The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

PARISH OF ANNERLEY EKIBIN Sunday of the Resurrection [OF] & [EF]

11th/12th April 2020

Parish Office

14 Ferndale Street, Annerley 4103

PO Box 3131, Tarragindi 4121.

Office Hours:- 9:00am - 1:00pm

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

Phone: 3848 1107

Fax: 3848 1855

Email: annek@bne.catholic.net.au

Web: www.annerleyekibinparish.com www.facebook.com/ annerleyekibinparish

www.twitter.com/AnnerleyEkibin

Parish Priest :

Fr Scot Anthony Armstrong

Parish Team:

Ms Shirley Sadler

(Parish Secretary) Mrs Kathy Ducker (Finance Officer)

Ms Teresa Martin

(Sacramental Co-ordinator)

† Mary Immaculate Church

616 Ipswich Road, Annerley

† St John Fisher Church

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

† St Elizabeth’s Chapel

61 Effingham Street, Ekibin

St Elizabeth’s Primary School

Phone 3848 0828

Mary Immaculate Primary School

Phone 3848 8965

Our Lady’s Secondary College

Phone: 3426 8000

St John Fisher Hall

17 Messines Ridge Road, Tarragindi

Phone 3848 1107 (Office hours)

The Brisbane Oratory in Formation

Oratory House - 3392 9247

16 Ferndale Street, Annerley

http://brisbane-oratory.org/

Fr Adrian Sharp (Moderator)

Fr Andrew Wise

Fr Scot Armstrong

Br Tyson King

Br Conor Power

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable

Adults Parish Representative

Contact for Safeguarding concerns

Marie Melski (3848 0338)

Catholic Enquiry Group

Teresa Martin (0413 763 256)

Frassati (Young Men)

Jerome Shogren (0449 090 071)

Flores Teresianes (Young Women)

Bernadette Tomlin (0401 446 613)

Frassati Youth (High School age)

Br Tyson King (3392 9247) frassatiyouthbrisbane@gmail.com

St Vincent de Paul Helpline

Phone: 1800 846 643

Homeless Hotline: 1800 846 437

Dear Parishioners, A very happy and blessed Easter to all of our parishioners, as you celebrate the triumph of the love

of Christ in this time of a kind of "imposed retreat". It is possible for us this Easter to enter into the

mysteries we celebrate even more prayerfully than ever before. Recently, I have been struck by the

power of an ancient hymn, given in the Divine Office for these days, to communicate the mysteries

of salvation in a way prose rarely achieves. Here are some excerpts from it:

in Christ, Fr Scot Anthony Armstrong

Readings for next Sunday

18th/19th April, 2020

1st: Acts 2: 42-47

2nd: 1 Peter 1: 3-9

Gospel: John 20: 19-31

Livestreaming is available from the Birmingham Oratory Church every day. Below is the complete Livestreaming schedule (local time):

Daily Schedule: 9am Mass (Latin, EF);11am Mass (English); 6pm Rosary and Act of Spiritual Communion

(Sunday: Vespers) Please view at this link: https://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/live-stream/

FROM THE BIRMINGHAM ORATORY The Birmingham Oratory was founded by St John Henry Newman on 1st February 1848. He

was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Rome in 1847. In Rome he joined the Congregation of the Oratory founded in the 16th century by St Philip Neri later known as the Apostle of Rome. The Oratory in Birmingham was first established in Maryvale, then moved to a converted gin distillery in Digbeth, and finally settled at Edgbaston in 1852. After Newman’s death in 1890 it was decided to replace the first Oratory church with a larger building as a memorial to him. The architect E. Doran Webb (1864-1931) was commissioned and the foundation stone was laid in 1903. The church is built in a classical style which

evokes early Italian baroque and is an example of Edwardian baroque architecture.

The new church was built on top of the old church, with the old church remaining in use for a time, before it was dismantled and the remains removed to reveal the new church. The total length of Doran Webb’s church is 198 feet, of which the Nave accounts for 152 feet: the total breadth is 57 feet of which the Nave is 45 feet. The ceiling rests directly upon an architrave and is tunnel-vaulted instead of the flat roof more usual in basilica-style buildings. Lighting is provided by dormer windows set into the roof and from four rectangular windows in the drum of the dome.

A detailed history of the Birmingham Oratory is available here: https://archive.org/details/BirminghamOratoryGuide/page/n8/mode/2up

1. Now the thirty years are ended

which on earth he willed to see.

Willingly he meets his passion,

born to set his people free:

on the cross the Lamb is lifted,

there the sacrifice to be.

2. There the nails and spear he suffers,

vinegar and gall and reed.

From his sacred body piercèd

blood and water both proceed:

precious flood, which all creation

from the stain of sin hath freed.

3. Faithful Cross, above all other,

one and only noble Tree.

none in foliage, none in blossom,

none in fruit thy peer may be.

Sweet the wood and sweet the iron,

and thy load, most sweet is he.

4. Bend, O lofty Tree, thy branches,

thy too rigid sinews bend;

and awhile the stubborn harshness,

which thy birth bestowed, suspend;

and the limbs of heaven’s high Monarch

gently on thine arms extend.

