Following on from last week (“You cannot be the slave of both God and money”) we see a practical illustration of what this means. The division between rich and poor

was very striking at the time of Jesus’ popular understanding, however, said that to be rich was a

blessing from God. Jesus reminds people that riches carry their own responsibility – the duty to notice the poor man, especially when he lies at your own gate. In this parable, Jesus is subtly attacking the people’s lack of acceptance of the teaching of the prophets –

“They have Moses and the prophets…”, but they obviously haven’t listened to them. The twist in the last

line is powerful: “…they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead.” Since our world still sees a division between rich and poor, how true

those words have become!

Prayer to St Michael the Archangel

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,

be our safeguard against the wickedness and

snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we

humbly pray and do you, O Prince of the

Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into

hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl

about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

TUE 27 SEPT Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament & Marian Movement of Priests Cenacle 6pm Church NOVENA TO ST MICHAEL AND THE ANGELS 7PM Church RCIA after St Michael’s Devotion 7.45pm Presbytery Meeting Room Spanish Prayer Group 7pm Corroboree Room

WED 28 SEPT Spanish Mass 7pm Church NOVENA TO ST MICHAEL AND THE ANGELS 7PM Church Legion of Mary 7.30pm Old Church

THU 29 SEPT STS MICHAEL, GABRIEL & RAPHAEL ARCHANGELS Morning Prayer Group 10am Corroboree Room Marian Devotion Croatian Prayer Group 11am Church

Devotion to St Michael & the Angels 7pm Church

MASS FOR THE FEAST OF ST MICHAEL 7.30pm

FRI 30 SEPT Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass till 10.30am Church Bible Studies 8pm Corroboree Room

SAT 1 OCT Meditation 8am Presbytery Meeting Room

Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help after 9am Mass

Reconciliation 9.45am and 4pm Cantonese Prayer Group 10.30am Back Meeting Room

SUN 2 OCT FEAST OF ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL

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

SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday Vigil Mass 5pm;

Sunday 8am, 10am and 6pm Spanish:

Saturday 6.30pm Mandarin:

1st & 3rd Sundays at 12.15pm Cantonese:

Fourth Sunday at 12.00pm

WEEKDAY MASSES: Mon, Tues and Wed: 6.45am

Thurs and Fri: 9.15am Saturday: 9am

EVERY 1st FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 6pm

HEALING MASS: First Friday of:

March, June, Sept & Dec at 6pm

CHILDREN’S LITURGY: Sunday 10.00am Mass (except 5th Sunday)

RECONCILIATION: Saturday: 9.45am—10.15am

& 4pm –4.45pm

BAPTISMS: Sunday at 11.15am

MARRIAGES: Please contact the Priest 6mths

prior to the wedding. Pre-marriage course is required

ANOINTING OF THE SICK AND DYING:

Call the Priest any time

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

25 September 2016

We wish all our parish children,

teachers and families a very happy and

safe school holidays and we look

forward to seeing you all next Term.

Blessings to all, Fr Janusz.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with true judgement, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy. FIRST READING: Am 6:1. 4-7 A reading from the prophet Amos The almighty Lord says this: Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion and to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria. Lying on ivory beds and sprawling on their divans, they dine on lambs from the flock, and stall-fattened veal; they bawl to the sound of the harp, they invent new instruments of music like David, they drink wine by the bowlful, and use the finest oil for anointing themselves, but about the ruin of Joseph they do not care at all. That is why they will be the first to be exiled; the sprawlers’ revelry is over. The word of the Lord. RESP PSALM: Ps 145:6-10. R. v.2 All: Praise the Lord, my soul!

1. It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever, who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free.

2. It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down. It is the Lord who loves the just, the Lord, who protects the stranger.

1. He upholds the widow and orphan but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, Zion’s God, from age to age.

All: Praise the Lord, my soul!

