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St Bernard’s Church 4 Klumpp Road
Upper Mt Gravatt
St Martin’s Church Cnr Logan & Chester Rds
Eight Mile Plains
St Catherine’s Church 388 Newnham Road
Wishart
PARISH PRIEST Fr Patrick Molony
ASSOCIATE PASTOR Fr Stephen Kumyangi
PASTORAL ASSOCIATE Trish Stapleton [email protected]
PASTORAL MINISTERS LOCAL SAFEGUARDING REP. E: [email protected]
YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS Pauline Thomas E: yaya.umg @bne.catholic.net.au
PARISH MANAGER Debbie James E: [email protected]
PARISH OFFICE Michelle Baldi Lorraine Neagle Phone: (07) 3849 7158
Emergency: 3830 5178 (Expiring 30/6/2020)
Fax: (07) 3849 8742 E: [email protected]
Website:http://umgwcatholic.org.au/ F: Like us: http://www facebook.com/umgwparish
DEANERY www.parishes.bne.catholic.
net.au/south/index.html
ST VINCENT DE PAUL Welfare: 1800 846 643
ST BERNARD’S SCHOOL 1823 Logan Road, U M G Phone: 3849 4800
ST CATHERINE’S SCHOOL 388 Newnham Road, Wishart Phone: 3349 7188
CLAIRVAUX MACKILLOP COLLEGE
24 Klumpp Road, U M G Phone: 3347 9200
NEWSLETTER 25 / 26 April 2020
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER A READINGS: Acts 2:14, 22-33; 1 Pet 1:17-21
GOSPEL: Lk 24:13-35
Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we aim to be an evangelising, faith-filled parish whose members care for one another and are welcoming and inclusive.
Adapted © LiturgyHelp: Dr Mary Coloe, pbvm.
EMMAUS Their backs were turned to Jerusalem the memories of that Friday too bitter -
there was nothing to hold them now. They had hoped –
even that was cause for sour taste. They'd given him their time
left villages and families to follow; and what hurt most
they'd given him their hearts.
His words were strange but they had known his friendship and learned to trust even to love.
But now!
They walked on and he joined them.
The dry dust of their journey and their hearts
clouded their vision. Weighed down with loss, betrayal, fear
they did not see he travelled with them.
Even when he spoke recalling a history
they still did not perceive.
Their blind journey continued to Emmaus
and could have gone beyond but for a word –
a simple shattering word of invitation.
‘Stay with us. The darkness is upon us.’
And in the shared darkness their eyes were opened and their broken hearts healed.
In memory of him became Eucharist and life to be shared with others.
Surely this is Easter – not once a past event
but in the darkness of our journey finding a God walking the dark ways with us into dawn.
Pausing along the Road! Read Luke 24: 13-35 [page two]: Q. What is significant about the two disciples walking away from Jerusalem to Emmaus?
Q. What did they do once they realised they had seen the Risen Jesus?
Q. What might have prevented the disciples from recognising Jesus on the road?
Q. Why might the act of breaking bread have been the catalyst for them to recognise Jesus?
Q. What does it reveal about Jesus that he allowed the disciples to tell the story of their grief?
Q. Why was it necessary for Jesus to refer to Moses and all the prophets in his explanation?
Q. What insight does this event reveal about the nature and significance of Eucharist?
Q. How does this episode reflect the Body of Christ gathered to give thanks?
Learning moments Draw a personal ‘road of life’ and record all your life events of significance and illustrate through symbol or word the highs and lows that you have experienced. Acknowledge the people who have been a part of your life and who have made a difference to the way you live your life. Use your ‘road of life’ as the focus for your personal prayer over the next week.
Adapted from © Greg Sunter: LiturgyHelp.com
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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
PARISH OFFICE
OPEN Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm.
PLEASE PHONE THE OFFICE BEFORE VISITING: 3849 7158.
For any urgent matters outside these hours, please phone the Parish Office, leave a message and we will get back
to you as soon as possible.
ANZAC Day Mass will be live-streamed from St Stephen’s
Cathedral on Saturday 25 April at 11.30am:
www.brisbanecatholic.org.au/multimedia/web-cast
Let us pray:
Gracious God, We give thanks anew for your
providence and presence. We prayerfully seek your grace,
amidst COVID-19 here and overseas. We pray for those in need of healing.
We pray for your peace with those who are
anxious or grieving. We pray you will continue to
strengthen and sustain all those who are
serving in response. We pray for your Holy Spirit’s
discernment amidst the many choices and decisions
facing our national, community and medical leaders.
We pray we each might see quickly what more we can do
to help those who are vulnerable. This prayer for our nation in the family
of nations, with all that is on our hearts,
we gather now and pray through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen. Ecumenical prayer from the National
Council of Churches. We have been invited to pray this prayer
at 7.00pm each day.
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER A 3 May 2020
READINGS: Acts 2:14, 36-41; 1 Pet 2:20-25;
GOSPEL: Jn 10:1-10
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED Especially Elizabeth Fogarty, Grant Coulthart, Bernadette Kostowsky, who have died recently. Also Rita Galea, Simon Tinh, Gus Sim, Laura Sim, whom we remember.
Key Audit
With church buildings remaining closed for most of this year, parishes are upgrading security measures and taking the opportunity to update key registers. All keys to our churches and halls are required to be audited. As a result, we need every parishioner who has church and/or hall keys to return the keys to the parish office asap in a sealed named envelope, and placed into the secure drop box on the side door of the parish office. If anyone is unable to leave home to return keys, please email or phone the parish office with a description of the key number/s. Once keys are documented, they can be collected from the parish office later in the year as gatherings resume. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact Michelle or Debbie in the office on 3849 7158.
Changes happening
Unfortunately, due to safety issues St Catherine’s Bell Tower has been dismantled. For the moment the bell has been bolted down and encased in a temporary storage box until decisions can be made regarding its future location in the grounds of St Catherine’s Church.
ANZAC DAY 2020 RSL Queensland calls on Australians to honour the service of our Defence forces, past and present, by standing at the end of their driveways at 6.00am for a minute's silence this ANZAC Day. You may like to light a candle and stand for 1 minute’s silence, and recite the Ode:
They shall grow old As we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun And in the morning We will remember.
Families are invited to make an Anzac Poppy Wreath using the template below and place on doors, letter boxes or gates. Click on this link: https://rslqld.org/News/Latest-News/How-to-make-an-ANZAC-Day-wreath
Notices
BAPTISMS We congratulate
Theo Egan,
son of John & Karla.
He will be baptised this Sunday
at St Bernard’s Church.
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Upper Mt Gravatt Wishart Parish
3rd Sunday of Easter Yr A First Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33
From the Acts of the Apostles 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 Ps 15:1-2. 5. 7-11.
(R.) Lord, you will show us the path of life.
1. Preserve me, God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord: ‘You are my God. O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup; it is you yourself who are my prize.’ (R.)
2. I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel, who even at night directs my heart. I keep the Lord ever in my sight: since he is at my right hand, I shall stand firm. (R.)
3. And so my heart rejoices, my soul is glad; even my body shall rest in safety. For you will not leave my soul among the dead, nor let your beloved know decay. (R.)
4. You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, at your right hand happiness for ever. (R.)
Second Reading 1 Pt 1:17-21
From the first letter of St Peter If you are acknowledging as your Father one who has not 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 Lk 24:32
Alleluia, alleluia! Lord Jesus, make your word plain to us: make our hearts burn with love when you speak. Alleluia!
Gospel Lk 24:13-35
From the holy Gospel according to Luke 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 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. © The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Holy Thursday at Home
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