Second Sunday of Easter 11th / 12th April 2015 Parish Clergy Fr Kevin Flanagan PP Parish Office Fran Kernaghan Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9.00 am – 2.00 pm Phone: 60251516 Fax: 60404016 Web: http://sacredheartnorthalbury.com/ Mass Times SATURDAY VIGIL: 6.00 pm SUNDAY: 9.30 am WEEKDAYS: 9.30 am Monday, Wednesday, Friday (in the church) First Tuesday of the month: 11.00 am Mass at Mercy Place. RECONCILIATION SATURDAY: 4.45 PM-5.45 PM WEDDINGS—By appointment. Preparation course: 6051 0222 BAPTISMS—By appointment. Preparation Course: 0411 883 661 The gospel invites us to share the experience of the disciples, finding faith through the coming of the Lord into their midst on the evening of his Resurrection Day. What a dramatic situation – they are to meet the one whom they have deserted and abandoned to his fate. There is no word of reproach, no reference to what has taken place, only ‘Peace be with you’ and again ‘Peace be with you’ – you are forgiven come once more into my friendship. Their finding faith is a meeting with God's generous and reconciling love. And he sends them forth with the good news of the forgiveness of sins. For many faith does not come easy and they are helped by the testimony that echoes down through the centuries of hard headed Thomas as he owns that it is indeed the crucified one the one who shared the deepest darkness of the world we have made – to whom we can entrust ourselves, as our ‘Lord’ and our ‘God’ We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith especially: RECENTLY DECEASED: Bill McNamee, Dr John Stoney, Errol Edmunds. ANNIVERSARIES: Ronald Murray, Bridget Hudson, Mary Anderson, Jessie Whelton, James Leo Doolan, James Patrick Doolan, Leo Doolan, Erin Corboy, Rose Weaver, Patricia Fisher, Catherine Thompson, Catherine Campbell, Joan Godde, Wal Tozer, Kerry Faul, Rose Dynan, Steven Campbell, Harry Hore, Fr Mel Roach, Elio Corte, Les Stewart, David Miller, Colleen O’Reilly, Anna Yea, Kath Doyle, Ronald Mitsch, Otto Sproule, Ellen Phibbs, Larry Foley, Sylvia King, Betty Grealy, Bob Hamblin. Gather our loved ones into your arms. Quiet our doubt and anger and send us your healing grace. Through Christ our Lord. Rosters Sat / Sun: 11th / 12th April Ministry Vigil 9.30am Commentator Lector 1 Lector 2 Cassandra Jones Pat Hickman Stephen O’Connor Richard Parkinson Michael Byrnes Colleen Day Eucharistic Ministers Judy Lindsay Pauline Mulquiney Kevin Kennedy Trish Parkinson Cantor Musicians John Van Lint Mary Minchin Simon Goss Val Hayes Counters: Brian & Carmel Butts Cleaning Group: Group 5 Sat /Sun: 18th / 19th April Ministry Vigil 9.30am Commentator Lector 1 Lector 2 Justin Clancy Nano Clancy Tony Smit Roy Thompson Anne Duck Michael Stephenson Eucharistic Ministers Pat Hopkins Geoff Jervois Robert Brown Pamela McIntosh Cantor Musicians Judy Lindsay Judy Foley Anne McIntyre Val Hayes Counters: Anna Loughry & Michael Byrnes Cleaning Group: Group 5 Parish Council News Working Bee In The Church On Thursday 23 April at 9.30am we will be holding a working bee to clean the seats, windows and sills in the Church. Please come along with your cleaning materials and lend a hand. Many hands make light work! Volunteers—Past and Present—Of Our Parish On Sunday 17 May 2015 after 9.30am Mass we will have a morning tea to acknowledge all who volunteer within our Parish. Please bring a plate to share. Everyone most welcome. Bonsai Under Lights Come and enjoy a beautiful display of Bonsai under lights on Friday 17 April 7pm onwards. Valibo nurseries 534 Urana Rd Lavington. $10 entry includes wine and cheese. Lectors & Eucharistic Ministers The new roster for May, June & July is being drawn up. Please advise of your unavailability and the Mass time you are available for. First Communion Classes Classes for children not attending Catholic Schools will be commencing next term. Please call 6025 1516 if you wish your child to begin these classes. Parish Mission at Immaculate Heart of Mary Thurgoona ‘Why Do We Do What We Do? Renewal in the Covenant Sun 26 April, Mon 27 April & Tues 28 April from 7pm each night. Reconciliation after each session. Easter Water Some containers of Easter Water are available near the Commentator’s Stand if you missed out last weekend. You are invited to our Sacred Heart Parish 60th Anniversary Luncheon Commercial Club Stanley Room Sunday 14th June 2015 at 12.30pm Complimentary drink on arrival Two course meal Adults $40 per head Children 5-12 years $20 Under 5 years Free Please come and celebrate our amazing Parish milestone Tickets on sale at the Presbytery The Sacred Heart Book will be launched at this function Feastday of the Week Monday 13th April—St Martin—Pope and Martyr “When Martin I became Pope in 649AD, Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire and the patriarch of Constantinople was the most influential Church leader in the eastern Christian world. The struggles that existed within the Church at that time were magnified by the close cooperation of emperor and patriarch. 2nd Sunday of Easter —Year B Readings: Acts 4: 32-35; 1 John 5: 1-6; John 20: 19-31 Responsorial Psalm Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, his love is everlasting. Alleluia Verse: Alleluia, alleluia! You believe in me Thomas, because you have seen me; Happy those who have not seen me, but still believe! Alleluia! Reflection on the Readings: We can see with our other senses “The timely recollection of the ‘eight days after,’ which is the Sunday after the Resurrection, permits us to tie our reflection to one of the most significant Eucharistic hymns composed by another Thomas, St Thomas Aquinas. In the Adore Te Devote, which refers to the Eucharist, we read: ‘Sight, touch, taste are all deceived in their judgement of you. But hearing suffices firmly to believe’. Combining these words with today’s Gospel we can justly affirm that the experience ‘to see’ was not denied to us, but it is in contrast with the Apostle Thomas’ physical experience, who was able to put his own finger into the holes in Christ’s hands and side, whilst we can only comprehend it in the faith which is guarded and transmitted by the Church, our Mother and Teacher. “That which we ‘have not seen’ is therefore the glorious Body of the Risen One. However, today we have the ability to ‘listen’ to the Word of God and the Magisterium of the Church and so we can ‘see’ the real Body of Christ which is the Eucharist. We can ‘see’ His Mystical Body which is the Church. We can ‘see’ Him in our lives and in the lives of our many brothers who, after meeting the Lord in a real but mysterious way, are united to Him in His Spirit! “Like Thomas, Christ calls us to fill the holes left by the instruments of the passion in His Body with our own hands so that our lives and the verbal witness that we give proclaim His Resurrection. Our senses could betray us, but we know that we have met the Risen One and we have recognized Him!” All music used in worship at Sacred Heart, North Albury, is used with permission. All rights reserved. Australian Agent: Word of Life Licence No 613