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Sunday 8.00am & 9.30am WEEKDAY MASS TIMES
Monday - Friday 6.45am; Saturday 9.00am PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Mass 9.00am
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Chapel 24 Hrs
Parish Priest: Fr Emmanuel-tv Dimobi Presbytery Ph: + 61 8 9341 3131 Mobile: + 61 417 999 553 Email: [email protected] Parish Secretary: Mrs Linda Muller Phone: + 61 8 9341 3079 Fax: 9245 4915 Office Hours: Tuesday Thursday & Friday 11.00am-3.30pm (Thursday1pm-5pm during school terms) Postal Address: P.O. Box 2128, Churchlands, WA, 6018 Email: [email protected] Website: holyspiritcitybeach.com Face Book: holyspiritcitybeach School Principal: Mr Stephen Versteegen Email: [email protected] Phone: + 61 8 9341 2551 Website: Holyspirit.wa.edu.au
THE PARACLETE Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 2 Keaney Place, City Beach 6015
TWENTY FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C 15 SEPTEMBER 2019
HOLY SPIRIT APOSTOLATE Adoration Chapel: 24 hrs Adoration After School Catechesis: Thursday 4.00-5.00pm P/Centre Anointing & Healing Mass: 1st Saturday 9.00am Mass Baptism: Saturdays & Sundays. Contact Parish Office. Bible Study: Thursday 9.30am & 7.00pm Parish Centre Cenacle of Prayer: Saturday after 9.00am Mass
Children’s Liturgy: Sunday 9.30am Mass Communion for the Sick: Contact Parish Office
Confraternity of St Joseph: 4th Thur of month 1.00pm P/Centre Legion of Mary: Monday 1.30pm Piety Shop: After weekend Masses Pro-life Holy Hour: Sunday 7.00-8.00pm Adoration Chapel
Reconciliation: Saturday 5.00pm or anytime by appointment Rosary: Before weekday Mass 6.15am Rosary: Friday 2.00-3.00pm for the sick Chapel St Vincent de Paul: 2nd and 4th Monday of the Month
WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS AND VISITORS Holy Spirit Parish is a homely, lively and welcoming community. Please fill-in a Membership Form available from the back of the Church and place it in the collection basket or contact the Parish Office. Please join us for morning tea after 8:00am and 9:30am Mass on Sundays, and do well to introduce your-self to the Priest after Mass. Thank you!
MASS ANTIPHONS
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON: Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you, that your prophets be found true. Hear the prayers of your servant, and of your people Israel. COMMUNION ANTIPHON: How precious is your mercy, O God! The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.
Readings: Exo 32:7-11, 13-14; Tim 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32. Next week: Amos 8:4-7; Tim 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13.
“In Omnibus Vincit Amor”
PASTORAL CORNER
GOD’S LOVE FOR THE LOST Every human being is most precious in God’s sight. Created in His image and likeness, we are invited to be with Him forever in heaven. Unfortunately, sin has always threatened to thwart such a beautiful plan through the wrong use of our freedom. That is why our loving Creator has become also our Good Shepherd who, not only leads His flock to verdant meadows and refreshing waters, but also seeks out and brings back to the fold the sheep that have gone astray. Every Eucharist is both a memorial of the suffering, which the car-ing Shepherd endured in order to save the lost sheep, and a joyful celebration of the fruit-fulness of his search. Let us participate in this Eucharist with gratitude, for we, too, have been among the sheep that got lost and who were rescued by God’s self-sacrificing love.
HOLY SPIRIT: INSPIRE US +Fr Emmanuel-tv
MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK Mass offering envelopes are available in the foyer. Please submit your envelopes (indicating the day/Mass time if applicable) to the Priest or Parish Office by Friday of each week for publication in the Paraclete if applicable or better still, give to the Priest before your intended Mass starts. Remember, the highest prayer you can ever say for yourself or any person is the offering of Holy Masses for your/their intentions. THE GREGORIAN MASS: Are you seeking to have “Gregorian Masses” offered for the soul of a deceased member of your family or friend? Contact and discuss with Fr Emmanuel-tv.
ALL ROSTERS: If you are unable to attend your rostered day, please find a replacement. Thank you.
BREAD ROSTER Saturday 14 September - D.Thornton; Saturday 21 September - L. Hogg.
Next Meeting: MONDAY 9 & 23 SEPTEMBER - 7.00PM @ C’Beach P’Centre.
