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John the Apostle ~ Kippax
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Compact OnlineBlackham & Chave Streets Holt 2615 Ph: 6254 3236 Fax:6254 4819
email stj.kippax@cg.catholic.org.au
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart: Michael Fallon msc Parish Priest, Mark Hanns msc Assistant Priest,
email: mbfallon@stjohnkippax.org.au
web: www.michaelfallonmsc.com
email: markhanns@stjohnkippax.org.au
Epiphany
4 January 2009 ~ Year B
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| “ Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage”. Matt 2:2
The incapacity to admire others seems to be a universal disease today. We see it everywhere, in the academic world, in professional circles of all kinds, and in church and family life. Children are still good at admiring, but, among the adults, there's little in the way of simple appreciative consciousness. We know how to criticise , but not how to admire. Why? What's causing this? One of the defining traits of human maturity is the capacity to admire. Thomas Aquinas once stated that to withhold a compliment from someone is a sin because we are withholding food that this person needs to live. Admiring others also provides us with the food we ourselves need. One of the reasons why we live with so much dissatisfaction, anger, bitterness, and depression is precisely because we no longer know how to admire. Without admiration we can never be happy - nor can we see straight, irrespective of how sophisticated, educated, scientifically-trained, aesthetically fined-tuned, or hermeneutically enlightened we are. When we don't admire, we aren't seeing straight, pure and simple. When we are forever seeing what's wrong in others that speaks volumes about our own interior state. Whenever our world feels grey, whenever we feel bitter and short-changed, and whenever we feel frustrated with everything and everyone, we need to ask ourselves: "When was the last time I really admired someone?" "When was the last time I looked at anything or anyone with the gaze of admiration?" God is never grey, depressed, and cynical, and God's first gaze at us, as both Scripture and the mystics assure us, is not one of critical disapproval but one of admiration. Paraphrased from The Need to Admire by Ronald Rolheiser |
from the Parish Priest's desk …….
Celebration of Divine Love (last stanza) James McAuley
You gentle souls who sit contemplative In the walled garden where the fountain flows, And faint with longing have desire to live But the brief flowering of the single rose, Knowing that all you give Into the keeping of your tender Lord Shall be enriched and thousandfold restored: Before the herons return Abide the sharp frosts and the time of pruning; For he shall come at last for whom you yearn And deep and silent shall be your communing; And if his summer heat of love should burn Its victim with a sacrificial fire, Rejoice: who knows what wanderer may turn, Responsive to that fragrant hidden pyre! In the Heart of Jesus, Michael My homily is available on my webpage. |
Christmas is a feast that can open the hearts of all of us to the presence of Christ. It puts before us the great qualities of innocence and hope that we need if we are to awaken to his light, and it fills us with confidence because it tells us that the old age has ended. The new age, indeed the new creation has begun and our point of departure for finding it every where is finding it a reality in our heart.
John Main
St John the Apostle Meditation group meets Friday evenings in the parish library at 7:30pm. They use meditations from John Main. Everyone is welcome.
Special Gifts for you to Give
A firm handshake to a shaky soul,
A kind word to a lonely person,
A warm smile to the disheartened,
A sincere concern for someone troubled,
A feeling of compassion for the neglected,
A comforting thought for the bereaved,
A respect for the dignity of others,
A defence of the rights of individuals,
A word of witness to help a seeking soul.
Source Unknown
Caleb Garvie &
Kathleen O'Keefe
Are getting married at
St Michael's Catholic Church
Kaleen
On
10 January 2009 at 3:00pm
St John the Apostle Community is
invited to attend the ceremony.
The Parish garden is in need of a load of soil and mulch. Contact Parish Office on 62543236
LIBRARY NEWS - HOLIDAY PERIOD: Over the next few weeks we shall display our collection of fiction titles. All these books are by Catholic authors. Some are old classics that are always good for a second read. Why not borrow one for the holiday?
SUMMER SCHOOL
Do you want to continue on the journey from World Youth Day? IF so Summer School is a great place to do just that! January 11-18 at St Stanislaus, Bathurst there will be drama, music, Mass, rallies, lectures & seminars. Contact 0423 318 341 by 3 Jan or email Bathurst@sse2009.disciplesofjesus.org or check the website www.sse09.discpliesofjesus.org
‘Turn the Tide'
The Archdiocesan Summer retreat for 16-35's is to take place from 23-26 January 2009, at ‘The Pines' Retreat Centre in Tuross, NSW. The long weekend is filled with guest speakers, reflections, prayer, fellowship, discussions and time to relax at the beach. Contact Anna on 0439 897 461 or email anna.burns@catholiclife.org.au
DISCERNMENT DAY FOR WOMEN
Sunday February 1, 2009 10.30am-4.30pm
Hartzer Park Retreat Centre
Cost: $30
For women 18 yrs and over.
