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HOMILY by Richard Leonard SJ Recently I was invited to a relative’s home for dinner. This family has been having more than a little trouble with their 13-year-old daughter, who is going through a particularly defiant and rebellious stage. The young girl was not happy with the vegetables her mother served at dinner and so she refused to eat them. The uneaten vegetables became the
staging ground for an adolescent conflict. Trying to coax the girl into eating, her mother calmly used some lines I’d heard before. ‘Wasting food is a sin’ and ‘There are starving people in the world who would be grateful for what you
don’t want’. With that the girl jumped up and left the dining room. A few minutes later she returned with an oversized envelope and a marker pen. She began to stuff the food into the envelope and as she did she angrily asked, ‘What
starving people do you want me to send these vegetables to?’ Who said being a parent was easy? Celibacy had never looked better!
In today’s Gospel, after the 5,000 have been fed, Jesus says, ‘Gather the pieces together that are left over. Let
nothing be wasted’. Some of us have never truly been hungry, so it can be hard to fully appreciate how wasteful our developed world must appear to those who watch their families die of starvation. People who lived through the
Depression or have lived through wars often carry the scars of being hungry. To this day some of them are on guard against waste. Others try to numb the memory of want by overindulging. For most of us in the developed world,
especially 13-year-old middle-class kids, hunger has only ever been fleeting, and we are presently eating ourselves into obesity.
Some people would prefer to think of the story of the feeding of the five thousand exclusively in spiritual terms. There is no question that today’s Gospel refers to the Eucharist where all are spiritually nourished by Christ our host. It also refers to the eternal banquet where hunger will be no more. But this Gospel asks us to look at our world through the eyes of Christ’s kingdom where the mighty will be cast down from their thrones, the poor will be raised up, and the
rich who will not share will be sent away.
There is such a thing as healthy guilt. It’s where we become aware of what we have done or failed to do to bring about Christ’s Kingdom in our world. Given that it is entirely unnecessary for 29,000 people, on average, to die each day because of lack of food and water and the diseases this brings, guilt on our part seems a reasonable response. It becomes a healthy moment in our lives when we decide to change our priorities, and call for similar changes in a
nation’s priorities which spends more on bombs than starving babies.
I often wonder what God thinks when he hears wealthy nations say that the reason they refuse to share more with the poor is because these poorer nations often have unelected despots who divert their country’s wealth into Swiss bank
accounts or nuclear and conventional weaponry programmes. Even in the face of these complex issues we could find a way to feed the hungry who might, one day, be empowered to take charge of their nations.
‘What starving people do you want me to send these vegetables to?’, the 13 year old asked. To which I wanted to reply, ‘Put your own name on the envelope because your own comfort makes you the neediest person in the world’.
May this Eucharist enable us to do on earth what is done in heaven, where the hungry are welcomed and fed, the
leftovers are gathered together and nothing is wasted.
© Richard Leonard SJ.
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
29nd of July, 2018
Monday, 25th June 2018 saw the
following children make their
Reconciliation – Lily McIntosh,
Emily Wilkes, Isaac Hilton, Lacey
Hilton, Isla Kearney, Lily Kearney,
Tom Yeo, Grace Leadbetter,
Micky Gibbs, Gus Gibbs, Shelby
Orchard, Beth Orchard, O’Hara
Brennan & Gus Walker. Jackson
Kliendienst, Cooper Kliendienst,
Lucy Hallett & Tayte Hallett were
unable to attend on the Monday
night, so made their
Reconciliation at a later date. We
congratulate these children on
making the next sacrament in
their faith journey.
Indoor Bowls & Cards
The next bowls and cards day will
be held on
Monday 30th July, 2018
Come along to the Parish Centre
from 9:30 – 12:00, for a morning
of fun and fellowship.
Friendship Day
Volunteers Needed
Would you like to participate in Friendship
Day? We are looking for volunteers to
assist on Friendship Day, Friday 2nd
August 2018.There will be 2 sessions:
Session 1: 9.00am -10.45am - Year 5 to 9
Session 2: 11.15am - 12.45pm - Prep to Year 4
(Book Week Parade will be held 2.00pm - 3.00pm)You can
volunteer for one or both sessions. Please contact the
School Office if you are able to help or for more information.
A NEW & REVISED roster for volunteers
will be on the table at the entrance to
the Church.
We thank all our volunteers for your
contribution and a big thank you to Mary
Collins for coordinating the roster.
The next
St Vincent de Paul
Meeting
will be held on
13th August
at 5pm
FRIENDSHIP DAY MASS
Will be held on
Monday 30th July 2018 at 1.30pm
A Finance Committee Meeting
will be held on Thursday 2nd
August at 4pm at the Parish
Centre.
Thank-you for your contributions:
22/07/18
Envelopes: $341.00 Loose: $429.40
Direct Deposits: $125/wk (average over a month)
Parish Bank A/C Details
A/C Name: ADF St Mary’s Parish Goondiwindi
BSB: 064-786 A/C Number: 518826001
If paying by direct deposit, please use your
initials/surname as the reference.
