Parish Bulletin
St Mary’s Parish Prayer
God our Father, as we thank you for the blessings, we ask you to bless this Parish of yours, so that we may love you more.
Encircle our families with your loving care.
Help parents to be good examples to their
children and our youth to grow in strength as good Christians.
To the sick grant health, to the aged bring serenity and to those in sorrow, joy.
May we grow stronger in faith and may
our love for one another become deeper
in our daily living.
We make this through the intercession of our Mother Mary. Amen
UPDATED- Parish Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday, 9.00am to 4.00pm. You are welcome to call Brenda directly on 0466 830 682 if the parish number 5825 2034 is unattended.
Bulletin notices are welcome and can be phoned to 5825 2034 or emailed to the office
Updated - Mass Times
Weekend Mass
Sat Vigil 6.30pm
Sunday 10.00am
Reconciliation
10.3am to 11.00am - Saturday
Weekday Mass Times
Wednesday 26th May 6pm
Thursday 27th May 6pm
Friday 28th May 10am
New - PARISH BAPTISMS
Commencing in June, our baptism procedures will change. All candidates will be welcomed into our parish family at 10.00am mass and baptised on the second Sunday of each month at 11.00am.
EASY WORSHIP
Sat 29th May Liz Donnelly
Sat 30th May AM Carroll
ANNUAL MASS COUNT
Its time for the annual Mass Count which will take place at both masses for the month of May. Thank you for your patience
NEW - Focus on the Readings
As with the Ascension last week, the account of Pentecost is given in the first reading, the Acts f he Apostles. Again the event is seeped in mystery and drama. The Second Reading on the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the Gospel on the effects of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Disciples: truth and glory complement our reading of the Pentecost event. It occurred in time but is timeless for our annual celebration.
By repetition St Paul emphasised the imperative to be guided by the Holy Spirit (verses 16, 18 & 26). Disciples must living accordingly showing the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. This impressive list is in opposition to the tendencies of the flesh that St Paul also lists.
The Holy Spirit is called the Advocate, the Paraclete, the Witness. The overtones of the legal system is not lost on the reader and the apostles for many a time they faced tribunals, courts and the Sanhedrin to give witness and defence of their Christian faith. “Thanks to the Spirit, the Word is still living in the world, being poured out and raising up new disciples everywhere … so that the kingdom may come.”
New - Words of Pope Francis
We need the Spirit to give us new eyes, to open our mind and our heart so as to face this moment and the future with the lesson we have learned: we are a single humanity. We cannot save ourselves by ourselves. No one saves him or herself alone. No one. Saint Paul said, in the Letter to the Galatians: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (3:28), united by the power of the Holy Spirit. Through this baptism of the Holy Spirit that Jesus announces. We know it, we knew it, but this pandemic we are living through has made us experience it in a much more dramatic way Pentecost Message 2020
New - On the Lighter Side
A class was studying the fruits of the Holy Spirit as listed in Galatians 5:22. A child asked which of the fruits is the greatest? It is like the lawyer’s question to Jesus: “What is the greatest commandment?” Jesus replied: “Love God, … and love your neighbour …” Love is the first listed and perhaps the greatest of the fruits of the Holy Spirit!
NEW - Quote of the Day
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Shout to the Lord all the earth, ring out your joy. Psalm 97:4
UPDATED - MASS with MONS PETER
These masses are being videod and uploaded to YouTube and the parish website late Saturday afternoon
https://www.stmarysmooroopna.com
and go to - Mass Schedule,
- This week
Live Services From Sandhurst With Bishop Shane
12.10pm every weekday and 10.00am Sundays
OTHER OPTIONS FOR YOU AT HOME -
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