Contact: 02 4861 3915
Hasten To Seek What Your Heart Desires
School Resumes
Monday 2 February - Years 1-6
Wednesday 4 February – Kinder
Latest book releases by Michael Fallon msc
Genesis:
an Introductory Commentary ($25.00)
A Priestly Kingdom and a Holy Nation:
An Introductory Commentary on Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers ($35.00)
Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges:
An Introductory Commentary ($30.00)
All available at the Parish Office.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Will begin again on Monday 5 January after 9.30am mass.
BOOK CLUB
Sunday 18 January – 3.00pm
Parish Library. We are reading
“The Sound of One Hand Clapping”.
Richard Flanagan
PIANIST REQUIRED
Woden Senior Singers are in search of a fun loving person to play piano on rotation. Performances are at Retirement Homes around Canberra and Queanbeyan. Contact Enid 62966070
RENTAL PROPERTY REQUIRED
Young profestional Christian couple seeks long term 2-3 bedroom rental property, from late January 2009. Contact Duane at dj@mm.st or 0433 118 624.
CATHOLIC ADULT FAITH FORMATION 1
If you wish to engage with some of the challenges and questions of life; if you're ready to deepen and develop your faith, a one year course (CAFF1) is being offered by CatholicLIFE, Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn. The first four units (The Gospels) commence 31 January 2009. Full course outline available contact 6163 4302, email learning@catholiclife.org.au or in the Pastoral Support section of www.cg.catholic.org.au . DVD “Bridge to Deepening Faith” also available
FOUNDATIONS IN CATHOLIC YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
9-13 Feb 2009 - Rheinberger Centre
Cost $160 (Concession rates available).
Contact Jenny Drum 6163 4313 or
Email jenny.drum@catholiclife.org.au
Full program found in the Youth and Young Adults section of www.cg.catholic.org.au.
Parish School of Religion
9.15am - 10.00am Sundays Parish Centre [School Term Only]
Reading Rosters 11 January 2009
Vigil 6.00pm |
8.30am |
10.00am |
6.00pm |
Derick Brice |
Mariana Rollgejser |
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Anne Fulton |
Next Week's Counting Roster |
11 Jan |
Jasmine Hatharasinge, |
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Church Cleaning |
12 Jan |
Ted Quade, Darrell Rutter, |
Presbytery Cleaning |
17 Jan |
Margaret Ohlin, Veronica Brennan, |
Grounds Maintenance |
10 Jan |
Denis Whitford, Matthew Garton, |
Altar Society |
5 Jan |
Maryanne Ferguson. |
VIGIL |
6:00pm |
SUNDAY |
8:30am, 10:00am, 6:00pm |
Week days:
Monday |
9:30am |
Wednesday |
9:30am |
Thursday |
9:30am |
Friday |
7:00am, 9:30am |
Liturgy of the Word with Communion:
Tuesday |
9:30am |
Saturday |
8:00am |
Charismatic Mass:
4th Thursday |
8:00pm |
Mass & Sacrament of Anointing Sick/Elderly:
1st Saturday |
11:00am |
Jesus is recognised by wise men who come from a far country. They have relied on the guidance of a new star in the heavens, and are convinced that they need to follow this star, even though it leads them on a path that they do not know. Their faith, and ours, will finally lead us all to Jesus, who is king of all the nations of the world.
On a lighter note ...
A Sunday School Teacher asked her class
why Joseph and Mary took Jesus
with them to Jerusalem.
A samll child replied"
"They couldn't get a baby-sitter".
Thought for the Week
I found I had less and less to say,
until finally, I became silent,
and began to listen.
I discovvered in the silence
the voice of God.
Søren Kierkegaard
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Let us pray for the sick of our Parish as we remember them in our Sunday Masses.
Recently Deceased:
Anniversary: Geoffrey Bogg, Willy Raadts, Charles Taylor, Kathryn Jones, Therese Markham, Ken Lorraway, Pauline Burt, Cooper McDonald, Jamie Bourke, Mary Gorey, John Burt, Edna Lydon, Ann Grannall, Caterina Fallace.
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