VOLUNTEERS
MASS TIMES
Wednesday……(Rosary 5:10pm).…..5:30pm Friday……12:15pm
29th July 2018
SUNDAY MORNING: Goondiwindi 9.00am
4th/5th August 2018
SATURDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm SUNDAY MORNING: Weengallon 8.00am, Daymar 10.00am
12th August 2018
SUNDAY EVENING: Goondiwindi 6.00pm
19th August 2018 SUNDAY MORNING: Goondiwindi 9.00am
WE PRAY FOR THOSE: Who have entered your kingdom: including Elly Heynen Knols (Teresa Heynen’s aunt),Brian O’Brien (FM’s Uncle), Nick Heironymus, Stella McGovern, Loretta Brennan, Tom Mitchell, Steve Aspinall, Delva Brown, Fay Hunt, Don McDonald, Allan Amey, Barry Kindt, Gwendolyn “Henny” Makim, Epigenia Cabus (Claire & Rose’s sister), Barbara Duffy, Vince O’Brien (Roma), Bishop John Gerry, Laurance Martyn, Frank Brosnan, Max Hohn, Kath Johnson, Muriel “Sis” Plain (Len Cleal’s sister), Robert Miller, Elaine Symes, June Corish, Ted Heironymus, Gloria Glasser, Therese Sullivan, Helen Farrell, Fr. Merv Ziesing, Joan Lawson, Thea McNaulty, Kevin “Skeet” McMaster, David Hollis, Frank Lawless (Stasia’s son), John Clancy, Marie Dutton, Patricia MacBeth (Lismore), Kevin Heironymus, Patricia Manton, Helen Zeller, Richard Everingham, Jim Coleman, Tim Murphy. Whose anniversary is at this time: including Margaret Cook, Pauline Pollock, Joan “Mary” Terry, Len Collins, Vincent Mullins, Darren Benecke, Beryl O’Keefe, John Webber, Robert “Bob” McCall, Sarah “Dot” Drew, Constance Butler, Norman Montgomery, Gay Brydon, Clarence Manton, Kathleen Kyte, Jason Webster, Kathleen Nolan, Gordon “Matey” Cairns, Dolly Cubis, Jamie Smith, Norman Harpur, Peter Lloyd, Kevin O’Brien, Edward Holcombe, Patricia Manton, Kevin Heironymus, Marie Dutton, Helen Zellers, Francis ‘John’ Coade, Kevin Turvey, Valerie McCosker, John Crawley, Valerie Jennings, Michael Brennan, Jim Nolan, Helen Taylor, Sue Bendall, Bob Telford, Vince Mawn, Who are ill: including Celie Brosnan, Mel Cairns, Mick Kelloway, Joy Collins, Hardy Sutton, Donna Lindores, John Abbot, Angus Rigney, Jan Jan Charles, Tom Turvey, Bill Dyer, Trish Dyer, Brian Freeney, Pat & Teresa Mullins, Deanna Dawson, Anne Hunt, Kevin Lawless, Ray Mackie, Peter Keehn, Joan Fleming, Gloria Bale, David Croft, Tim Bourke, Joe Cowmeadow, Shirley Schluter, Stasia Lawless, Paul Lloyd, Mavis Gordon, Jean Ramada, Jean Sizer, Francis Lloyd, Madonna Nicoletti, Stephanie & Chris Adamson, Bailey Brennan, Pauline Robinson, Win Skinner, Sonya Horrigan, Helen Paige, John Toohey, Marie Cook, Phillip Carney, Shirley Riley, and Joseph Hord; also those ill at home, in hospital and for those in Kaloma.