MORNING-TEA ROSTER AFTER SUNDAY MASS 8.00AM MASS: 15SEP: S. Carrick; 22SEP: Ocean Gardena; 29SEP: M. Newman; 6OCT: D. Phillips. 9.30AM MASS: 15SEP: Volunteer; 22SEP: Volunteer; 29SEP: A. Stillone/L. Hogg; 6OCT: Volunteer.
SEPTEMBER is the month of The Holy Cross of Jesus
` THE FATHER THOMAS PHELAN MEMORIAL ADORATION CHAPEL
ROSARY FOR THE SICK: Friday 2.00pm - 3.00pm EUCHARISTIC ADORATION: Available 24 Hours
FEAST DAYS OF THE WEEK
MON: St Cornelius & Cyprian (Memorial) TUE: St Robert Bellarmine (Optional) WED:
THU: St Januarius (Optional) FRI:Sts AndrewKimTae-gon,PaulChongHa-sang&Co(Mem) SAT: ST MATTHEW, APOSTLE & EVANGELIST (Feast)
BEQUEST/WILL TO OUR PARISH Think about it: Making a “Will or Be-quest” to our Holy Spirit Parish of City Beach can be enormously satisfy-ing. It provides a rare opportunity to review your life and to look at your most cherished relationships. The Catholic Church has been present at most of the important milestones in your life: your Baptism, your First Communion, at times of great celebration and at times of great sadness. The work of the many ministries of the Catholic Church is every day far-reaching, life-giving, and life-saving. By leaving a gift to your church in your Will, you will leave a legacy of faith – a legacy to help ensure that the mission and pastoral outreach that has been important to you will con-tinue both for today’s needs and for those of our children, our grandchildren and beyond. Thank you!
+Holy Spirit Pastoral Team
******************************************** Please pray for
the Sick of the Parish Marilyn Armstrong, Jane Broadhurst,
Kevin Dillon, Fred Douglas, Ben, Christine Goss, Isabella Goss,
AnneGriffiths, Harper Hely, Dorothy Hogan, Pat Horan, Valerie Miles, John Okley,
Vince Oswald, Joan Quinlan, Pat Small, Elisabeth Shakhovskoy, Lorrie Valerio.
*********************************************
EUCHARISTIC REFLECTIONS If you believe in My love, if
you really believe in My love, by coming to Me in the blessed sacrament then you
shall see miracles of My love, and I will reign in every heart, in every
home, and everywhere in the world. ********************************************
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED
PRIESTHOOD? Men (18-35), who are considering the
priesthood, are invited to St Charles’
Seminary in Guildford for a day of
enquiry. It will be held on Sunday the
6th of October from 10:30am to 5pm.
The day includes Mass, lunch, discus-
sion, prayer and a chance to talk to the
seminarians. Please RSVP by the 29th of
September by phoning the seminary on 08
9279 1310 or emailing the Vocation Office
at: [email protected]. ********************************************
FOR AUSTRALIA TO COME
BACK TO JESUS…
In 1901, when Australia took the Federation
census, 96.1% of Australians said that they
were Christian. Fast forward to 1916, and
in this most recent census, 52.2% of the
nation declared they were Chris-
tian. During the last census period, we lost
10% and if that decline rate only steadied
(didn’t increase as it has been doing) then
within 7 years (2 census periods) we would
be at 32%. These figures don’t represent
the percentage of our population that has a
living vibrant relationship with Jesus, but
they certainly represent how open we are,
as a nation, to the gospel. About 7-9% of
the population attend a church regularly
which would be a closer representation of
those who have a relationship with God.
