Body and Blood of Christ
6th / 7th June 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/
Feast speaks volumes about Jesus’ “divine love”
Mass Times
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI called attention to the
observance of the feast of Corpus Christi in many
parts of the Catholic world. The then-Pontiff said it
was linked to the other feasts nearby in the liturgical
calendar-- Easter, Pentecost, and Trinity Sunday.
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.
This feast, the Pope explained, "speaks to us of divine
love-- of what it is and what it does." The love of God
"transforms all things," he continued. For that reason
the faithful organise processions, carrying the
Eucharistic Lord into their cities.
RECONCILIATION
SATURDAY: 4.45 PM-5.45 PM
WEDDINGS—By appointment.
Preparation course: 6051 0222
BAPTISMS—By appointment.
Preparation Course: 0411 883 661
The Blessed Sacrament, the Pope said, gives the
faithful the strength to continue the mission of the
Church. "We all need this Bread, because the journey
toward freedom, justice, and peace is long and
tiring." (From a homily by Pope Benedict XVI, on June 14, 2009)
We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of
faith especially:
RECENTLY DECEASED: Anne Dempsey, Ricky Dunn, Thomas Meehan, George
Kennedy.
ANNIVERSARIES: Jack Matthews, Mary Percy, Caroline Bye, Austin Conroy, Kevin Dyball,
Margaret McGovern, Maureen Atkins, John Felstead, Gabrielle Williams, Gertrude
Twomey, Bill Cotter, Marilyn Smerdon, Keith O’Keith, Edna Healey, Michelle Kennedy,
Margaret Azzi, Desmond Powell, June Taylor, Peter Howard, John McKeown, Anne Hogan
Peter Hamilton.
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: 6th / 7th June
Ministry
Vigil
9.30am
Commentator
Lector 1
Lector 2
Stephen O’Connor
Michael Byrnes
Pat Hickman
Sr Carina Morton
Nicola Hanzic
Gavin Dykes
Eucharistic Ministers
Judy Lindsay
Jeneice Harding
Gemma Whitehead
Mary Lefevre
Pauline Willis
Cantor
Musicians
Catherine & Judy
Mary Minchin
Timo Van Kerk Oerle
Counters: Desmond Lum & Jane Togher
Cleaning Group: Group 6
Sat /Sun 13th /14th June
Ministry
Vigil
9.30am
Commentator
Lector 1
Lector 2
Nano Clancy
Justin Clancy
Gordon Robison
Roy Thompson
Michael Stephenson
Richard Parkinson
Eucharistic Ministers
Colette Glennon
Frank Glennon
Pamela McIntosh
Trish Parkinson
Marie Pennay
Cantor
Musicians
Youth Mass
Choir
Val Hayes
Counters: Carmel & Brian Butts
Cleaning Group: Group 7
PLEASE NOTE
Due to the preparation and laying of new
carpet on the Sanctuary in the church there
will be NO MASS on Monday or Wednesday
this week. Friday Mass (Sacred Heart Feast
Day) will be in St Anne’s Hall.
Feast of the Sacred Heart
Friday is the Feast of the Sacred Heart and 9.30
Mass will be celebrated in St Anne’s Hall. This
Mass begins our special celebrations for the
weekend.
Reception into the Catholic Faith
This weekend Emily Poynter will be received
into the Church. Please remember Emily in your
prayers.
60th Anniversary Luncheon
Thank you to all those who have paid for their
tickets to our Luncheon next Sunday. Could
those who have not yet paid please have your
money in by Wednesday. Thank you.
Also the cost of The Sacred Heart Book, which
will be launched at this lunch, is $20.
Confirmation Parent Meeting
For children not attending a Catholic School and
who wish to be Confirmed, St Anne’s School are
holding a parent information evening in their
library at 5.30pm on Monday 15 June.
Confirmation this year will be celebrated on Saturday 15 August at the 6pm Mass. Please
phone Presbytery on 6025 1516 to book your
child into classes beginning the first week of
next school term.
CHOIR. Calling again on Cantors and our regular choir members to sing at our 60th Anniversary Mass on Sunday 14th June at 9.30am.
Also we invite other singers who may wish to
join us on this day. Practice will be on Thursday 11th June at 7pm.
2015 BBI-ACBC eConference is titled ‘Religion
Catalyst for Violence or Peace? Probing the
Abrahamic Traditions for Answers’. This will
tap into interfaith issues surrounding the
three Abrahamic traditions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Our aim with this eConference
is to explore the potential for these traditions
to cultivate peace in a world that associates
Religion with violence. The eConference will
be streamed live over the internet for free on
Tuesday 23 June from 10am to 2.30pm. Registration is mandatory. For more info visit
www.bbi.catholic.edu.au/ eConference. Flyer
on noticeboard.
Pastoral Care Conference Albury Wodonga
You are invited to attend a one-day Conference on Pastoral Care at the Medical School on
Albury Base Hospital Campus Saturday 27 June from 9.30am - 3.45pm. This is a special opportunity to come together with other practitioners from around this region, to hear expert speakers from Melbourne and Canberra, and to sharpen your skills. Please register:
Arthur Martin 0414 575 875 or [email protected] Cost $30
Feastdays of the Week
Tuesday 9th June -St Ephrem, deacon, doctor
St Ephrem was baptised around the age of 18, and he may have been ordained a deacon at the same
time. Since one of the chief activities of a deacon is the preaching of the Gospel, Ephrem began to
write deeply theological hymns and biblical commentaries. In his lifetime, he could have written as
many as three million lines, and 400 of his hymns still survive. His hymnography earned him the
title “Harp of the Spirit.”
Fleeing westward from the Persians, who were ravaging Turkey, Ephrem settled in Edessa, in
southern Turkey, in 363. There, he continued to write hymns, especially defending the teaching of
the Council of Nicaea against the Arian heretics, who were influential in Edessa He died tending
plague victims in 373.
Friday 12th June—Feast of the Sacred Heart
Body and Blood of Christ —Year B
Readings: Exodus 24: 3-8; Hebrews 9: 11-15; Mark 14: 12- 16, 22-26
Responsorial Psalm
I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.
Alleluia Verse: Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the living bread from heaven, says the Lord:
Whoever eats this bread will live forever
Alleluia!
Reflection on the Readings:
Blood marks a union with God
To grasp what these readings have to say to us, we must take account of the profound
symbolism blood had for old Israel – not a symbol of violence, but the sacred embodiment of
life. As Moses ratified the old covenant with Yahweh, therefore, the blood – sprinkled on the
altar (representing God) and on the people – expressed the life-giving union with God that
was to become the very destiny of Israel.
For many people, the blood of Calvary has been associated almost exclusively with Christ's
horrendous suffering. While not denying that awareness of the Saviour's passion is essential
to Christian faith, the message of the Scriptures invites us to enlarge our perspective.
The Church has always seen the Eucharistic banquet as a foretaste of the joys of the Kingdom.
Today's liturgy, therefore invites us to reflect upon a theme of great importance for the
renewal of the Church's liturgy. The Eucharist is far more than Christ's “real presence” among
us, as a kind of substitute for the fact that he is no longer among us as he was in his earthly
life. In its fullness, the Eucharist is an action (“Take and eat,” “Take and drink,” “Do this”). It
is the central action of the Church's life because of the presence of the Lord himself, giving
himself into the hands of his Father, as creation's perfect act of worship, and giving himself to
us as food and drink, that we may make his Paschal Mystery our nourishment for eternal life.
(From a homily by Fr John Thornhill sm)
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