Entrance Antiphon: I have risen, and I am with you still, alleluia. You have laid your hand upon me, alleluia.Too wonderful for me, this knowledge, alleluia, alleluia.

Communion Antiphon: Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia.

PLEASE PRAY FOR MEMBERS OF OUR PARISH COMMUNITY:Our sick: Lina Beghetto, Archbishop Anthony Fisher, June Lupton, Michael Steel, Bernadette Farrugia, Janno Punla, Conrad Murray, Fr Jaime Bonet, George Sciberras, Mary Cunney, Joao Merchado, Therese Grima, Geoff Shalala, Alexandre Branco, Leonor Flores, Therese Mullaney, Fay Sommers, Richard Hannigan, Maureen McLoughlin, Gavin Abbey, Audrey McDonnell, Steve Estrada and Jacqueline Vella.

Deceased: We pray especially for the deceased of our parish.

Birthdays: Karen Nonis (26 March), Joan Buist (29 March), Gina Di Cristo, Shoshanna Marrett (30 March), Anne Galvin (1 April).

Death Anniversary: Ken Cullen (1 April)

FR GREG EASTER MESSAGE… "Why look among the dead for one who is alive? He is not there, he is risen..." (Luke 24:5). N This was the message to the women to came to the tomb. Nor should we today look for Jesus among the dead but among the living, among those who live in this world with the hope of being there at the Resurrection of the Dead in the Kingdom of God. The message of Easter is that we are all loved by our merciful God, beyond and above any human love we have ever known. Jesus never stopped loving his disciples even though they failed him miserably. Nor has he ever stopped loving us, though we do the same. The one who loves us is the same Jesus who not only took on the Cross, but was resurrected from the dead, to show us that He is alive and that we, too, will live forever through faith in him. So death isn’t the final stop on the journey of life. Love is Eternal, and so will our lives be, if we believe in Christ and follow his lead. 

And so, on this Resurrection Sunday, I invite you to join with me in making a fresh start in life, to let the Risen Christ’s love shine out into the darkness of our world and make it more akin to the Kingdom of God, especially in this Jubilee Year of Mercy. And I pray that the joy of Easter may invade our hearts and radiate out the risen presence of Christ to everyone we meet.

ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, ROSEBERY Fr Greg Morgan Parish Administrator

Phone: 9663 1183 | Fax: 8964 9885 Office: 1a Morley Ave, Rosebery 2018

roseberycatholic@gmail.com | www.roseberyparish.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/roseberyparishEASTER SUNDAY 27TH MARCH 2016

WEEKEND MASSES:

Saturday 6pmSunday 7:30am

Sunday 9:30am - Family Mass with Children’s Liturgy

WEEKDAY SERVICES - 7am

Monday: Communion ServiceTuesday - Friday: Mass

Lunchtime with the Lord Weekdays 12pm-2pm

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Saturday 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday 4pm - 5pm

Baptisms & Weddings

By appointment

PARISH MINISTRIES:

To offer assistance or to make enquiries contact the following people or the Parish office:- Altar Servers, Eucharistic Ministers & Acolytes: Rosemary 9667 2955- Readers: Josette 0409 662 468- Public School Catechists: Kath 9667 3505- Visiting the sick, elderly & lonely: Grainne 9663 3945- Music & Choir: Phil 0423 233 109- Youth: Phil 0423 233 109 & Sarah 0426 892 945- St Vincent de Paul: Bernard 0408 114 789- RCIA: Parish Office - Parish Morning Tea: Helen 0414 397 105

Verbum Dei Missionaries: 9313 7099 verbumdeisydney@gmail.com

OLSH Sisters: 9663 42119 Kimberley Grove, Rosebery

ROSTERS Readers Extra Eucharistic Ministers

6PMThis Easter Vigil Easter Vigil

Next A Lobo/D Silveira P Di Cristo/G Di Cristo

7:30AMThis Easter Sunday Easter Sunday

Next P Murphy/M Burns K Atkins

9:30AMThis Easter Sunday Easter Sunday

Next M Steel/L Steel S Sangha

CountersThis N Kerr, T Ellery, L Burgess, E Di Cristo

Next T McDonald, G Elliot, T Lumibao

MASS CONTRIBUTIONS: Thank you for your contributions towards our Parish. You can also contribute via electronic transfer:

Our bank details are: Account Name:

Rosebery Parish Church Account BSB: 062 784

Account No.: 537 5002

"Thank you" to our sponsor, Laing+Simmons Rosebery, for the printing of this bulletin.

