As we come and worship, we remember the wurundjeri people, the original custodians of this land
FIRST READING Jeremiah 20: 10-13
He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of those who are evil.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM SALMO RESPONSORIALE
Lord, in your great love, answer me. / Nella tua grande bonta’ rispondimi, o Dio.SECOND READING Romans: 5:12-15
God’s gift to us is nothing like our sin against him.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION CANTO AL VANGELO
Alleluia, alleluia!The Spirit of Truth will bear witness to me, says the Lord, and you also will be my witnesses.
Alleluia! / Alleluia, alleluia.
Lo Spirito della verita’ dara’ testimoniznza di me, dice il Signore, e anche voi date testimonianza. Alleluia!
GOSPEL Matthew 10:26-33
Do not fear those who can kill the body.
THANKS TO THOSE WHO GAVE LAST WEEK
1st Collection - Thanksgiving Offering…………………………..$459.00
- Loose Money…………………………………….$269.00
2nd Collection - Presbytery………………………………………..$267.00
PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE WHO ARE ROSTERED ON TO READ OR GIVE COMMUNION AT MASS ARE KINDLY ASKED, IF POSSIBLE, TO ARRIVE 10 MINUTES BEFORE MASS STARTS
LECTORS - THIS WEEK 25/06/2017 SPECIAL MINISTERS
6.00pm (SAT) – E Krygger & N Ziino E Saliba & R Iuele
9.00am (SUN) – A Di Rico & T Forte C Alberti, G Calvi, O Stangis & A Sonza
10.30am (SUN) – T Nguyen & E Bartlett P Nguyen, D Schembri, V De Leo, M Mizzi
J Frangiosa
LECTORS – NEXT WEEK 02/07/2017 SPECIAL MINISTERS
6.00pm (SAT) MALTESE MASS (Selected) MALTESE MASS (Selected)
9.00am (SUN) – C Brunetti & G Barbaro P Sparano, R Pino, L Cavedon & F Multari
10.30am (SUN) – N Sua & E Thompson S Dakin, J Iaria, B Clark-Loh, E Bartlett
T Nguyen MONEY COUNTERS 26/06/2017 E Claridge, F Carabott & G Canavan
03/07/2017 S Dakin & L De Marco
YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING RECENTLY DECEASED
Santino FAMULARI (d. Rec. Francia)
ANNIVERSARIES & SPECIAL MEMORIES Louis CORDINA, Anglu ATTARD
Giovanni, Angelina & Micheal BUTERA, Salvatore MANCUSO, Felice TARANTO,
Christine GALLINARO, Iris FAVE, Itria BARRESI, Luigi CAVEDON, Domenica CRUPI
Michele PALMA, Antonio & Carmelina PASCUZZI
ST JOSEPH THE WORKER
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Email:
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School Tel: 9469 7800 Fax: 9462 2949
SUNDAY MASS TIMES: Fr Emmanuel Bonello–Parish Priest WEEKDAY MASS TIMES:
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Sat 6.00pm - English Sr Estelita Manabo-Pastoral Associate Mon. 9.10am Comm. Service
Sun. 9.00am - Italian Mrs Maria Barnes -School Principal Tue. 10.00am Italian
Sun. 10.30am – English Mrs Liz Pistoni – Parish Secretary Wed. 9.10am - English
Thur. 9.10am - English
Maltese Mass Fri. 9.10am - English Sat. 8.30am - English
1st Saturday of the Month 6.00pm Sat. 8.30am - English Sat. 8.30am-English
Baptisms – Sunday 12.00pm Reconciliation: Sat. 10.30am
Marriages - By Appointment
12th Sunday, Year A 25 June 2017
Death of JesusWhy did Jesus die? From a historical point of view that question is not difficult to answer.
Jesus’ unflinching proclamation of the coming reign of God, when a new world order would be launched, no doubt shocked and frightened the authorities. Such talk could only lead to insurrection and revolt. Messianism was closely related to the revolutionary propaganda of the Zealots who later initiated a revolt against Roman rule in 66 CE. Not unsurprisingly, Jesus was arrested as a rabblerouser and sentenced to death as a criminal.
While it may be easy to explain hisotrically why Jesus died, it is not so easy to explain why theologically Jesus had to die? This was perhaps the one of the first theological difficulties that Jesus’ followers had to resolve. And they did so by going back into their Scriptures where they found that it was almost a job description for the “Holy One of God” to suffer at the hands of unbelievers.