WELCOMERS AT DOOR
TRISH WELSH & PAM MORRIS (10/06)
JENNIFER MAKIM (17/06)
MARY BELL & SHAN PURCELL (24/06)
WELCOMER AT MICROPHONE
CLAIRE CHARLES (10/06)
VOLUNTEER NEEDED (17/06)
ROBYN LINDORES (24/06)
1ST
READER/PSALM
MARY COLLINS (10/06)
PAT THOMPSON (17/06)
CAMILLE KELLOWAY (24/06)
2ND
READING/ALLELUIA
MARY BURCHELL (10/06)
ROS PHILLIPS (17/06)
ANDREW ERBACHER (24/06)
EUCHARIST MINISTERS
MICK CLANCY, YVONNE ISAAK &
CLAIRE CHARLES (10/06)
CARMEL GEESON, CAMILLE KELLOWAY
& DAWN CLANCY (17/06)
MICK CLANCY, ROS PHILLIPS &
MARY BURCHELL (24/06)
DATA PROJECTOR
ROS PHILLIPS (10/06)
ST MARY’S STAFF (17/06)
MARY COLLINS (24/06)
MONEY COUNTERS
KERRY O’CONNOR & CLAIRE CHARLES (10/06)
TERRY & MARGARET RYAN (17/06)
KAREN CAIRNS & MARY COLLINS (24/06)
We pray for the clergy of the Toowoomba Diocese whose anniversary is during
this month. Rev Fr Simon O’Dea (06/07/75) Rev Fr Ralph Underwood (07/07/88)
Rev Fr Patrick Campbell (14/07/97) Rev Fr Neville Grundy (17/07/79)
Rev Fr Joseph Portley (19/07/71) Rev Fr Robert Flynn (22/07/80)
Rev Msgr John Bennett (25/07/99) Most Rev Basil Roper DD (28/07/64)
Lord, hear our prayers and be merciful to your servants, the Bishops and Priests of this Diocese whom you have called from this life. Welcome them into the company of your Saints in the Kingdom of light and peace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
WELCOMERS AT DOOR
SHAN PURCELL (29/07)
DENISE MCCORMACK & MARIE LLOYD
(04/08)
JENNIFER MAKIM (12/08)
WELCOMER AT MICROPHONE
ST.MARY’S SCHOOL (29/07)
PAT THOMPSON (04/08)
MARY COLLINS (12/08)
1ST
READER/PSALM
MARY BURCHELL (29/07)
ANN WEBSTER (04/08)
YVONNE ISAAK (12/08)
2ND
READING/ALLELUIA
GRAHAM MCGOVERN (29/07)
CLAIRE CHARLES (04/08)
VOLUNTEER NEEDED (12/08)
EUCHARIST MINISTERS
CARMEL SCHAUMBURG. SUE MCGOVERN &
RACHAEL REEVES (29/07)
BRETT POLLARD, BRIAN COOK &
MARY COLLINS (04/08)
CAMILLE KELLOWAY, MICK CLANCY &
CLAIRE CHARLES (12/08)
DATA PROJECTOR
VOLUNTEER NEEDED (29/07)
CARMEL SCHAUMBURG (04/08)
CARMEL SCHAUMBURG (12/08)
MONEY COUNTERS
TERRY & MARGARET RYAN (29/07)
KAREN CAIRNS & MARY COLLINS (04/08)
MARY COLLINS & ROS PHILLIPS
GROUNDS ROSTER JULY: THOMPSON FAMILY
AUGUST: GRAHAM McGOVERN &
TERRY RYAN
The next
St Vincent de Paul
Meeting
will be held on
Monday, 16th July at
5pm
GROUNDS ROSTER
JUNE: MICHAEL & JACK SCHAUMBURG
JUNE: TBA
Introduction
When we are tempted to think we go it alone, when we doubt that God will hold us up and sustain us, we
should take another look at the Scriptures for this 17th Sunday in Ordinary time. They are yet one, more
clear directive to believers of how to live. Bear with one another, strive for humility and patience,
preserve unity among us and trust that the Lord will feed and sustain us. When we feel overwhelmed and the path forward is not clear, we must not forget that our work is really the Lord’s and he will provide what
we need.
First Reading 2Kings 4:42-44
Trust that the Lord will provide
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 144:10-11
The Lord hears our pleas and feeds our souls
Second Reading Ephesians 4:1-6
We must live in a manner worthy of our call
ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! A great prophet has appeared among us:
God has visited his people. ALLELUIA!
Gospel John 6:1-15
We will be fed by the bread of life
Prayers of the Faithful
For leaders of nations, especially our own, for all places in our world where violence destroys human dignity, for laws and policies that protect all of life,
from the womb until death ... we pray,
For courage to build bridges of understanding among people — patience to accept human
imperfection and humility to envision a world at peace, we pray,
For those who worry about many things, for surrender and for trust in the Lord to feed us and
sustain us ... we pray,
For those who work the land and farm our fields, for all whose efforts nourish humankind, for renewed
commitment to care for the earth, God’s gift to us ... we pray,
For the sick of the parish, for those who live with addiction or face depression, for families who love
them ... we pray,
Together we pray….
Loving God, source of all life, hear our prayers. Help us surrender to your grace so that we, who are fed at your table, may feed others who yearn for your
peace. Fill our hunger with your love, transform our worries with your grace. Send us forth to live the faith we profess. We ask this in the name of your
Son. Amen.
Parish Priest: Fr Hermi Rafada Ph: 0435 006 513 or 4671 1091
email: [email protected] St Mary’s School: Mr Brett Pollard Ph: 4671 1730
Parish Contact Details [email protected] 69 Callandoon Street PO Box 45, Goondiwindi 4390
Parish Secretary:
Sarah Hedges
Mobile Ph: 0429 926 231
Office Ph: 4671 5087
Wednesday 9.30am – 3.30pm Parish Safeguarding Rep: Mrs Carmel Schaumberg Ph: 0419 786 738
PARISH INFORMATION
17TH
SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
29TH JULY, 2018