TODAY! - EASTER CAKE STALL Delicious, mouth-watering, home made cakes will be

on sale TODAY after the masses.  All funds being raised go towards getting our parish youth to WYD.  Lighten your cooking load and help a great cause at the same time. Donations

of cakes to sell are also welcome.

EASTER BANNER: Last weekend, at our Teen Youth

Night, we created our Parish Easter Banner. This theme of this banner is “Carrying Our Crosses” in which our Teens have presented the many and

varied ways that we can help carrying the crosses of others –

donating money, taking on burdens or offering a simple smile.

Palm Sunday Procession - Last Sunday, the rains stopped enough for us to enjoy and reflect on the significance of Palm Sunday and the start of Holy Week.  Together we reflected on how much Jesus helps us (as Jesus helped Bartimaeus) and compared this to how much of ourselves we can offer to Jesus (as Mary did when she offered all her precious ointment for Jesus).  Thank you to those that prepared this “procession” and to those who attended and participated.

FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST EUCHARIST DATES

An Information Night will be held on March 31st, in the Hall, about the dates and programs for First

Reconciliation and First Eucharist to be held in our Parish this year. The evening will start with a Mass at 7pm and be followed by a light supper during the Information Evening. For catering purposes, please

email the office if you wish to attend.

LITURGYOFTHEWORD

FirstReadingActs10:34,37-43

PeteraddressedCorneliusandhis

household:‘Youmusthaveheard

abouttherecenthappeningsin

Judaea;aboutJesusofNazarethand

howhebeganinGalilee,afterJohn

hadbeenpreachingbaptism.God

hadanointedhimwiththeHolySpirit

andwithpower,andbecauseGod

waswithhim,Jesuswentaboutdoing

goodandcuringallwhohadfallen

intothepowerofthedevil.NowI,

andthosewithme,canwitnessto

everythinghedidthroughoutthe

countrysideofJudaeaandin

Jerusalemitself:andalsotothefact

thattheykilledhimbyhanginghim

onatree,yetthreedaysafterwards

Godraisedhimtolifeandallowed

himtobeseen,notbythewhole

peoplebutonlybycertainwitnesses

Godhadchosenbeforehand.Nowwe

arethosewitnesses–wehaveeaten

anddrunkwithhimafterhis

resurrectionfromthe�dead–andhehasorderedustoproclaimthistohis

peopleandtotellthemthatGodhas

appointedhimtojudgeeveryone,

aliveordead.Itistohimthatallthe

prophetsbearthiswitness:thatall

whobelieveinJesuswillhavetheir

sinsforgiventhroughhisname.’

ThewordoftheLord.

ResponsorialPsalm(Sung)ThisisthedaytheLordhasmade;letusrejoiceandbeglad.ThisisthedaytheLordhasmade;letusrejoiceandbeglad.

GivethankstotheLordforheis

good,hismercyenduresforever;

LetthehouseifIsraelsay:"Hismercy

enduresforever."

TheLord'srighthandhasstruckwith

power,theLord'srighthandis

exalted;Ishallnotdie,butliveand

declaretheworksoftheLord.

Thestonewhichthebuildersrejected

hasbecomethecornerstone.

BytheLordthishasbeendone;itis

wonderfulinoureyes!

SecondReadingCol3:1-4

Sinceyouhavebeenbroughtbackto

true�lifewithChrist,youmustlook

forthethingsthatareinheaven,

whereChristis,sitting�atGod’srighthand.Letyourthoughtsbeon

heavenlythings,notonthethings

thatareontheearth,becauseyou

havedied,andnowthelifeyouhave

ishiddenwithChristinGod.But

whenChristisrevealed–andheis

yourlife–youtoowillberevealedin

allyourglorywithhim.

ThewordoftheLord.

SequenceChristians,tothePaschalVictimoffer

sacrificeandpraise.

Thesheepareransomedbythe

Lamb;

andChrist,theundefiled,

hathsinnerstohisFatherreconciled.

Deathwithlifecontended:combat

strangelyended!

Life’sownChampion,slain,yetlives

toreign.

Tellus,Mary:saywhatthoudidstsee

upontheway.

ThetombtheLivingdidenclose;

IsawChrist’sgloryasherose!

Theangelsthereattesting;

shroudwithgrave-clothesresting.

Christ,myhope,hasrisen:hegoes

beforeyouintoGalilee.

ThatChrististrulyrisenfromthe

deadweknow.

Victoriousking,thymercyshow!

GospelAcclamation(Sung)Alleluia,alleluia!�Christhasbecomeourpaschalsacrifice;letusfeastwithjoyintheLord.�Alleluia!