Today’s reading from Jeremiah which, while referring to the sufferings and persecution of the prophet, was one of the many prophetic texts that came to be applied to Jesus, a prophet of God who suffered at the hands of the authorities. So, similarly, the so-called “suffering servant songs” in Isaiah spoke most eloquently to the first Christians of their experience of Jesus as a suffering messiah. In the words of the prophets, Jesus came to be seen as the “beloved son” who was “spurned and avoided by men, a man of suffering” who bore “our iniquities” and who “was pierced for our offences and crushed for our sins”. This thinking had a profound influence on Paul, who understood the sufferings of Jesus as redeeming the human relationship with God that was broken by human sin (Rom 5:1; 1 Cor 5:14; 1 Thess 5:10). Paul believed that we are brought back into relationship with God by participating in the death and resurrection of Christ through faith, and a life of repentance and self-sacrifice (Rom 3:24-25; 6: 1-4; 2 Cor 5:20-21). In practical terms, Paul interpreted the ritual of baptism sacramentally as going into the grave with Jesus and being reborn as a new creation, a view that is mirrored elsewhere in the New Testament. For Paul, and for us, the life, death and resurrection of Christ is God’s great “gift” of self-revelation. Christ is the “image of the unseen God” (Col 1:15), whose death reveals a God who suffers as we suffer, and through suffering brings us back into an intimate relationship that empowers us to live out our baptismal vocation to proclaim Jesus’ messianic message of redemption and salvation.
MESSAGE FROM FR MANNY
Dear parishioners and friends I wish to especially thank the parish secretary Mrs Liz Pistoni and Sr. Estelita for coordinating priests to say mass and fill in for me while I'm away. I am grateful to all the priests who helped us out and thanks to you all for giving them a friendly welcome. Thanks also to the ministers who conducted communion services during the week. I say thank you to all those who helped in other ways.
This weekend Sunday 25 June 2017 is my 34th anniversary of priesthood, I thank God and I thank all of you for helping me acknowledging the value of my priestly ministry. I will return back home this week and look forward to seeing you and sharing with you the celebration of the Eucharist. Once again thank you, and well done. Fr Manny.
MEMORIAL MASS
Tuesday 27 June 7.30pm – Chloe Fogliaro (1 mth)
A REMINDER - PLEASE NOTE!!
Memorial names for the weekend bulletin are to be handed into the office no later than Wednesday.
Nomi Memoriale per il Bulletino Domenicale devono essere portati in ufficio non piu’ tardi del Mercoledi.
FEASTS
Wednesday 28 June – St Irenaeus
Thursday 29 June – Sts Peter & Paul, apostles
RINGRAZIAMENTI PER LA DEVOTA CELEBRAZIONE IN ONORE A SANT’ ANTONIO
Un sincero grazie a Padre Emilio Vaccaro per avere presentato cosi bene la vita del Santo, per la devota celebrazione. Al coro Furlan sotto la guida di Pietro Canil, alla Banda Bellini con il presidente Frank De Blasi, ai membri del comitato, agli organizzatori della porchetta abruzzese, a tutti che con generosita’ hanno offerto pane, donazioni per le spese e fiori per decorare la statua. A tutti i partecipanti che con fede e devozione hanno onorato St. Antonio. Grazie e arrivederci il prossimo anno.
theology at the pub
Monday 3 July. Dinner and drinks from 6.30pm. Talk commences at 7.30pm.
European Bier Cafe, Level 1, 120 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
For July’s Theology at the Pub, join Fr Paschal Corby and Paul Russell for a discussion on the topic, 'Euthanasia: Responding to the current debate.' Fr Paschal is a bioethics lecturer who has just returned after completing his doctorate in Rome. Paul Russell is the director of Hope: Preventing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, which is part of the International Euthanasia Prevention Coalition. He has many years’ experience campaigning against various legislative attempts around Australia to legalise the practice. He is now in Melbourne to head the campaign against it. Audience: 18 to 35 year olds; priests and religious of all ages welcome. Web: www.theologyatthepub.com.au
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tapmelb/
FORUM TO MARK 10 YEARS OFNT INTERVENTION
Thursday 29 June, 3–5.45pm
RMIT Building 80, 4th Level, Room 11, 445 Swanston Street, Melbourne
This conversation with NT Aboriginal elders and community leaders will address the anniversary of 10 years of the Northern Territory ‘Intervention’. All welcome.
Details and RSVP: Pia at
Web: https://www.facebook.com/events/1416115268445355/
FROM THE POPE’S TWITTER
· None of us is an island, autonomous and independent from others. We can only build the future by standing together, including everyone.
· Love requires a creative, concrete response. Good intentions are not enough. The other is not a statistic, but a person to take care of.
· We must not turn our backs on the new forms of poverty and marginalization that prevent people from living a life of dignity.
· The personal encounter with refugees dispels fears and distorted ideologies and becomes a factor for growth in humanity
CATHOLIC BOOK CLUB
Friday 30 June, 7pm
Caroline Chisholm Library, Level 3, 358 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Anyone interested in reading and discussing Christian books and poetry is welcome to join the monthly meetings of The Catholic Book Club. This month The dialogue by St Catherine of Siena will be discussed.
Details: Paul Nixon on 0405 486 531 or www.melbournecatholicbookclub.yolasite.com