Both our Churches are fitted with a hearing induction loop. Please use the ‘T’ or other appropriate switch on your hearing aid. Please tell us if you experience any difficulty.

We acknowledge the Yalukit Willam Clan, the traditional owners and custodians of this land. We pay our respects to them.

May we walk gently here.

The CarmeliteParish of Port Melbourne and Middle Park

in the care of the Carmelites since 1882

6th Sunday of Ordinary Time 17 February 2019

in this issueParish News ........3 &4 Galilee Primary School World Day of Prayer First Reconciliation Parish Men’s Dinner St Vincent de Paul Lent: Luke’s GospelReflection on this Week’s Readings .. 5Our Liturgy .............. 6

My dear Parishioners,

ABSENCEI will be absent from the parish from 20 February until 2nd March attending a meeting of Carmelites in Timor Leste.

CARMELITE CENTRE AND LENTThe Carmelite Centre has a marvellous program of activities during the coming Lenten season. I would encourage parishioners to look at the program in the Bulletin, the Weekly Calendar posted outside the churches or through the Carmelite Centre website. All are most welcome.

NEW BAPTISM PREPARATION CO-ORDINATORI’m delighted that Angela Cox, a parishioner at OLMC, has accepted the responsibility for preparing families for the Baptisms that are celebrated in the Parish. This preparation normally takes the form of a brief in-service on the Sacrament and the details for Baptisms and is held once a month at OLMC after the 10:30am Mass.

REFLECTION ON CREATIONThe poetry of Gerard Manly Hopkins SJ (1884-1889) has always inspired me especially on the beauty of creation. This poem, God’s Grandeur, is one of my favourites.

The world is charged with the grandeur of God.It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil

Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;

And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil

Is bare now, nor can feet feel, being shod.

And for all things, nature is never spent;There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;

And though the last lights off the black West wentOh, morning, at he brown brink eastward, springs –

Because the Holy Ghost over the bentWorld broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.

Enjoy summer as it melts or rushes into autumn.

our parish this weekMonday 18 February9.00am Mass, both churches

Tuesday 19 February9.00am Mass, both churches7.30pm St Vincent de Paul Meeting, St Joseph’s Hall

Wednesday 20 February - Parish Office Closed9.00am Morning Prayer, Mt Carmel9.00am Mass, St Joseph’s

Thursday 21 February9.00am Mass, both churches10.00am Christian Meditation Program, Malone Room7.00pm Mediation, Malone Roome.

Friday 22 February9.00am Mass, both churches9.30am Lectio Divina, Mt Carmel

Saturday 23 February9.00am Mass, both churches6.00pm Vigil Mass, Mt Carmel

Sunday 24 February - 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time9.00am Mass, St Joseph’s10.30am Mass, Mt Carmel

we remember

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Churches St Joseph’s cnr Rouse & Stokes Streets Port Melbourne

Our Lady of Mount Carmel cnr Richardson & Wright Streets Middle Park

Sunday Masses 6.00pm (Sat) Mount Carmel 9.00am Saint Joseph’s 10.30am Mount Carmel

Reconciliation after 9.00am Mass Saturday

Carmelite Parish Office 274 Rouse Street Port Melbourne Vic 3207

Telephone 03 9681 9600

After Hours Emergency 0408 754 283

Email parish@sj-mc.org.au

Parish Website www.sj-mc.org.au

Carmelite Website www.carmelites.org.au

Office Hours 9am-4pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday(CLOSED WEDNESDAYS)

Parish Priest Fr Hugh Brown OCarm

Parish Secretary Anne Ierardo (Monday to Thursday)

Community Liaison Sr Geraldine Stapleton csb(Monday/Tuesday & Weekend Mass)

Pastoral Life Co-ordinator Michael Murray (Wednesday/ Thursday)

Finance Officer Shane Harrison (Tuesday - Friday)

Facilities Manager Ken Chaffer

Galilee Regional Catholic Primary School Bank Street South Melbourne Vic 3205

Telephone 03 9699 2928 Principal Simon Millar

We start afresh naming those friends, family or loved ones for whom we will pray. If you have a person to be remembered in our prayer, please PRINT their names(s) on the intention sheets in the Churches.

Please ask permission of the sick person(s) before puttng their name(s) on the list. We need to be sensitive to the fact that some people may not wish their names published.

Those who are ill or in need of prayer: Tony Hyde, Maria & Joseph Jelincic, Betty Molnar, Rafal Rafalski, Sash Carti Somerset-Beauverie, Ivo Strauss, Jim Sullivan, Helen York, Roma Zinger.

Those who have died recently: Albert Finney.