5. Thou alone wast counted worthy

this world’s ransom to sustain,

that a shipwrecked race for ever

might a port of refuge gain,

with the sacred Blood anointed

of the Lamb for sinners slain.

6. Praise and honour to the Father,

praise and honour to the Son,

praise and honour to the Spirit,

ever Three and ever One:

One in might and One in glory,

while eternal ages run.

Catholic Enquiry Group The Catholic Enquiry Group is currently in recess. For further information about the Catholic faith, or if you interested in becoming Catholic, please phone:- Teresa Martin 0413 763 256 or email sacramental_annek@bne.catholic.net.au

ELECTRONIC GIVING: BSB: 064 786 Account Number: 516991102

Account Name: Annerley Ekibin Parish

Thank you for supporting our parish.

Reflection

Our sweet Christ, the Word Incarnate, has given Himself to us for everything that was necessary for us, even to the hard and ignominious death upon the cross. St Philip Neri

Don't measure your love of our Lord by the depth of your feelings; this is truly a small measure. Abandon yourself into His hands with confidence; your love will increase more and more, but you will not notice it, and that does not matter. Don't ever allow yourself to become upset by your misfortunes...should you find yourself in this situation by the will of God, remain humble and lowly before God and be at great peace. Respond to all misfortunes with gentleness, peace, tenderness and interior moderation before God, abandoning yourself simply into His hands so that He may make of you and in you what He pleases. Don't allow yourself to become disheartened or discouraged if it appears that you are making no progress...Simply strive to forget all these things and turn your mind toward God...as long as you are busy with yourself, you will not make much

progress on the way to perfection. [O]nly look at God, and this with a pure and simple faith.

J. Philippe. Searching For and Maintaining Peace (Sceptre, New York, 2002)

THIS WEEK’S NEWS FROM CHERISH LIFE

Australia's largest abortion provider Marie Stopes Australia (MSA), which performs around 40,000 out of Australia's 70,000 to 80,000 abortions a year, may be forced to shut its doors due to a lack of personal

protective equipment (PPE).

MSA has complained it only has about two weeks supply of surgical masks and hand sanitiser left, which are required for performing surgical abortions.

The profit-making abortion giant has had orders for PPE cancelled or refused because the supplies are required for frontline medical staff fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

MSA’s chief executive, Jamal Hakim, complained: "Many PPE suppliers do not consider abortion to be healthcare." We couldn't agree more.

Very encouragingly, the Australian Government also has declined requests from MSA for PPE, suggesting instead that they go to Chemist Warehouse to try to purchase them there.

Cherish Life applauds the Australian Government and wholesalers reserving PPE for true medical professionals who save lives and not abortionists. Additionally, elective surgery around Australia is being cancelled, and since around 98% of abortions in Australia are for convenience, i.e. "elective surgery", it is only fair that they are cancelled too.

If MSA is forced to shut its doors, the lives of thousands of babies will be saved and their mothers rescued from the heartbreak of abortion.

It would be one good thing that has resulted from this terrible pandemic.

In other recent news: Vale, Bruce Dawe, Australia’s much loved, pro-life poet (15 February 1930 -1 April 2020). Dawe stated his stance quite simply when he said “I’m all in favour of the unborn having rights too. I don’t believe that simply because the unborn happen to be located where they are, gives...the unborn child no rights.” Even though he was Catholic, Dawe also stated that he “had been writing about abortion long before I became a Catholic. It’s something that went with my belief in the sacredness of life, and so it’s consistent with a generally anti-nuclear view of the world, and a pro-environmental view of life.” Search The Wholly Innocent online for Bruce Dawe’s powerful polemic on abortion, told from the perspective of the unborn child. The poet risked professional prestige and lost important contracts through his public readings of this poem. †RIP Bruce Dawe

(With thanks to Andrew Mullins, Mercatornet, 6 April 2020)

FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BRISBANE: EASTER RESOURCES

Tune into the Archdiocese’s live webcasts of Mass, as well as other special events in the life of the

Church: https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/multimedia/web-cast/

In these unique times where our Sunday Masses have been suspended, you may wish to read the

Sunday readings and associated commentaries at home. This link also provides family prayers, week-

by-week: https://www.liturgybrisbane.net.au/prepare/sunday-readings-and-family-prayer/

COLLECTIONS: ELEC CONTRIBUTIONS \ (average for week): $1,628.40

Thank you from a grateful Parish.