Read more by visiting/clicking below:
https://mailchi.mp/428f2b0be29e/could-this-bring-australia-back-to-jesus?e=5cf8d224bc
CONFRATERNITY CORNER — A reflection to honour St Joseph “To the glory of St Joseph, God cannot make a father greater than the one who has
God for his Son.” - St Leonard of Port Maurice
HOLY SPIRIT PARISH PHONE DIRECTORY
Acolytes Jon 0409800841 Mens Confraternity of St Joseph John 9341 2828
Adoration Coordinator Lisa 0419923420 P’Cent/Hall/Planned Giving Office 9341 3079
Altar Servers Office 9341 3079 Parish Council Office 9341 3079
Altar Society Pat 9245 5412 RCIA Jon 0409800841
Archives Cathy 0451951043 Readers at Mass Office 9341 3079
Bible Study Kristina 0415445787 Rel.Edu.A/SCatechism Cathy 0451951043
Children’s Liturgy Amanda 0459431357 Rosary Group Fran 0415926873
6pm Children’s Choir Anita 0410200529 Sacraments Co-Ordinator Cathy 0451951043
8am Traditional Choir Phil 9446 9682 SafeGuarding Officer Michael 0417958273
9.30am Evangelical Choir Janny 0420635919 Scripture Journalling Jon 0409800841
Columbarium/Mem Wall Enqs Office 9341 3079 Social Philomena 0405630929
Disciples of Jesus Reg 0429777007 St Vincent de Paul Meg 9285 2974
Holy Communion for Sick Office 9341 3079 World Youth Day/Youth Noel 0433772357
Legion of Mary Lorraine 9341 7301 Youth Mission Team David 0430977350
Lively Spirits Carolyn 9245 1029
Marian Movement Yolanda 9245 2222
14/15 SEPTEMBER’19 Saturday6.00pm Sunday 8.00am Sunday 9.30am
Acolytes J. Kirk/C. Perrozzi D. Kenny/J. Venn I. Gerrard/D. Kessel
Greeters Legion of Mary Legion of Mary Legion of Mary
Offertory Volunteer Volunteer Children’s Liturgy
Readers Volunteer G. Pennock J. McGinnity
Counters A&C Bartel Altar Society P. Cochran/S. Carrick
Our Lady Pilgrim Statue McGinnity family. Please check printed roster for contact details, thank you.
21/22 SEPTEMBER’19 Saturday6.00pm Sunday 8.00am Sunday 9.30am
Acolytes T. Martella/J. Nardizzi J. Cummins/B. Johnston S. Burns/J. Ricciardo
Greeters Legion of Mary Legion of Mary Legion of Mary
Offertory Volunteer Volunteer Children’s Liturgy
Readers T. Kennedy M. Roche P. Ricciardo
Counters P. Ding/T. Musca Altar Society K. Zombori
Our Lady Pilgrim Statue J&V Barbas. Please check printed roster for contact details, thank you.
MASS READINGS 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1st-Reading (Exo 32:7-11, 13-14) The Lord relented and did not send the evil he had threatened
The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now, because your people whom
you brought out of Egypt have apostatised. They have been quick to
leave the way I marked out for them; they have made themselves a calf
of molten metal and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice. “Here
is your God, Israel,” they have cried “who brought you up from the
land of Egypt!”’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘I can see how headstrong
these people are! Leave me, now, my wrath shall blaze out against
them and devour them; of you, however, I will make a great nation.’
But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘why should
your wrath blaze out against this people of yours whom you brought
out of the land of Egypt with arm outstretched and mighty hand?
Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, your servants to whom by your
own self you swore and made this promise: “I will make your offspring
as many as the stars of heaven, and all this land which I promised I will
give to your descendants, and it shall be their heritage for ever.” So the
Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had
threatened. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Responsorial-Psalm (Ps 50:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19.Lk15:18) RESPONSE: I will rise and go to my father. 1. Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. R/ 2. A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit. R/ 3. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. My sacrifice is a contrite spirit; a humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn. R/ 2nd-Reading (Tim 1:12-17) Christ came to save sinners
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, and who
judged me faithful enough to call me into his service even though I
used to be a blasphemer and did all I could to injure and discredit the
faith. Mercy, however, was shown me, because until I became a
believer I had been acting in ignorance; and the grace of our Lord filled
me with faith and with the love that is in Christ Jesus. Here is a saying
that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if
mercy has been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to make
me the greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience for all the other
people who would later have to trust in him to come to eternal life. To
the eternal King, the undying, invisible and only God, be honour and
glory for ever and ever. Amen. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Gospel-Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! God was in Christ, to reconcile the world to himself; and the Good News of reconciliation he has entrusted to us. Alleluia! Gospel (Luke 15:1-32) There will be joy in heaven over one
sinner who does penance The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of
Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes
complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with
them.’ So he spoke this parable to them: ‘What man among you with a
hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he
found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when
he got home, call together his friends and neighbours? “Rejoice with
me,” he would say “I have found my sheep that was lost.” In the same
way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one
repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need
of repentance. ‘Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if
she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search
thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had found it, call
together her friends and neighbours? “Rejoice with me,” she would say
“I have found the drachma I lost.” In the same way, I tell you, there is
rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.’ THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD!
