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 kirsty.dowling@caregoondiwindi.org.au

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 , rafsteel2005@yahoo.com

PARISH CONTACT DETAILS: 69 Callandoon St, PO Box 45,

Goondiwindi

PH: 4671 5087 email: stmarysgdi@bigpond.com

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.