SECOND READING: 1 Tm 6:11-16 A reading from the first letter of St Paul to Timothy As a man dedicated to God, you must aim to be saintly and religious, filled with faith and love,

patient and gentle. Fight the good fight of the faith and win for yourself the eternal life to which you were called when you made your profession and spoke up for the truth in front of many witnesses. Now, before God the source of all life and before Jesus Christ, who spoke up as a witness for the truth in front of Pontius Pilate, I put to you the duty of doing all that you have been told, with no faults or failures, until the Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who at the due time will be revealed by God, the blessed and only Ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal, whose home is in inaccessible light, whom no man has seen and no man is able to see: to him be honour and everlasting power. Amen. The word of the Lord. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, alleluia! Jesus Christ was rich but he became poor, to make you rich out of his poverty. Alleluia! GOSPEL: Lk 16:19-31 A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even came and licked his sores. Now the poor man died and was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. ‘In his torment in Hades he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off with Lazarus in his bosom. So he cried out, “Father Abraham, pity me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.” “My son,” Abraham replied “remember that during your life good things come your way, just as bad things came the way of Lazarus. Now he is being comforted here while you are in agony. But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to stop anyone, if he wanted to, crossing from our side to yours, and to stop any

We pray for the repose of the souls of

the recently deceased: Stephen Zebec, Sr Bernadette Culhane, Eileen Veronica

Ryan, Elvira Bellissimo, Luca Dugandzic, Poh Ming Teoh, Sr Margaret Dwyer RSC,

Milagros M. Diola, Jim Dwyer, Georges Antoine, Sr Jean Marie Brennan RSC, Enrique Ynfante,

Veronica Curran and Gregory King.

We remember those relatives and friends who

have departed this life: Uma, Sr Robin, Leonardo Tabuena, Marcelo Diaz, Sixto Lising, Angela Gouveia, Herbert & Dora Christensen, George & Josephine Cowell, Trevor Gaynor,

Fr Ron Harden, Florence May Jones, Ken Lucas, Frank & Lillian Lucas, Manwaring Family,

Alan & Kathleen Mercer, Jennifer Meredith, Antonino Picone, Joseph George Sakr,

Joseph & Cecilia Teo, Anthony Teo and Tracey & Kelly Families.

We pray for: Victor Care and Pasqualino

Famiglietti whose anniversaries occur about now.

We pray for the sick in our community: Anna Siciliano, Wong Luen Chi, Julianna Fitzgerald, Michael O’Connell, Jim Dwyer, Richard Perry,

Harry McHale, Susanne Care, Ellie Humphreys, Keith Hillier, Gloria Elpos, Therese Bull, Bill Banks,

Fred Pereira, Sr Pauline and Georgie Benjamin Craven.

We also pray for the Holy Souls in purgatory

and for those who have no one to pray for them.

Congratulations to:

Lincoln Laird

Son of Cameron and Laura Laird

We welcome him to our Catholic Community.

Through his Baptism we pray he will love and serve the Lord always.

We also pray for his family and ask God to guide and strengthen them as teachers of the faith.

crossing from your side to ours.” ‘The rich man replied, “Father, I beg you then to send Lazarus to my father’s house, since I have five brothers, to give them warning, so that they do not come to this place of torment too.” “They have Moses and the prophets,” said Abraham “let them listen to them.” “Ah no, father Abraham,” said the rich man “but if someone comes to them from the dead, they will repent.” Then Abraham said to him, “If they will not listen either to Moses or to the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead.”’ The Gospel of the Lord. COMMUNION ANTIPHON Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low.

© 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.

SOCIAL JUSTICE STATEMENT 2016- 2017. Social Justice Sunday will be celebrated this Sunday 25 September. The title of the 2016-2017 Statement is “A Place at the Table: Social justice in an

ageing society.” As the ACBC states "If current inequities are not addressed, the hardship vulnerable people experience will simply follow them into retirement". Copies of the Statement and other resources are available from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au.

Check the Notice Board to see what’s happening

in our local and surrounding areas within the Archdiocese of Sydney.

Thurs 29 Sept

Devotion to

St Michael at 7pm

followed by

Mass for the

Feast of

St Michael the Archangel

at 7.30pm.

Everyone is welcome, please join us!

Fact: Saint Michael the Archangel is an angel, a leader of all the angels and of the Army of God.