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10 January 2015
Parish Directory St Canice Parish 28 Roslyn Street, Elizabeth Bay NSW 2011 www.stcanice.org.au Tel: 9358 5229 Fax: 9358 3170 [email protected] Parish Priest Chris Jenkins, SJ [email protected] Parish Secretary Elizabeth Strutt [email protected] Chair of the Parish Pastoral Council Caroline Coggins [email protected] Tel: 0407 575 557 Director JRS Aloysious Mowe SJ
Associate Director JRS Dr Maryanne Loughry RSM [email protected] Jesuit Mission (National Office) www.jesuitmission.org.au Jesuit Refugee Service - Australia www.jrs.org.au Mass Times Sunday– 8:30am & 10:30am Tuesday to Friday– 7:00am Saturday– 9.00am Vigil- 6:00pm Public Holidays– 9:00am Reconciliation Before Vigil & Sunday Masses or on request Anointing Healing Mass
11:00am - First Friday of each month - otherwise by request
Baptism of the Lord
Catholic Parish of St. Canice
Baptism of the Land
A young man, a carpenter by trade, set out from the small village of Nazareth. He had heard that the son of a kinswoman of his mother Mary was preaching and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins at the Jordan River. He must have walked east along dirt roads for at least a full day towards that distant river valley.
Today, as his followers, we journey with him. What does baptism mean for us? Is it a dramatic break from a sinful past and a new commitment to love God and neighbour?
Sinless in a sinful society, Jesus came to the river. As John the Baptiser prayed and the water poured over him, Jesus shared in our human burden. The heavens broke. A heavenly voice affirmed his divinity. His saving work began, his identity confirmed. Do we continue to walk with him?
This Sunday marks the end of the Christmas season and the beginning of Ordinary time in our liturgical year. The hope of Christmas, though, never ends. We can feed the hungry, shelter to the homeless, visit the sick, welcome the stranger, heal a wounded, broken planet and find the promised peace our baptism offers.
Fr Chris
Garry Sheed The Baptism of Christ at Bundeena 1999
Entrance Antiphon After the Lord was baptised, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit descended upon him like a dove, and the voice of the Father thundered: This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Entrance Hymn: No 179 (Gather) Baptised in water Opening Prayer Almighty, ever-living God, who, when Christ had been baptised in the River Jordan and the Holy Spirit descended upon him, solemnly declared him your beloved Son, grant that your children by adoption, reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, may always be well pleasing to you. First Reading: Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken”. Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!” See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will feed his flock like a
shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep.
Response: Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!.
Second Reading: Titus 2: 11-14; 3:4-7 The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions, and in the present age to live lives that are self-controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds. But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our Saviour appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, so that, having been justified by his grace, we
might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! John said: He who is to come is mightier than I; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with-fire. Alleluia! Gospel: Luke 3: 2-4, 15-16, 21-22 The word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Offertory Hymn
No 463 (Gather) Lord divine, all loves excelling
Communion Antiphon Behold the One of whom John said: I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.
Communion
No 295 (Gather) Joy to the world
Recessional No 422 (Gather) Glory be to God in heaven Let us pray for: Recently Deceased: Terry Campbell, Alan Toomey, Rosemary Nugent, Michael McPake, Vasile Cotutiu, Kathleen Ad-ams, Martin McNamara, Francis Montenegro, Myles Grindal, Michael Schramm, John Hunter-Murray, Barry Kennedy, Tilisa Leveni, Denis Rowe, Campbell Graham, Patrick Sullivan, Eileen Byrne, Beryl Hillery, Dennis O’Brien, Winsome Mitchell, Pat Austin, Elizabeth Carey, Fr Joe O’Mara sj, Manlio Pancino, Colleen King, Kim Crawford, Paul Rowe, Marga-ret Perryman, Father Gregory Jordan sj, Sheila McShane, Garry Weir, George Sterling Dixon, Kathleen Raper, Jason Thomas. Anniversaries: Brian Francis Michael Johns AO, Elizabeth Lynch, Muriel Hardwick, David Miron, Jean & Ted Sykes, Esther & Allan Higgins, Max Higgins, Mary Fear, Pamela & Pat Shaugnessy, John & Jane Kelly and John & Jean Sykes, Carlos Henrique, Thomas Eugene Hemera, Dan O’Brien, Fr Donal Taylor sj. Recently ill: Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Ben Licuanan, Sr Sheelah Mogan CSB, Mark Fitzgerald, David Miron, Sarah Kerr McPake, Diana Reid, Judy Hughes, Kerin Star, Dorothy Harding, Bruce Field, Barbara Surbey, Pat Bracher, Giuseppina Soliman, Joseph Spiegel, Ambra Davies, Barbara Coyne, Jayne Bernstam, Richy Howard, Jack Wilson, Jill Rolfe, Lee Tillam, Paul Taylor, Desmond Whelan, Alex Pemberton, Carlie Soussa, Davina Kohler, Margaret Shoditsch, Elisa Pier De Siun Young, John Myers, Jeannette McSwini, Jean McInerney, Bernard McCauley.
Next Week’s Readings: 17 January 2015 First Reading: Isaiah 62: 1-5 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 12: 4-11 Gospel: John 2: 1-11
Important Message regarding Masses: In the following weeks, starting 5 January & 12 January all 7.00am Masses are cancelled as Fr Chris will be on leave. However as a support we will hold two Communion services during both weeks on each of TUESDAY 5th & 12th January and THURSDAY 7th & 14th January. There will be no 9.00am Saturday masses or communion service on 2 January or 9 January. This will resume on Saturday 16 January. Normal weekday Masses will resume from Tuesday 19 January.
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Roster for Eucharistic Celebrations
16-17 January
2016
Vigil 6pm 8.30am 10.30am
Greeters
W Fothergill H Campbell C Coggins
Readers
S Wittenoom M Topui M Byron
Ministers of the
Eucharist
As available As available B Clulow
M Musgrave
M Woodburne
S Woodburne
Parish Notices
THANK YOU all for your very generous support of “Our Christmas Special” collection the total of $5,000.00 was reached. All of these funds will go to Jesuit Mission; who then will forward this onto our Sister Parish in Railaco; where it
will be used to support the feeding programme, the medical teams and the various other works of the Mission.
Without this support from us and other givers they couldn’t continue to do the work they do. It’s great to think that we can make a difference, however small, in so many lives, like these
children in the picture. THANKS
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY LAST SUNDAY. We are part of a great drama that God has chosen to be a participant in, not in the role of a conquering king but as a suffering servant, not with the intention to condemn the world but to redeem it.
He saw the inestimable worth of human life, regardless of social status, wealth and worldly achievements, intelligence or national origin. So should we.
