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WEEKEND’S READINGS — PENTECOST SUNDAY YEAR C
lives again; it is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’ The Spirit himself and our spirit bear united witness that we are children of God. And if we are children we are heirs as well: heirs of God and coheirs with Christ, sharing his sufferings so as to share his glory.
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!
Gospel Jn 14:15-16. 23-26
Jesus said to his disciples ‘If you love me you will keep my commandments. I shall ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you for ever. If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him and make our home with him. Those who do not love me do not keep my words. And my word is not my own; it is the word of the one who sent me. I have said these things to you while still with you; but the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.’
First Reading Acts 2:1-11
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 ap-peared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these sepa-rated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak for-eign 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 hap-pen that each of us hears them in his own native lan-guage? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; people from Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and 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.’
Responsorial Psalm Ps 103:1. 24. 29-31. 34
(R.) 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. (R.)
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. (R.)
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. (R.)
Second Reading Rom 8:8-17
People who are interested only in unspiritual things can nev-er be pleasing to God. Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you. In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong to him. Though your body may be dead it is because of sin, but if Christ is in you then your spirit is life itself because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
So then, my brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will live.
Everyone moved by the Spirit is a son of God. The spirit you received is not the spirit of slaves bringing fear into your
FOLLOWING THE MISSAL Preface of Pentecost, Eucharistic Prayer III
Next Week’s Readings: The Most Holy Trinity Sunday
Prov 8:22-31; Rom 5:1-5; Jn 16:12-15
Catholic Parish of the Nambucca Valley *Corpus Christi, Bowraville *St Patrick’s, Macksville *Our Lady Star of the Sea, Nambucca Heads *Christ the King, Taylors Arm
Administrator: Fr Shelwin Fernandez
Parish Secretary: Mrs Angela Argent
Parish Office: Postal Address: PO Box 38, Macksville 2447 Street Address: 78 Wallace Street, Macksville Telephone: 6568 1107 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.nvparish.com.au
Urgent Matters: 0481 277 532
Office Hours Monday, Tuesday & 8.30am to 3.00pm Thursday
Nambucca Presbytery:
Telephone: 6568 6642 Parish Schools:
St Patrick’s Primary School—Macksville 32 Macksville Heights Drive, Macksville Phone: 02 6568 1397 Website: www.macvplism.catholic.edu.au
St Mary’s Primary School —Bowraville 4 Carbin Street, Bowraville Phone: 02 65647369 Website: www.bwpplism.catholic.edu.au
PENTECOST SUNDAY - YEAR C 9TH JUNE 2019
Welcome everyone! Especially to the new members of our parish and to our visitors from near and far.
Embracing the Holy Spirit! At the centre of Christian faith is the great paradox: God is one, yet God is three. Our tradition also speaks of God as “three persons – Father, Son and Spirit.” But how do we know this? We know this because of the witness of Jesus’ own life and the gift of the Holy Spirit that Jesus promises his disciples.
Pentecost is the celebration of that promise when the disciples are “filled with the Holy Spirit” who upturns their lives, transforming them into teachers, preachers, evangelists and missionaries.
The testimony of St Luke in the Acts of the Apostles strains to explain this experience of the Holy Spirit in words. We are given images of a mighty wind, tongues of fire, and the disciples speaking to people from every known land in their own language!
Certainly, we cannot speak of the Holy Spirit as inde-pendent of the Father and the Son; nor should we speak of any ‘person’ of the Trinity in isolation. Too often our culture is inclined to dismiss the “spirit world” as a place of magic, sorcery and the occult. This is a danger if we isolate spiritual knowledge and mystical awareness from the loving embrace of Father, Son and Spirit.
