Pentecost Sunday
23rd / 24th May 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
“It is in the power of the Spirit that the Church
takes up its mission. Today, before all days, the
Church invites us to deepen our faith in the
Saviour's gift of his own Spirit. Already in the
Old Testament, ‘the Spirit of God’ was active as a
life-giving force at work in creation. Anointed by
the Spirit as God's ‘Servant’, in fulfilment of the
prophecies of the Book of Isaiah, Jesus has led us
to know the Spirit as a Person sharing the one
divine life with the Father and the Son.
Today's gospel reading is a meditation upon this
shared life, and the way in which those who find
faith in Christ are made to share in it. Those who
have received the gift of the Spirit can tell the
world the ‘complete truth’ about the Saviour of
the world, and can announce ‘the things to come,’
because the mystery of God's final plan for the
world has been revealed in the events which took
place in Jerusalem at the time of the
Passover.” (From a homily by Fr John Thornhill, sm)
We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of
faith especially:
RECENTLY DECEASED: George Kennedy, Natalie Lawrence, Margaret Farrell,
Doris Hartley.
ANNIVERSARIES: Harry Morton, Pat Fuller, Mary Moncrieff, Patrick Murray, Julie O’Farrell,
Matthew Ward, Emily Nichols, Herb Hicks, Kylie, Luke & Ben Chant, Francis Helm, Lena
Stuhr, Lillian Whelan, Thelma Hayden, Anne Toner, Les Furst, Anne Cronin, Charles
Stevens, Muriel Tozer, Leslie Steward, Alan Mildren, Vic O’Haire, Margaret Hayhoe.
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: 23rd / 24th May
Ministry
Vigil
9.30am
Commentator
Lector 1
Lector 2
Brian Waters
Paula Waters
Tony Smit
Roy Thompson
Denise Murphy
Ruth Blaess
Eucharistic Ministers
Colette Glennon
Frank Glennon
Pat Hopkins
Robert Brown
Pauline Mulquiney
Cantor
Musicians
Judy Lindsay
Judy Foley
Marg Brown
Val Hayes
Counters: Anna Loughry & Michael Byrnes
Cleaning Group: Group 4
Sat /Sun 30th / 31st May
Ministry
Vigil
9.30am
Commentator
Lector 1
Lector 2
First Communion
Jane Murtagh
Colleen Day
Wendy McFerran
Eucharistic Ministers
First Communion
Noelene Cruise
Carey Menz-Dowling
Carmel Butts
Cantor
Musicians
Choir
Val Hayes
Counters: Nardia Scarvell & Liz Simon
Simon Goss
Val Hayes
Cleaning Group: Group 5
60th Anniversary Luncheon
We still have seats available for our Parish
Luncheon at Commercial Club on Sunday 14
June. Tickets on sale at Presbytery. $40pp.
CHOIR: Calling on Cantors and choir members
to sing at the First Communion Mass on Saturday 30th May at 6pm.
Practice will be on Thursday 28th May at 7pm.
Contact Judy 6043 2766 or Val 6025 5904.
First Communion Preparation
Our Year 3 students will be celebrating their
First Eucharist next weekend at the 6pm vigil
Mass. We have placed some prayer cards
around the church and would appreciate you
taking one of these, and praying for the child
whose name is written on the card.
Choir Concert
St John’s Church Wodonga is hosting ‘Animalia’
at 2.30pm today. Tickets $25; Cons $20. Some
items have a reference to the sacred and most
will feature animals.
Philippine Independence Mass
You are cordially invited to celebrate Filipino’s
National freedom day with Bishop Gerard Hanna on Sunday 14 June at 3.00pm at Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church Thurgoona. Agape after
Mass. Please share a plate.
Our Lady Help Of Christians Concert
The Scola invites all parishioners, friends and
family to a concert in honour of Our Lady Help
of Christians at St Mary’s Church Jindera this
Sunday 24 May at 3pm. All welcome.
Together our diocesan newspaper is now available for collection from the church entrances.
Please take a copy.
Country Women’s Association
We welcome the members of the CWA to our
celebration of the Eucharist this morning. After
Mass come and find out more about the CWA
over a cuppa in the hall.
Vinnies Winter Appeal
Envelopes for financial assistance to purchase
blankets this winter are available at church entrances. Please consider being a part of this assistance. Thank you.
Albury Wodonga Pentecost Celebration
Sunday 24 May at St Patrick’s Church Albury at
1.30pm to 5pm. Speakers Fr Stephen, Fr Sean &
Fr Berny. Adoration and prayer ministry.
Shared afternoon tea. Contact Brigita 0412 042
196. All welcome.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is a
Marriage Enrichment experience set in peaceful
picturesque surroundings, away from the distractions of everyday life. Couples will have a
unique opportunity to reconnect, rekindle and
refresh their relationship. Dates for 2015 are:
19-21 June; 11-13 September; 13-15 November.
Venue at Mount Carmel Retreat Centre Varroville NSW. Contact Ardell & Bill Sharpe 02 4283
3435 or [email protected]
Feastdays of the Week
Monday 25th May— Mary, Help of Christians, Patroness of Australia
The feast day to Mary Help of Christians has been celebrated in Australia since
1844 but the history to this day dates back to the start of the 1800's. The infant
church in Australia had a special reason for turning to Mary. No priests were
sent to the colony in its early days and Mass was not allowed except for one brief
year until 1820. It was largely the Rosary in those early days that kept the faith
alive. Catholic Australia remained faithful to Mary and was the first nation to
choose her under the title Help of Christians, as principal Patroness.
Pentecost Sunday —Year B
Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; Galatians 5: 16-25; John 15: 26-27; 16: 12-15
Responsorial Psalm
Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth.
Alleluia Verse: Alleluia, alleluia!
Come, Holy Spirit; fill the hearts of your faithful.
And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Alleluia
Reflection on the Readings:
Jesus did predict the coming of the Spirit
“No-one could say that Jesus had failed to forewarn the disciples that the Spirit would come
and yet, most of the Gospel accounts of their life after the Resurrection suggest that they did
not really expect anything to happen. Two began the journey back to Emmaus, others hid
behind closed doors and later went back to the nets they had so impetuously left a few years
before. Jesus had told them the the Spirit would come - but everyday life seemed to go on as
normal and, quite frankly, the disciples were probably glad of the anonymity for a while: As
Jesus had also said, ‘if the authorities treat me as they will, how will they treat you?’
“And so, the fishermen continued to fish - and life passed - until one day, they and the other
apostles came together. Earlier in Acts, we are told that they met to pray with Mary and
‘certain women’ - a gathering of people who had been with Jesus during his ministry, who had
seen him die and seen him rise to new life. What was it in their prayer in that gathering that
opened the way for the Spirit to come upon them. As the wind blew through the house - and
fire fell upon their heads, did they need Mary to discern what was happening and echo words
from her own overshadowing by the Spirit: ‘Don’t be afraid?’
“Suddenly, the prophecy of Jesus in today’s Gospel comes true - the Spirit of truth does come
upon the apostles and a secretive gathering of people explodes onto the unsuspecting streets
of Jerusalem. There the Truth is proclaimed to anyone who has ears to listen. This Truth is not
reserved for a closed group of people but is to be proclaimed to the whole world. The Truth is
not limited to a language - everyone can perceive this truth in
their own tongue. The Truth is not to be hidden in code available only to those initiated into its intricacies - but open for
anyone who dared to All music used in worship at Sacred Heart,
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