Feast of Christ the King 22nd / 23rd November 2014 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 “If we wish to adapt to people’s language and to reach them with God’s word, we need to share in their lives and pay loving attention to them.” (Pope Francis) SUNDAY: 8.30 am; 10.30 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 picture of the Judgement in the Gospel for this weekend is not meant to fill us with fear and trembling. No, it is a challenge not about the future but about today. The surest way to guarantee that I will be numbered among the sheep is for me to become right now a loving, caring, tolerant, accepting person. Help me, Lord, to seek and find and respond to you in every person and in every experience of this day. Grant, Lord, that all my thoughts, intentions, actions and responses may be directed solely to your love and service this day. We pray for those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith especially: RECENTLY DECEASED: Tyson Clifford, Joe Hancock, Mary Curtis, John McBrien, Sr Mary Esler, Marcellanus Ibe. ANNIVERSARIES: Christine Glennon, Mary Bourke, Albert Gorkom, Jim McLaughlin, Margaret Kane, Elsie Esler, George Godde, Peter Hickey, Cecil Woodhouse, Daisy Hobdell, Virgil Lindley, Christine Benson, Addie Mathieson, Laurence Wenke, Br Trevor Kimble, Sarah Caton, Hugh McKenzie-McHarg, Eileen Ryan, Gabe Farrah, Bob Tuziak, James Briscoe, Michelle Kennedy, Irene Monk, Jean Painter, Beatrice Purvey, Lawrence Loughran, Mark Conlon, John Dale. 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: 22nd / 23rd November Ministry Vigil 8.30am 10.30am Commentator Lector 1 Lector 2 Brian Waters Paula Waters Volunteer Roy Thompson Virginia Mitsch Rosalie Martin Ray Murtagh Richard Parkinson Jane Murtagh Eucharistic Ministers Colette Glennon Frank Glennon Pat Hopkins Robert Brown Carmel Butts Marie Pennay Cantor Musicians Catherine Cutler / Judy Lindsay Tim Van Kerk Oerle Mary Buckley Val Hayes Judy Foley Counters: Brian & Carmel Butts Cleaning Group: Group 6 Sat /Sun: 29th / 30th November Ministry Vigil 8.30 am 10.30am Commentator Lector 1 Lector 2 Anthony Foley Karen Purtle Stephen O’Connor Bede Hart Nicola Hanzic Volunteer Sr Carina Morton Gavin Dykes Colleen Day Eucharistic Ministers Kaye Deanshaw Jim Deanshaw Noelene Cruise Kansas Michael Gemma Whitehead Yvonne Rosewarne Cantor Musicians John Van Lint Judy Foley Counters: Anna Loughry & Michael Byrnes Tim Van Kerk Oerle Margaret & Ed Brown Val Hayes Cleaning Group: Group 7 Advent in the Parish A sheet is available this weekend outlining our Advent/Christmas activities for the parish. Next weekend is first weekend of Advent and you are invited to bring in your Advent Candles/Wreathes or a Christmas candle to be blessed. Sacred Heart Parish 60th Anniversary Any reports been written regarding various groups that have been operational in the Parish over the sixty years of existence or remembrances by Parishioners or any photos regarding our Parish can be left at the Presbytery or given to Sr Anne Hagan. Advent Reflection Sheets/Books In the Reading Room at the back, in a Christmas Box, are a variety of materials/books which could be useful during the Season of Advent. Some of these are free but those which need to be purchased have the price on the back of the book. If you wish to purchase these place the money in the envelope provided and place in the collection bag at Mass. The Lectio Divina Books are also available . If you would like the large size or small write your name on the sheet provided and these will be ready during the week. Small is $2 large $4. Change of Venue Please note that the Breath of Life prayer meeting to be held today from 5.00—6.00pm, will be in the church instead of the hall. All parishioners and friends are welcome to come and learn ways of praying with Scripture. Vinnies Christmas Market Day Sale Great range of linen-n-lace, giftware, material & much more at Sacred Heart Church Hall, North Albury from Friday 21 November to Monday 24 November from 10am—4pm. Youth Expo 2014 A retreat for young people 13-25yrs, next weekend at St. Patrick’s Parish Albury (Nov 28-30). Registrations are online (www.youthexpo.tk). Please apply in writing to [email protected] CD’s For Sale—”50 Tips For Effective Parenting” By Fr Stephen of St Patrick’s Church, Albury. 1 x $10; 2 x $15; 3 x $20; 4 x $25; Enquiries to St Pat’s Presbytery 6041 2588 or 0478 190 950. Feastday of the Week Free The Children As of 30 Sept 2014, there are almost 800 children in detention on Australian mainland & Christmas Island. 186 children are detained on Nauru. They will never be resettled in Australia, even if found to be refugees. Australia is the only Refugee Convention signatory to have a policy of mandatory, indefinite detention for asylum seekers. Where: Hovell Tree Reserve, Wodonga Place, Albury, Tuesday 2 December 8am—6pm, Wednesday 3 December 8am—3.30pm. Please see details on noticeboard. For more info or to offer help phone John Goonan 0428 970 445. Catholic/Christian Radio Program This week ‘The Journey’ starts with a gospel reflection from Matt 25; Fr Dave Callaghan reflects on ‘Becoming like little Children’ and Jude interviews some young people who have been on a year of mission with the NET Team of Australia. Tune into 98.5 THE LIGHT Albury/Wodonga Sun 23 Nov at 11am, 5pm & 9pm or listen via podcast anytime at www.radio.dow.org.au   CARDS AND CALENDARS On sale at the rear of the Church: Columban Art Calendars - $8 Christmas Cards (pack of 10) - $6 Monday—24th November -St Andrew Dung Lac, priest, martyr Andrew Dung-Lac was one of 117 people martyred in Vietnam between 1820 and 1862. Members of this group, which included a nine-year-old boy, were beatified on four different occasions between 1900 and 1951. All were canonized by St John Paul II. Feast of Christ the King– Year A Readings: Ezekiel 34: 11-12,15-17, ; 1 Cor 15: 20-26,28; Matt 25: 31-46 Responsorial Psalm The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want Reflection on the Readings: We profess our faith when we care for those in need “The criterion by which we will be judged when we come into the presence of God is practical, simple and clear. It is not so much what we do for the God ‘we cannot see’ that matters, in the end, but what we do for one another – expressing the fact that we are true children of the same Father (cf.1 Jn 4:20). And among God’s children it is the poor and needy who should have our special care – our ‘preferential option.’ The things that will establish our worth in the sight of God, and our readiness to share in God’s friendship, are simple things, possible to all, learned and simple, rich and poor. What overturns our expectations and is immensely reassuring is the fact that those who have proved themselves worthy of hearing the Lord’s invitation – ‘Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take for your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world’ – may well be taken unawares. Responding to the grace of God, working in them ‘in a hidden way’ (Gaudium et spes, n.22), they have shown themselves true children of the Father – helping for the sake of those in need, without any thought of a reward. Matthew’s tableau finds a place among the elect for all who fight unselfishly humanity’s ancient enemies: ‘ignorance, poverty, disease, injustice, bigotry, death of body or soul (B. Vawter).’The greatest inspiration of all, however, is found in the Lord’s affirmation, ‘You did it to me. ’ Sharing our humanity and experience in a struggling world, the ‘Son of Man’ has made himself one in a privileged way with those in greatest need. (From a sermon by Fr John Thornhill) 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