Our Christian vocation is to be “Spirit-filled” people who rely not on our own resources but on the power of the living God. To appreciate this gift of faith is to be a mys-tic, and to live this faith is to be missionary. Pentecost was not a one-off event, but is the ongoing experience of the movement of the Holy Spirit in our world, calling us to the ever-deepening, always surprising, realisation that God is with us, God is in us, and God works through us. And so, we pray: “Come Holy Spirit”.— Gerard Hall SM © Redemptorists 2019
Parish Diary
TUESDAY
11TH JUNE ST BARNARBAS
THE APOSTLE
10:00 am Anointing Liturgy, Riverside
Gardens
5:00 pm Reconciliation, Macksville
5:30 pm Mass, Macksville
WEDNESDAY
12TH JUNE
ST ANTONINA
9:00 am Rosary, Bowraville
9:30 am Mass, Bowraville
THURSDAY
13TH JUNE ST ANTHONY DE
PADUA
9:30 am Mass + Benediction,
Macksville
FRIDAY
14TH JUNE
ST VALERIOUS
9:00 am Mass + Benediction,
Nambucca
SATURDAY
15TH JUNE
ST JOHN FISHER
4:30 pm Reconciliation, Nambucca
5:00 pm Mass, Nambucca Heads
SUNDAY
16TH JUNE
8:00 am Mass, Macksville
9:30 am Mass, Bowraville
FUTURE DATES/EVENTS
JUNE
8th/9th—Planned Giving Renewal
27th—Pre-Baptism Program, St Pat’s Church, 7pm
29th—YOUTH MASS, Macksville, 5pm
30th— Breakie & Catch-up, OLSS, after 8AM Mass
JULY
2nd—Anointing Liturgy, Pacifica 11AM
the community, there is much more to a faith commu-nity and large numbers of parishioners also participate generously giving their time and talents to the many ministries that enhance our parish life and that of the general community.
The sale of older school building and former convent concluded last year. From these sales, it allowed us to complete the renovations and better maintain the re-maining facilities including the former main school building where the Parish Office is located. We took the opportunity of turning two of the old classrooms into function rooms and this was not possible without the generous help of our wonderful volunteers. Alt-hough there is still ample space for other uses that may generate income into the future.
As you may be aware we have two vacant blocks of land which we are now considering of turning into res-idential units with the hope of making income for long term.
We finished the renovation of the former presbytery first quarter of last year and is now an income source. Unfortunately, based on current income sources and increased expenditure, the Parish will not be able to balance our budget in future years unless additional income is sourced. The Parish need to rely heavily on its reserves and property sales which is an issue for the long term viability of the Parish. This is an issue that we can all play a part in addressing through a re-newal of our Planned Giving Program.
Whilst we remain grateful to our existing contributors whose loyalty has helped maintain the Parish over the years, we invite those parishioners who may be new to our Parish, or Parishioners who have not been part of the program, to consider joining. Perhaps parishion-ers who are already part of the program could consid-er increasing their contribution by even a small amount, or those that may have stopped using their envelopes, make a fresh start. .
In the the next four weekends in June (Sundays 2nd, 9th, 16th & 23rd), you have the opportunity to renew or make a pledge. Simply fill out the gifting card and place it in the sealed box at Mass. A quick easy way to express your commitment is through the Electronic Funds Transfer systems available. This will save us the cost of envelopes. This also apply to our existing giv-ers. Please arrange this with the Parish Office or direct any questions you have.
New envelopes will be distributed in the last week of June. Annual Planned Giving Receipts will be given out in July for those existing givers.
Remember the stone rejected by the builders has be-come the cornerstone. Each of you is that new stone in Christ.
May God bless you always.
Fr Shelwin Fernandez
Parish Administrator
PARISH PLANNED GIVING RENEWAL 2019
On behalf of the Finance Council, I wish to thank you for your continued support of the Nambucca Valley Parish’s assets, running costs and pastoral programs through the Planned Giving Program. The Planned Giving Program is the financial contribution parishion-ers make through the second collection. The first col-lection is for the support of the clergy throughout the diocese.
The financial statement will be included in the next few week’s bulletin to give you a better understand-ing of the parish finances and operational costs. It is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve as income received from the interest on Parish reserves has de-creased significantly and the Planned Giving Program has also decreased over time. As we all know from our own experience, expenses only tend to increase.