Those who anniversaries occur at this time: Paul Dao-Cao, Anne Clayton, Sr Mary Rowan and Charlotte Winduss.

ministers

for your generosity last SundaySt Joseph’s Carmelite and Parish Offering $878.00Our Lady of Mt Carmel Carmelite and Parish Offering $1,338.00

thank you

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23/24 February7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

6.00pm Mount Carmel

Commentator: Sandra Diafas

Reader: Des Collins

Eucharistic Ministers: Abramo Ierardo, Sandra Diafas, Anne Crump

Communion to the Sick: N/A

9.00am St Joseph’s

Commentator: K. Mooney Reader: R. LeverEucharistic Ministers: Jacek Glenda, Helen Warren, Frances Galvin

Counters: Ron & Sandra Cassano

Childrens’ Liturgy: N/A

10.30am Mount Carmel

Commentator: Peter Thomas

Reader: Marlene Halim

Eucharistic Ministers: Pam Newman, Clive Wansbrough, Michael Murray

Childrens’ Liturgy: N/A

Hospitality: Brenda Walsh

in our parish

2019 World Day of PrayerThe annual World Day of Prayer service for 2019

will be held at St Silas Anglican Church, Bridport Street, Albert Park

on Friday 1 March 2019 at 10.30am. Morning tea will follow the service. The service has been prepared by Slovenia and the theme is “Come-Everything is ready” ( Luke 14;15-24). Everyone is most welcome to attend.

A new school year begins at Galilee Catholic Primary School.

Students, parents and staff members celebrated the opening of a new school year with a special Mass at Saints Peter and Paul’s Church, South Melbourne last Friday. The new student leaders, staff and parents were all commissioned for their respective ministries within the school community. Several new members of staff have joined the school this year. The grade structure and teachers in 2019 are as follows:

Prep Samantha Bamford Holly Evans Cassandra Smith

Year 1 Laura Cox Brighid Fahy

Year 2 Holly Burke Annabel Coome

Year 3 Bianca Latto Laura Mason

Year 4 Joss Coaley Colleen Giles

Year 5 Lauren Bland Helen Rochecouste

Year 6 Charlotte Biggs Julie Ferguson

Please keep our students, staff members and families in your prayers as they begin a new school year.

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Carmelite Centre Program BookingsT: 9690 5430 (leave message if unattended) or registration@thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

via website: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

The Carmelite Centre is a joint venture of the Carmelites of Australia and East Timor and our Parish of Port Melbourne/Middle Park.

Address: 214 Richardson Street, Middle Park Vic 3206 (Mel Ref 2K C10) T: (03) 9690 5430 Website: www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org

The Carmelite LibraryThe Carmelite Library, located in the Carmelite Hall next to the Church, is open on

Tuesdays from 12.00 to 8.00pm and Wednesday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm. t: (03) 9682 8553e: librarian@carmelitelibrary.org website: www.carmelitelibrary.org

Our conference meets next Tuesday evening, 19 February at 7.30pm in St. Joseph’s Hall Port Melbourne. All welcome.

If you would like to enquire about helping in our rewarding work please join us on Tuesday evening or call Joan Cusack on 0478224624 or Pat Mount on 0418380549.

In Our Parish

February 2019 Parish Men's Dinner6:45 pm Wednesday 27 February 2019

O'Connor-Pilkington Rooms The Carmelite Centre, 214 Richardson Street, Middle ParkSpeaker: Andrew Lezala

“Turning around Metro Trains & an affordable high speed solution for Australia”.RSVP: John Molloy - 9699 2031 Cost: $35

First Reconciliation - 2019Enrolments are now open for children in Grade 3 and above who wish to prepare for the Sacrament of First Reconciliation. An enrolment form can be obtained from both churches, the Parish Office, or the Parish website: www.sj-mc.org.au.

At least one parent must attend the Parent Information Session, which will be held at 7.30pm on Thursday 28 February 2019 so that your family will know how to accompany your child during their preparation for the Sacrament. During the 6.00pm mass on Saturday evenings there will be a special ritual for the children involved in preparing for the Sacrament – this is not an ‘optional extra’ it is an integral part of your child’s preparation.

Enrolments close on Friday 22 February 2019 and the First Reconciliation Program commences on Saturday 2 March 2019. For further information, please contact the Parish Office on 9681 9600 between 9.00am - 4.00pm (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Fridays).

Receiving The Word During Lent: Reading Luke’s Gospel As Lenten Practice7.00pm - 9.00pm Tuesday 26 February

with Br Matthew Tonini, OCarmThis two hour session with Matthew Tonini will provide an opportunity to intentionally engage with the wisdom of Luke’s Gospel as a guide for Lent—the season of renewal and deepening of our Christian way of life. Please book via https://www.trybooking.com/464803 and pay by credit card, or pay with cash at the door.

