Sacrament of Confirmation

We have over 30 children who will be receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation next Saturday 10 June 2017 at 2pm.

We would like to thank our Sacramental Team, our St Mary’s Star of the Sea School community, parents and families for your support and prayers during this

preparation time and look forward to a memorable day as the children receive the promises of God, the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

We arrive at the fiftieth day - the completion of the

Easter Season, and the completion of the Paschal Mystery -

Jesus has died, is risen, has ascended to heaven and now gives

birth to his Church, by sending the Spirit upon the apostles.

This feast of the gift of the Spirit is so significant for us, because

it marks the handing on of Jesus’ ministry to the Church.

In the Church we are guaranteed the presence of the Lord, in his

sacraments, in his ministers, in the Blessed Sacrament and in his

Celebrated Word. It also marks the fulfilment of our thoughts

about baptism throughout this season: the gift of the Spirit

which we receive in Confirmation is the ‘seal’ of our baptism,

guaranteeing and confirming all that baptism achieves.

Pentecost Sunday – 4 June 2017 Year A

MON 5 JUNE Queens Birthday Observance

Weekday Mass 9.00am (NO 6.45am Mass on this day)

TUE 6 JUNE Weekday Mass 6.45am

Morning Prayer Group 10am Corroboree Room

Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle 6pm Church

Devotion to St Michael & the Angels 7pm Church

WED 7 JUNE Weekday Mass 6.45am

SMSS Year 6 Reconciliation

Fr Janusz to visit SMSS Year 5 students

Baptism Preparation Course 7.30pm Presbytery Meeting Room

Legion of Mary 7.30pm Old Church

THU 8 JUNE Weekday Mass 9.15am

Marian Devotion Croatian Prayer Group 11am Church

FRI 9 JUNE Weekday Mass 9.15am SMSS Year 6 students and families attending

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament till 10.30am Church

Bible Studies 8pm Presbytery Meeting Room

SAT 10 JUNE Meditation 8am Presbytery Meeting Room

Weekday Mass 9.00am followed by

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Reconciliation 9.45am and 4pm

Confirmation Ceremony 2pm Church

MASS TIMES: 5.00pm Vigil Mass and Spanish Mass 6.30pm

SUN 11 JUNE

HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY

MASS TIMES: 8.00am, 10.00am and 6.00pm.

We pray for the repose of the souls of the recently deceased: Ed McGrath, Mary Sakr,

Keith Hillier, Riccardo Addonizio, Maria Vojnouska, Kelvin Cowan, Modesta Lopez,

Anna Giuliano, Bill Spillane, Abraham Thomas and George Coaker.

We remember those relatives and friends who have departed this life:

Antonio & Caterina Lazzaro, Concetta & Rosa Sama, Joseph Chao, Mary Wong,

Herbert & Dora Christensen, George & Josephine Cowell, Trevor Gaynor, Fr Ron Harden,

Florence May Jones, Frank & Lillian Lucas, Ken Lucas, Alan & Kathleen Mercer, Jennifer Meredith,

Antonino Picone, Joseph George Sakr, Vittorio & Angela Scali and the Tracey and Kelly families.

We also pray for: Paul Mok and Germalina Amper May whose anniversaries occur about now.

We pray for the sick in our community: Nathan Nguyen, Georgie Craven, Huong Anne Nguyen,

Ellie Humphries, Terese Bull, Anne Grout-Smith, Gordana Petkovic, Belinda Gonzalez,

Myrna Gonzales, Carmello Agostino, Marie Louis, Tom Carson, Elizabeth Sydenham,

Elizabeth Morgan, Maria Villella, Joseph Park, Rosemary Craven, Lynette Costa, Atelaite Alamoti,

Lourdes Camilon and Patricia Shiels.

We also pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and for those who have no one to pray for them.

This weekend, we welcome the Catholic Mission Ambassador Paul Kennedy

who will be speaking at all our Masses.

In Bujuni, a remote parish deep in the heart of Uganda, bringing life into the world

is often fraught with danger. Many women take great risks to get to the nearest

affordable maternity ward at St Luke Bujuni Health Centre.

Despite the tireless work of Sister Mary Goretti and her small staff, the health

centre does not have the capacity to deal with the influx of high-risk pregnancies

amongst the many expectant mothers. Sadly, the potential consequences can be

tragic. With your support through Catholic Mission, Sister Goretti is hoping to

expand St Luke’s and provide essential services for women and children.

Please give generously to support women & children’s health through Jesus’

life-giving mission today. Freecall: 1800 257 296 catholicmission.org.au/uganda

CATHOLIC MISSION APPEAL

© The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles, Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved.