Whilst the facilities we now have are vital to the life of
** PARISH SOCIAL LUNCH IS TEMPORARILY CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. **
WE PRAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY...
Lord we ask healing for those who are sick. We thank you for those who have recovered. We pray for all who have died and those whose anniversaries occur at this time.
** Mass intention envelopes are located at the back of the church **
SICK: Tom Harris, Beth Mcmallan nee Seagrott, Ruth Grace, Frances Yorke, Pam Halls, Aida Ramirez, Beverly Walsh, Pat Singleton, Russel Walker, Christine Jarrett, Andrew Jones, Kevin Cook, Sally Westaway, Leanne Stephens, David Hooton, Lynde Schubert, Margaret Little, Len Lambert, Dr. Danny Ryan, Norma James, Russel & Chris Dire, Baby Lucy Clark, Jake Vincent, Maddison Price, Brian (Jerry) Barber, Liam Cook, Jude Ross, Jessie Vincent, James Cook
ANNIVERSARY: Don McLeod, Rino Costa, Fr. Bede Francis Parker, Mary O’Brien, Aaron Argent, Neville & Beryl Miles, Patrick Doolan, Bill Glover, Marlene Cook, Lily Laverty, Tony Laverty, Joan Goldspring, Gordon Ryan
RECENTLY DECEASED: Glen Jones
SPECIAL INTENTION: William Eustaquio, Sunshine Olarte, Caridad Eustaquio, John Eustaquio, Maria Calzo, Peggy Lyon, Caterina Sarzotti, Frank Sarzotti, Demetrio Dela Cruz, Merlita Eustaquio, Madge Mclachlan
If you wish us to visit any family members who are in hospital or infirm, please notify the parish office
BAPTISM THIS WEEKEND…
We welcome Violet Evelyn Grady into our faith community through the sacrament of Baptism this Sunday at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Nambucca.
May God guide Violet and her family with His wisdom and grace, every step of the way .
PLEASE SEE CHANGE
IN MASS TIMES
SAVE THE DATE: PARISH “CHRISTMAS IN JULY” LUNCH
28th JULY 2019, SUNDAY, 12NN @ NAMBUCCA RSL CLUB
Ministry Roster — 15th & 16th June 2019
Nambucca Heads
5:00 PM
Macksville
8:00 AM
Bowraville
9:30 AM
Commentator Pat Smith J Miles C Townley
Reader J Ingold K Smith A Argent
Extra-ordinary Ministers of
Holy Communion
M Dwarte, M Dallas,
P Stewart
J Hasson, N Latham, K Smith L Mcleod
Procession of Gifts J & L Smith S & J Nebauer Argent Family
Greeters/Hospitality Betty / Melina M Howle, L Welsh
Altar Servers M Dillow/ A Andrews T Wall, J Donnelly, L Booth T Leece, M Recklies
Sacristan M Dwarte U Goodwin
Counters B & R McFadyen
Church Caring H Forrester
CUPPA AND CATCH-UP THIS WEEKEND @ MACKSVILLE
After 8AM Mass. All welcome! Gold coin donation.
CHANGES TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF CATHOLIC LEADER PAPER
Effective 25th May, the paper will no longer be deliv-ered to the parishes due to rising costs of distribution. Instead, the Catholic Leader will be available to readers by individual subscriptions delivered to homes at $90.00 annually for 50 issues or digital edition deliv-ered to your email at $50.00 annually for 50 issues.
To subscribe, please visit www.catholicleader.com.au/subscribe. Thank you for continued support all these years.
A very special birthday greeting goes to this wonderful lady in our parish! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAN RICHARDS!
The whole parish community is wishing you a very happy and blessed birthday!
ATTENTION: GARDEN ENTHUSIASTS Nambucca Valley Garden Club have a few seats left for trip to Bathurst on the 25th to 28th October to visit open gardens in the Bathurst area, also visiting other places on the way. For more info contact May on 65686285.
