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

mooroopna@cdos.org.au

Updated - Mass Times

Weekend Mass

Sat Vigil               6.30pm 

Sunday                10.00am

Reconciliation

10.3am to 11.00am - Saturday

Weekday Mass Times

Wednesday 31st March 6pm

Thursday 1st April 

Mass of the Last Supper and commitment for

Special Ministers to renew followed by Adoration at Altar of Repose 

7.00pm —9.00pm

 Friday 2nd April Celebration of the Lords Passion 3pm 

HOLY WEEK & EASTER MASS TIMES

St. Mary’s Mooroopna

Thurs 1/4—Holy Thursday

Mass of the Last Supper, 7.00pm

We issue an invitation to all our

Special Ministers to be present at this Mass 

to renew their commitment

Frid  2/4—Good Friday

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion 3.00pm

Sat 3/4—Easter Vigil 7.30pm

Sun 4/4—Easter Sunday Mass 10.00am 

St. Brendan’s Shepparton

Thurs 1/4—Holy Thursday 5.30pm

Frid  2/4—Good Friday 3.00pm

Sat 3/4—Easter Vigil 7.00pm

Sun 4/4—Easter Sunday Mass                                              8.00am & 11.00am 

NEW - Prayer for those in Need

Dear God,  

As we gather for prayer today, may we bring to mind our neighbours in NSW and Queensland who have been ravaged by this 100 year flood event.

Help us to walk beside those in need who are carrying heavy burdens by providing clothing, food and shelter.   In their despair grant them strength so they  may  find peace and comfort in your love.

 

AMEN

 

NEW - Looking at The Readings

As with Mark’s Gospel, the account of the Lord’s Passion is the shortest of those of the four evangelists. I am somewhat thankful for this. My first day at Catholic University America I had to sit a two hour Latin test which comprised of translating St Jerome’s Latin into English of Mark’s Passion. It is simple Latin but more fortunately I had read it three times on Palm Sunday earlier in that year. The language is simple but its implications are deep. The secrets within his earlier mission are revealed. He is publicly acclaimed the Son of God. He is seen as the Master giving instructions. The Old is replaced by the New with the tearing of the veil in the temple: we now have a new temple, the body of Christ. 

The paucity of words of Jesus from his arrest to his death are significant also in revealing his messianic secret. He speaks only three times: to the high priest’s question he answer “I am [the Messiah] the son of Man” to Pilate’s question are you King of the Jews, “Yes” and finally “Eloi, Eloi lama sabachthani”, the words of the suffering servant, Psalm 22:1 is also an ancient reference to the Messiah.

New - Liturgical Jottings - Passion (Palm) Sunday

This Sunday seems to have two titles. Passion Sunday because this is the day the entire Passion of the Lord is proclaimed as the Gospel. Palm Sunday because this day the palms and olives branches are blessed and distributed recalling the event of the people receiving Christ into Jerusalem. This was the very first Palm Sunday Procession or March.

 

We begin Holy Week. Two Gospels are read; one at the beginning of the Mass and the other in the Liturgy of the Word, They relate the events for the whole week. But no one-day is able to celebrate the entire mystery of the Last Supper, Passion, Death and Resurrection of the Lord. We take eight days.

NEW - A Passion Sunday Prayer

With the tearing of the veil 

on account of Adam's debts,

tear my ingrained meanness, 

destroy the bond of my life's sins.

I believe with all my soul 

and adore you, O only Son,

forgive me the faults I committed;

may my past sins not be remembered.

A prayer by Nerses Snorhali

NEW - On the Lighter Side

When our son was around five, on Palm Sunday we did the normal parental questioning, “So, what did you learn today at Mass?” He was carrying a small branch home, so we expected to hear about Jesus riding on a donkey and people waving palm branches. Instead, our son said, “I learned not to poke anyone in the eye.” 

 

 New - Quotable Quote

God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be. 

St Teresa of Calcutta

New - Palm Sunday

On Palm Sunday we remember Jesus’ entry into   Jerusalem on a donkey. Jesus accepts death on a cross rather than engaging in violence. The contrast between the Prince of Peace and the powers and  dominions of his day could not be starker. This is the basis of the Palm Sunday tradition of protest in favor of peace and non-violent alternatives for addressing social, ecological and economic and political issues. 

Reflection

Jesus is known by many names, including     Prince-of-Peace (Isaiah 9:6). As Isaiah goes on to say “He will reign on David’s throne and over all his kingdom; he will establish and uphold it with justice and righteousness” (Is 9:7). Jesus is a peacemaker: he shows us how to live in right   relationship with ourselves, with each other, with God, and with the whole of God’s creation. 

The Reign or Dominion of God is not just a future event for which we simply wait. It is already    present and active among us. God invites us to participate in its unfolding until, in the fullness of time, God brings it to completion. We don’t just wish for a peaceful world, peaceful communities and peaceful families – we are called to live in a way that brings these things into being. It is a way of making the kingdom of justice, love and peace announced by the Prince of Peace manifest in the world.

Sandie Cornish

New - Chrism Mass

Mass of the Oils

Tuesday, 30th. March, 2021, 11.00am

Sacred Heart Church, Bendigo

ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THIS BEAUTIFUL MASS 

 New - HOLY LAND COMMISSARIAT

GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION

This collection promotes the missionary work of the Church of the Holy Land by providing welfare assistance to local Christians in areas such as health, education, employment and housing.   Parishes, schools, orphanages and medical centres throughout the Holy Land rely on assistance from this collection.

Please remember the Christians of the Holy Land on Good Friday, 2nd. April.

Envelopes will be available in the Church 

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

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Live Services From Sandhurst With Bishop Shane

12.10pm every weekday and 10.00am Sundays

 www.sandhurst.catholic.org.au

OTHER OPTIONS FOR YOU AT HOME -

DAILY TV MASS Livestream from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council of Canada: https://dailytvmass.com/ and

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