BEQUEST/WILL TO OUR PARISH Think about it: Making a “Will or Be-quest” to our Holy Spirit Parish of City Beach can be enormously satisfy-ing. It provides a rare opportunity to review your life and to look at your most cherished relationships. The Catholic Church has been present at most of the important milestones in your life: your Baptism, your First Communion, at times of great celebration and at times of great sadness. The work of the many ministries of the Catholic Church is every day far-reaching, life-giving, and life-saving. By leaving a gift to your church in your Will, you will leave a legacy of faith – a legacy to help ensure that the mission and pastoral outreach that has been important to you will con-tinue both for today’s needs and for those of our children, our grandchildren and beyond. Thank you!
+Holy Spirit Pastoral Team
******************************************** Please pray for
the Sick of the Parish Marilyn Armstrong, Jane Broadhurst,
Kevin Dillon, Fred Douglas, Ben, Christine Goss, Isabella Goss,
AnneGriffiths, Harper Hely, Dorothy Hogan, Pat Horan, Valerie Miles, John Okley,
Vince Oswald, Joan Quinlan, Pat Small, Elisabeth Shakhovskoy, Lorrie Valerio.
*********************************************
EUCHARISTIC REFLECTIONS If you believe in My love, if
you really believe in My love, by coming to Me in the blessed sacrament then you
shall see miracles of My love, and I will reign in every heart, in every
home, and everywhere in the world. ********************************************
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED
PRIESTHOOD? Men (18-35), who are considering the
priesthood, are invited to St Charles’
Seminary in Guildford for a day of
enquiry. It will be held on Sunday the
6th of October from 10:30am to 5pm.
The day includes Mass, lunch, discus-
sion, prayer and a chance to talk to the
seminarians. Please RSVP by the 29th of
September by phoning the seminary on 08
9279 1310 or emailing the Vocation Office
at: [email protected]. ********************************************
FOR AUSTRALIA TO COME
BACK TO JESUS…
In 1901, when Australia took the Federation
census, 96.1% of Australians said that they
were Christian. Fast forward to 1916, and
in this most recent census, 52.2% of the
nation declared they were Chris-
tian. During the last census period, we lost
10% and if that decline rate only steadied
(didn’t increase as it has been doing) then
within 7 years (2 census periods) we would
be at 32%. These figures don’t represent
the percentage of our population that has a
living vibrant relationship with Jesus, but
they certainly represent how open we are,
as a nation, to the gospel. About 7-9% of
the population attend a church regularly
which would be a closer representation of
those who have a relationship with God.
Read more by visiting/clicking below:
https://mailchi.mp/428f2b0be29e/could-this-bring-australia-back-to-jesus?e=5cf8d224bc
ADORATION CHAPEL HOURS AVAILABLE Temporary none currently requested Permanent hours where we need extra help Saturdays & Sundays – day and evening hours All days - many hours between midnight and 5am Mondays 10-11pm needs Someone to share the hour and/or backstop 11pm Position vacant Tuesdays 6-6.45m & 11pm-12 need Someone to share the hour and / or backstop, 7:15 – 8am & 11pm Positions vacant, Wednesdays 6–6.45am, 7:15-8am, 9-10am, 1-2pm & 11pm-12 Position vacant 10pm-11pm needs Someone to share the hour and/or backstop Thursdays 5-6am, 6–6.45am, 7.15 – 8am, 11pm-12 Positions vacant 10 – 11pm needs Someone to share the hour and/or backstop Fridays 6 – 6.45am, 9-10am Positions Vacant 7.15 – 8am, 4-5pm & 10 – 11pm needs someone to share the hour and/or backstop.
Can you drive, share ADORATION or chaperone? As many of our trusted and regular adorers have been on the roster
for decades, several are finding it harder to get to and from the chapel. We would like to be able to offer assistance with driving and
also Adoration sharing. Are you open, willing and able? Enq: Lisa Hogg 0419923420
******************************************************************************MISSION APPEAL NEXT WEEKEND
“Rejoice with me, …..” The Gospel message
invites us to rejoice in the redemptive work of
our Catholic missionaries in war‑torn and suffering communities
throughout the world where missionaries engage with both perpetra-
tors and victims. Your prayers and generous response to next week-
end’s Catholic Mission Appeal will connect you with God’s forgive-
ness and healing. Visit https://www.catholicmission.org.au/our-work/
ghana to watch a short video on who you will be helping this year. ******************************************************************************* PLENARY COUNCIL 2020: LISTENING & DISCERNING SESSIONS
The second stage of the Plenary Council process invites us to continue to
listen to what the Spirit is saying as we move from listening and dialogue
into listening and discernment. Along with parishes in the Archdiocese of
Perth, the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) will be hosting listening and
discernment sessions as we discern how God is calling us to be a Christ cen-
tred Church that is: Missionary and evangelising; Inclusive, participatory and
synodal; Prayerful and Eucharistic; Humble, healing and merciful; A joyful,
hope-filled and servant community; Open to conversion renewal and reform.
