Forget about Thomas Aquinas's five proofs, look at David Attenborough's Planet Earth programmes and listen to the scientists, many of them atheists, like Attenborough himself. The world they show us is simply amazing: the cleverness of mindless insects, the delicate balance of physical forces, the inexorable perpetuation of life, the determined ascent of man, his exploration of space and the astounding fact that there are one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.

My conclusion- unscientific, subjective, even emotional- is that our universe cannot, simply cannot, have come about by chance. And if it didn't happen by chance, then someone must have created it, or more likely nudged it into life with its future written into its genes. And who else could that be but God, by whatever name you give him?

I suspect my sloppy theorising wouldn't cut much ice with our ecclesiastical apparatchiks, who have bigger fish to fry. A new Vatican instruction, for instance, warns that we Catholics are forbidden from keeping the ashes of our loved ones at home, or scattering them in the sea or dividing them up among family. We must store them in a "sacred place," like a cemetery.

Plus, four retired cardinals are accusing the pope of teaching error by approving Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics provided their bishop agrees. Their Eminences say Francis's attitude is causing confusion among ordinary Catholics.

1 can't help wondering how long it is since the cardinals spoke to any ordinary Catholics, in particular divorced Catholics who want to marry again.

But who knows, maybe one morning they will don their red hats and walk out into a glorious dawn and stunned by beauty, they will raise their hands and say in their own tongue, To me anseo.

Gerry Loughran is a retired journalist. You can contact him on gerryo69@hotmail.com

The views in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Northern Cross or of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

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LIturgical Art by Jenny Close

Reflection by Artist

Gospel stories of the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus are fascinating for their variety. There is nothing uniform in the way that Jesus made himself seen, heard, felt, recognised etc, on these occasions. In every encounter there seems to be a unique element. In this account from Luke’s Gospel, wonder and reflection are integral parts of a conversion experience.

Two disciples, on the road to Emmaus, were so preoccupied with the recent events that they needed little encouragement to blurt it all out to a chance-met stranger. They probably had raked over the details of the story many times before this and yet the meaning of the death and resurrection of Jesus still eluded them. They needed to be clear-headed about it, but their sense of wonder was overwhelming.

Evidently the stranger was emotionally distanced from the events because he was able to think clearly about how they fitted into the pattern of the Tradition. His rational approach enabled the disciples to move from wonder to reflection and the meaning of the events began to clarify for them. This clarity was not the end of the experience, however, and the disciples moved back into wonder-mode when ‘they recognised him [Jesus] in the breaking of the bread’. It was only after this conversion cycle of wonder and reflection that these two disciples were able to witness to the resurrection.

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OUR LITURGYProcessional Hymn - Baptised in Water

Penitential Rite

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gloria

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Acts 2:14, 22-33 On the day of Pentecost, Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘Men of Israel, listen to what I am going to say: Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God by the miracles and portents and signs that God worked through him when he was among you, as you all know. This man, who was put into your power by the deliberate intention and foreknowledge of God, you took and had crucified by men outside the Law. You killed him, but God raised him to life, freeing him from the pangs of Hades; for it was impossible for him to be held in its power since, as David says of him:

I saw the Lord before me always, for with him at my right hand nothing can shake me. So my heart was glad and my tongue cried out with joy: my body, too, will rest in the hope that you will not abandon my soul to Hades nor allow your holy one to experience corruption. You have made known the way of life to me, you will fill me with gladness through your presence.

‘Brothers, no one can deny that the patriarch David himself is dead and buried: his tomb is still with us. But since he was a prophet, and knew that God had sworn him an oath to make one of his descendants succeed him on the throne, what he foresaw and spoke about was the resurrection of the Christ: he is the one who was not abandoned to Hades, and whose body did not experience corruption. God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to that. Now raised to the heights by God’s right hand, he has received from the Father the Holy Spirit, who was promised, and what you see and hear is the outpouring of that Spirit.’

Responsorial Psalm - psalm 16 You Will shoW me the path of life

Keep me safe, O Lord, without you I am nothing,running after shadows, following an empty dream.

Let us tell the story of how our God has loved us, he has been our cup of life, forever he is faithful.

Glory in his counsel, the wisdom of eternity, leading us through darkness, singing in each silent heart.

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Gospel

Luke 24:13-35 Two of the disciples of Jesus were on their way to a village called Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking together about all that had happened. Now as they talked this over, Jesus himself came up and walked by their side; but something prevented them from recognising him. He said to them, ‘What matters are you discussing as you walk along?’ They stopped short, their faces downcast.

Then one of them, called Cleopas, answered him, ‘You must be the only person staying in Jerusalem who does not know the things that have been happening there these last few days.’ ‘What things?’ he asked. ‘All about Jesus of Nazareth’ they answered ‘who proved he was a great prophet by the things he said and did in the sight of God and of the whole people; and how our chief priests and our leaders handed him over to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified. Our own hope had been that he would be the one to set Israel free. And this is not all: two whole days have gone by since it all happened; and some women from our group have astounded us: they went to the tomb in the early morning, and when they did not find

1 Pt 1:17-21 If you are acknowledging as your Father one who has no favourites and judges everyone according to what he has done, you must be scrupulously careful as long as you are living away from your home. Remember, the ransom that was paid to free you from the useless way of life your ancestors handed down was not paid in anything corruptible, neither in silver nor gold, but in the precious blood of a lamb without spot or stain, namely Christ; who, though known since before the world was made, has been revealed only in our time, the end of the ages, for your sake. Through him you now have faith in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory for that very reason – so that you would have faith and hope in God.

gospel acclamation

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aPOSTLES CREEDI believe in God,the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth,and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,born of the Virgin Mary,suffered under Pontius Pilate,was crucified, died and was buried;he descended into hell;on the third day he rose again from the dead;he ascended into heaven,and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

the body, they came back to tell us they had seen a vision of angels who declared he was alive. Some of our friends went to the tomb and found everything exactly as the women had reported, but of him they saw nothing.’

Then he said to them, ‘You foolish men! So slow to believe the full message of the prophets! Was it not ordained that the Christ should suffer and so enter into his glory?’ Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, he explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about himself.

When they drew near to the village to which they were going, he made as if to go on; but they pressed him to stay with them. ‘It is nearly evening’ they said ‘and the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them. Now while he was with them at table, he took the bread and said the blessing; then he broke it and handed it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognised him; but he had vanished from their sight. Then they said to each other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us as he talked to us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?’

They set out that instant and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven assembled together with their companions, who said to them, ‘Yes, it is true. The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.’ Then they told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised him at the breaking of bread.

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The Mystery of Faith

HOLY, HOLY

Cel: The Lord be with you. All: And with your Spirit.Cel: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord.Cel: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. All: It is right and just.

The Celebrant prays the preface at the end of which all sing:

Great Amen

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Lamb of God

Cel: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who takes away the sins of the World. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Communion Hymn - We Belong to You

verses continued over page Z

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recessional Hymn - Companions on the journeY