HEALING MASS:

First Friday of: March,

June, Sept & Dec at

7.00pm

CHILDREN’S

LITURGY:

Sunday 10.00am Mass

(except 5th Sunday and

holidays)

BAPTISMS:

Sunday at 11.15am

RECONCILIATION:

Sat: 9.45am-10.15am and

4-4.45pm

MARRIAGES:

Please contact the Priest

6mths prior to the

wedding.

ANOINTING OF THE

SICK AND DYING:

Call the Priest any time

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON:

The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole

world and that which contains all things

understands what is said, alleluia.

FIRST READING: Acts 2:1-11

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

When Pentecost day came round, the apostles

had all met in one room, when suddenly they

heard what sounded like a powerful wind

from heaven, the noise of which filled the

entire house in which they were sitting; and

something appeared to them that seemed like

tongues of fire; these separated and came to

rest on the head of each of them. They were

all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to

speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave

them the gift of speech. Now there were

devout men living in Jerusalem from every

nation under heaven, and at this sound they

all assembled, each one bewildered to hear

these men speaking his own language. They

were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely’ they

said ‘all these men speaking are Galileans?

How does it happen that each of us hears

them in his own native language?

Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people

f r o m M e s o p o t a m i a , J u d a e a

a n d C a p p a d o c i a , P o n t u s a n d

Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the

parts of Libya round Cyrene; as well as

visitors from Rome – Jews and proselytes

alike – Cretans and Arabs; we hear them

preaching in our own language about the

marvels of God.’

The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 46:2-3. 6-9.

Ps 103:1. 24. 29-31. 34. R. v.30

All: Lord, send out your Spirit and renew

the face of the earth.

1. Bless the Lord, my soul!

Lord God, how great you are,

How many are your works, O Lord!

The earth is full of your riches.

2. You take back your spirit, they die,

returning to the dust from which they

came.

You send forth your spirit, they are

created; and you renew the face of the

earth.

3. May the glory of the Lord last for ever!

May the Lord rejoice in his works!

May my thoughts be pleasing to him.

I find my joy in the Lord.

All: Lord, send out your Spirit and renew

the face of the earth.

SECOND READING: 1 Cor 12:3-7, 12-13

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to

the Corinthians

No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’ unless he is

under the influence of the Holy Spirit. There

is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit;

there are all sorts of service to be done, but

always to the same Lord; working in all sorts

of different ways in different people, it is the

same God who is working in all of them. The

particular way in which the Spirit is given to

each person is for a good purpose. Just as a

human body, though it is made up of many

parts, is a single unit because all these parts,

though many, make one body, so it is with

Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised,

Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as

citizens, and one Spirit was given to us all to

drink.

The word of the Lord.

SEQUENCE

Holy Spirit, Lord of light,

From the clear celestial height

Thy pure beaming radiance give.

Come, thou Father of the poor,

Come with treasures which endure;

Come, thou light of all that live!

Thou, of all consolers best,

Thou, the soul’s delightful guest,

Dost refreshing peace bestow;

Thou in toil art comfort sweet;

Pleasant coolness in the heat;

Solace in the midst of woe.

Light immortal, light divine,

Visit thou these hearts of thine,

And our inmost being fill:

If thou take thy grace away,

Nothing pure in man will stay;

All his good is turned to ill.

Heal our wounds, our strength renew;

On our dryness pour thy dew;

Wash the stains of guilt away:

Bend the stubborn heart and will;

Melt the frozen, warm the chill;

Guide the steps that go astray.

Thou, on us who evermore

Thee confess and thee adore,

With thy sevenfold gifts descend:

Give us comfort when we die;

Give us life with thee on high;

Give us joys that never end.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION:

Alleluia, alleluia!

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your

faithful

and kindle in them the fire of your love.

Alleluia!

ST MICHAEL’S PARISH

10 Croydon Road, Hurstville 2220

Ph: 9587 2166

www.stmichaelhurst.org.au

PARISH CLERGY:

Parish Priest: Fr Janusz Bieniek CSMA

Assistant Priest: Fr Kenneth Kaimalan CSMA

PARISH STAFF:

Secretary: Leena Strickland-Langatuki

Accounts: Maria Awad

Sacramental Co-ordinator: Valerie Gonzaga

✝GOSPEL Jn 20:19-23

A reading from the holy Gospel according

to John

In the evening of the first day of the week,

the doors were closed in the room where the

disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus

came and stood among them. He said to

them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them

his hands and his side. The disciples were

filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and

he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.

‘As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.’

After saying this he breathed on them and

said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those

whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven: for

those whose sins you retain, they are re-

tained.’

The Gospel of the Lord.

COMMUNION ANTIPHON:

Behold, I am with you always,

even to the end of the age, alleluia.