GOSPELLk24:1-12

Onthefirstdayoftheweek,atthe

firstsignofdawn,thewomenwent

tothetombwiththespicestheyhad

prepared.Theyfoundthatthestone

hadbeenrolledawayfromthetomb,

butonenteringdiscoveredthatthe

bodyoftheLordJesuswasnotthere.

Astheystoodtherenotknowing

whattothink,twomeninbrilliant

clothessuddenlyappearedattheir

side.Terrified,thewomenlowered

theireyes.Butthetwomensaidto

them,‘Whylookamongthedeadfor

someonewhoisalive?Heisnothere;

hehasrisen.Rememberwhathetold

youwhenhewasstillinGalilee:that

theSonofManhadtobehanded

overintothepowerofsinfulmenand

becrucified,andriseagainonthe

thirdday?’Andtheyrememberedhis

words.

Whenthewomenreturnedfromthe

tombtheytoldallthistotheEleven

andtoalltheothers.Thewomen

wereMaryofMagdala,Joanna,and

MarythemotherofJames.Theother

womenwiththemalsotoldthe

apostles,butthisstoryoftheirs

seemedpurenonsense,andtheydid

notbelievethem.

Peter,however,wentrunningtothe

tomb.Hebenddownandsawthe

bindingcloths,butnothingelse;he

thenwentbackhome,amazedat

whathadhappened.

TheGospeloftheLord.

Easter Sunday 9:30am Song Sheet

Entrance

Join in the DanceJoininthedanceoftheearth'sjubilation!ThisisthefeastoftheloveofGod.Shoutfromtheheightstotheendsofcreation:JesustheSaviourisrisenfromthegrave!Wake,Opeople;sleepnolonger:greetthebreakingday!Christ,Redeemer,LambandLion,turnsthenightaway!Allcreation,likeamother,labourstogivebirth.Soonthepainwillbeforgotten,joyforalltheearth!Nowourshamebecomesourglory,onthisholytree.Nowthereignofdeathisended;nowwearesetfree!PreparationofGifts

We Bless You, Lord

WeblessyouLordforthisgiftofbread,Fruitoftheearthworkofhumanhands;Byyourwordthisgiftismade,ThebreadoflifegivenformanBlessedbeourGodforevermore.WeblessyouLordforthisgiftofwine;Fruitofthevine–workofhumanhands.Byyourwordthisgiftismade,Yourlife-blood–pouredoutforman.

WeblessyouLordforallgiftsoflife.Weworkwiththemtomaketheworldwithyou.Byyourwordallthingsconverge,AllforinChrist–allmadeanew.

Communion

We Have Been Told Wehavebeentold.We'veseenhisfaceandheardhisvoicealiveinourhearts."Liveinmylovewithallyourheart.AstheFatherhaslovedme,soIhavelovedyou.

Iamthevine;youarethebranches,andallwholiveinmewillbeargreatfruit.

Youaremyfriends,ifyoukeepmycommands,nolongerslaves;Icallyoufriends.

Nogreaterloveistherethanthis:tolaydownone'slifeforafriend.

Reflection

He Came In Love PureandholySonofGod,takingontheformofMan;LeftthegloryofHisThrone,cametobringsalvation’splan.

RighteousFather,HolyOne,lookingdownonusinLove;GavetousHisonlySon,sentwithblessingsfromabove.

ButwetookHimandwenailedHimtoaCrossmadeofwood,Andweraisedithighanddroppeditinthegroundwhereitstood;AndthebloodthatflowedtotheearthbelowBroughtforgivenessfortheworldthathadtreatedhimso.

“Peaceonearth,goodwilltomen”,Athisbirththeangelssang,Loveandmercyfromthethrone,throughtheearthhismessagerang.

Hecameinlovetobringuslightinourdarkness,Hecameinpeacetobringreleasefromourpain;Hecamewithjoytobringusrestinourweariness,Hecameinlovetobringusbeautyagain.SendingForth

Christ, Be Our Light Longingforlight,wewaitindarkness.Longingfortruth,weturntoyou.Makeusyourown,yourholypeople,lightfortheworldtosee.Christ,beourlight!Shineinourhearts.Shinethroughthedarkness.Christ,beourlight!Shineinyourchurchgatheredtoday.Longingforpeace,ourworldistroubled.Longingforhope,manydespair.Yourwordalonehaspow’rtosaveus.Makeusyourlivingvoice.Longingforfood,manyarehungry.Longingforwater,manystillthirst.Makeusyourbread,brokenforothers,shareduntilallarefed.