Saturday, 11th April, Private:

For the intentions of the Goodwin Family

Sunday, 12th April, Private, 7:00am:

For the Holy Souls in purgatory

Private: Mass for the people ‘pro populo’

Private:

For the repose of the soul of Jacomina Maria Scott

Monday, 13th April, Private:

For Frassati groups and their members

7:00am, Private: For the Pope and the Bishops

Tuesday, 14th April, Private: For all souls in purgatory, especially deceased members of FOSS

7:00am, Private:

For Angelorum College, and for a special intention

Wednesday, 15th April, Private:

For the repose of the soul of Phyllis Johnson

7:00am, Private:

For all the sick and for the other intentions of the donor

Thursday, 16th April, Private:

For the intentions of the Goodwin Family

7:00am, Private: For the Benefactors of the Brisbane Oratory in Formation, living and deceased

Friday, 17th April, Private:

For the personal intentions of Gloria Ortiz, Birthday

7:00am, Private: For the Holy Souls in purgatory

Saturday, 18th April, Private:

For the Holy Souls in purgatory

7:00am, Private: For the Holy Souls in purgatory

Sunday, 19th April, Private: For a special intention

7:00am, Private: For the Pope and the Bishops

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION A spiritual communion is a devotional practice whereby we exercise the mind and heart in desiring to receive Christ in the Holy Eucharist, either as a preparation for participation in the Mass, or when it is not possible to receive Holy Communion. Since Christ himself is the ultimate goal of every human desire, the value of a well made spiritual communion is very great. "When you do not receive Communion and you do not attend Mass, you can make a spiritual communion, which is a most beneficial practice; by it the love of God will be greatly impressed upon you." (St Teresa of Avila, the Way of Perfection, Ch35). St John Vianney taught that making a spiritual communion has an effect like that of blowing on embers to make them flame up again, so the love of God flames up in the heart by means of the spiritual communion. The most generally known form is that of St Alphonsus de Liguori:

"My Jesus, I believe that You are truly present in the Blessed Sacrament. I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, please enter spiritually into my soul. I welcome you, I love and adore You, never permit me to be separated from You. Amen."

WE PRAY FOR:-Those who are recently deceased:

Maria DALL’ALBA, Eugene DONNELLY (Ireland) Sr M Raymond RSM, Gaynor KANE and John MOSS. Those who are sick: Ksenia BORODIN, Rex BOWEN, Verna BOWEN, Clare CLARK, Duncan CARSTENS, Ruth Mary DALY, Sylvia DE LUCA, Shannon EMSLIE, Mark FARRAH, Jane FARRELL, Maria FARRELL, Bryan FITZPATRICK, Joan FLEW, Anne FRANETTOVICH, Gwen GAIR, Gloria GARR, Bronte GREER, Marlene JOHNSTON, Tony LEVICK, Ben McFADDEN

((Ireland) Marie MITCHELL, Barbara MASON, Fr Ron MOLLISON, Mila PICKARD, Ron ROFE, Joan ROONEY, Joan RYAN, Rosa Maria SANTOS, Joan TATHEM, Norma TORPEY, Josephine & Bill WRIGHT and Matthew ZEMEK.

All the faithful departed especially those whose anniversary falls at this time. Please call the Parish Office to have names placed on any of the

lists above or to remove someone who is now well.

Image © Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Stayton

ACT OF PERFECT CONTRITION

Through an act of Perfect Contrition you can receive the forgiveness of your sins outside of confession, even mortal sins, provided that you determine yourself

to correct your life and make a firm resolution to go to sacramental confession as soon as you can, when it becomes possible. Remember, these are extraordinary measures only, for times when a priest is truly not available to you.

Perfect Contrition is sorrow and detestation of sin arising out of the love of God. One way of exciting this contrition in our hearts is by considering the passion of Jesus Christ and making acts of love for Him. We can also think of the infinite love which God has for

us, and express sorrow in our heart in the presence of this great love which we have offended.

O my God, I am heartily sorry for all the sins of my life simply because by them I have offended You and Your infinite love. I desire never to offend You again. Grant that my soul my enter into Your grace, and remain united to You forever. Amen.

Easter Sunday, Year A, 11th/12th April, 2020

MASS READINGS

First Reading: Acts 10:34, 37- 43

Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: "You have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John had been preaching baptism. God had anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and because God was with him, Jesus went about doing good and curing all who had fallen into the power of the devil. Now I, and those with me, can witness to everything he did throughout the countryside of Judaea and in Jerusalem itself: and also to the fact that they killed him by hanging him on a tree, yet three days afterwards God raised him to life and allowed him to be seen, not by the whole people but only by certain witnesses God had chosen beforehand. Now we are those witnesses - we have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead - and he has ordered us to proclaim this to his people and to tell them that God has appointed him to judge everyone, alive or dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear this witness: that all who believe in Jesus will have their sins forgiven through his name."

The Word of the Lord Response: Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm 117 (Said by all)

Give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. Let the sons of Israel say: ‘His love has no end.’

The Lord’s right hand has triumphed; his right hand raised me up. I shall not die, I shall live and recount his deeds.

The stone which the builders rejected has become the corner stone. This is the work of the Lord, a marvel in our eyes.

Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-4

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God's right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed - and he is your life - you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.

The Word of the Lord Response: Thanks be to God

Gospel Acclamation:

Alleluia, alleluia! Christ has become our paschal sacrifice; Let us feast with joy in the Lord. Alleluia!

Gospel: John 20:1-9 It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb.

She saw the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb" she said "and we don't know where they have put him." So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciples who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Memorial Acclamation: Number Three

Save us, Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and Resurrection you have set us free.

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