Join us on one or all the dates listed! Three more sessions focusing on the
themes: Humble, healing and merciful; A joyful, hope-filled and servant
community; Open to conversion renewal and reform will be held in February
2020. The Plenary Council 2020 Listening and Discernment Sessions will be
on and from 15 October to 17 October as follows: 15 October, 10:00am-
12:00pm (Room S1.01)Theme in Focus: Missionary and Evangelising; 16
October, 1:30pm-3:30pm (Room S2.01)Theme in Focus: Inclusive, Partici-
patory and Synodal; 17 October, 5:30pm-7:30pm (Room S1.01)Theme in
Focus: Prayerful and Eucharistic ******************************************************************************* CATHOLIC WEEKLY NO LONGER AVAILABLE IN OUR PARISH
You can now subscribe for the Catholic Weekly Newsletter to be delivered to you by going to: www.catholicweekly.com.au/shop, or Email: [email protected]. Remember that The Archdiocesan Record is in the foyer, always free for you to take home with you. *******************************************************************************
PERSONAL ADVOCACY SERVICE Personal Advocacy Service is an agency of the church and they need to em-
ploy a Parish Inclusion Facilitator to assist parishes to identify, actively
invite and welcome people with intellectual disability into their parish com-
munity. The role is based in Morley and is part-time for 30 hours per week
with normal benefits. For more information or to apply, contact Ray Ryan on
9275 5388 or [email protected] ******************************************************************************* PLENARY COUNCIL 2020 : LET’S LISTEN AND DISCERN
The Plenary Council invites people to continue to participate in the journey towards the Council sessions in 2020 and 2021. The “Listening and Discernment” phase recently opened and a guide has been developed to encourage groups to take part in communal dis-cernment on the National Themes for Discernment. Learn more about the Christian practice of discernment and download the guide, “Let’s Listen and Discern”, at www.plenarycouncil.catholic.org.au
MASS READINGS 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1st-Reading (Exo 32:7-11, 13-14) The Lord relented and did not send the evil he had threatened
The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now, because your people whom
you brought out of Egypt have apostatised. They have been quick to
leave the way I marked out for them; they have made themselves a calf
of molten metal and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice. “Here
is your God, Israel,” they have cried “who brought you up from the
land of Egypt!”’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘I can see how headstrong
these people are! Leave me, now, my wrath shall blaze out against
them and devour them; of you, however, I will make a great nation.’
But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘why should
your wrath blaze out against this people of yours whom you brought
out of the land of Egypt with arm outstretched and mighty hand?
Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, your servants to whom by your
own self you swore and made this promise: “I will make your offspring
as many as the stars of heaven, and all this land which I promised I will
give to your descendants, and it shall be their heritage for ever.” So the
Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had
threatened. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Responsorial-Psalm (Ps 50:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19.Lk15:18) RESPONSE: I will rise and go to my father. 1. Have mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. R/ 2. A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit. R/ 3. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. My sacrifice is a contrite spirit; a humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn. R/ 2nd-Reading (Tim 1:12-17) Christ came to save sinners
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, and who
judged me faithful enough to call me into his service even though I
used to be a blasphemer and did all I could to injure and discredit the
faith. Mercy, however, was shown me, because until I became a
believer I had been acting in ignorance; and the grace of our Lord filled
me with faith and with the love that is in Christ Jesus. Here is a saying
that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if
mercy has been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to make
me the greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience for all the other
people who would later have to trust in him to come to eternal life. To
the eternal King, the undying, invisible and only God, be honour and
glory for ever and ever. Amen. THE WORD OF THE LORD! Gospel-Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! God was in Christ, to reconcile the world to himself; and the Good News of reconciliation he has entrusted to us. Alleluia! Gospel (Luke 15:1-32) There will be joy in heaven over one
sinner who does penance The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of
Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes
complained. ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with
them.’ So he spoke this parable to them: ‘What man among you with a
hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he
found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when
he got home, call together his friends and neighbours? “Rejoice with
me,” he would say “I have found my sheep that was lost.” In the same
way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one
repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need
of repentance. ‘Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if
she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search
thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had found it, call
together her friends and neighbours? “Rejoice with me,” she would say
“I have found the drachma I lost.” In the same way, I tell you, there is
rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner.’ THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD!
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