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REfLECTIONS ON THIS WEEK’S READINGSThe Carmelite Rule of St. Albert and indeed the way of life for all Christians is an appeal to its followers to shadow the life of Jesus and therefore proposes a radical living of the gospel, those uncompromising values as espoused in what we know as the Beatitudes in Luke’s Gospel today.Luke does not ‘pull-any-punches’ with his record of Jesus words straightforwardly refer to socio-economic realities like, poverty, hunger, grief, marginalization and exclusion. Luke is concerned that we should free ourselves from materialism by being detached from the oppression of possessions.

Luke, who allows no room for bargaining pronounces anguish on people who adopt those qualities that run counter to the Beatitudes. This recipe or ‘way’ is a lesson in how to live happily ever after as Jesus presents the qualities that make for a happy or blessed life. Four times Jesus pronounces blessings on people with these four qualities and four times He pronounces woes on people with the opposite qualities.

To be blessed is to have inner joy because in following Jesus we have an uncluttered heart and open mind. To have woe is to have sorrow and pain brought about by our deviation from Jesus way, a path that is expressed concretely through authentic aspirations for justice and freedom or as might be uttered in traditional religious language, to live continually in the presence of God.Although Luke’s version, unlike the Sermon on the Mount as found in Matthew (Ch.5: 1-11) is primarily addressed to His disciples there is obviously an appeal to outsiders, such as ourselves. These teachings seem to be aimed at encouraging and strengthening us as we face inevitable obstacles to living the counter-cultural life of Christian charity and justice.

But it also shows us we need to repent because of the huge gap that often occurs between our behavior and Jesus teaching especially that of hypocrisy which is a violent cancer that tears at the very heart of Christian living and leaves it wasted.

ABC Radio National, Scott Stevens and Waleed Aly discussed the ethical issue of what are the obligations of the globally wealthy towards those living in poverty. Acknowledging a sense of exhaustion in discussing this issue they did however come to the conclusion that there is something morally reprehensible about any attempt to escape from this sense of obligation.Their conclusion does not provide us with an easy answer to big questions such as re-distribution of global wealth but it does challenge us to look more closely at today’s gospel and to keep seeking remedies.

Today’s gospel is about ‘bread and blessing’. On the one hand we know the practical obligations it implies and on the other it confronts us to understand the plight of poverty expressed in words like shame, hopelessness and isolation; conditions that the gospel can directly address.

As income disparities rise world-wide it is becoming harder to maintain love and harmony between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots.’ There is often a paternalistic arrogance among those who have and a resentful envy among those who don’t. Luke’s gospel presents us with the privilege of helping to heal that breach. It is done both through practical aid and justice, ‘bread’ and through bringing people into the presence of God, ‘blessing’. They are not mutually exclusive.

Reflection by Peter Thomas: Port Melbourne/Middle Park Parishioner and Member of the Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation Commission

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OUR LITURGYprocessional hymn A TrusTing PsAlm

Penitential Rite

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Gloria

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Happy indeed is the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked;nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of scorners,but whose delight is the law of the Lordand who ponders his law day and night.

He is like a tree that is plantedbeside the flowing waters,that yields its fruit in due seasonand whose leaves shall never fade;and all that he does shall prosper.

Not so are the wicked, not so!For they like winnowed chaffshall be driven away by the wind.For the Lord guards the way of the justbut the way of the wicked leads to doom.

Jeremiah 17:5-8 The Lord says this:

‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man, who relies on things of flesh, whose heart turns from the Lord. He is like dry scrub in the wastelands: if good comes, he has no eyes for it, he settles in the parched places of the wilderness, a salt land, uninhabited. ‘A blessing on the man who puts his trust in the Lord, with the Lord for his hope. He is like a tree by the waterside that thrusts its roots to the stream: when the heat comes it feels no alarm, its foliage stays green; it has no worries in a year of drought, and never ceases to bear fruit.’

Responsorial psalm Psalm 137 in The sighT Of The Angels

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gospel acclamation

gospel

1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 If Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, you are still in your sins. And what is more serious, all who have died in Christ have perished. If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are the most unfortunate of all people.

But Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep.

Luke 6:17. 20-26 Jesus came down with the Twelve and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and from Jerusalem and from the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.

Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said:

‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God. Happy you who are hungry now: you shall be satisfied. Happy you who weep now: you shall laugh.

‘Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, for then your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.

‘But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now. Alas for you who have your fill now: you shall go hungry. Alas for you who laugh now: you shall mourn and weep.

‘Alas for you when the world speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.’

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HOLY, HOLY

Cel: The Lord be with you. All: And with your Spirit.Cel: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up to the Lord.Cel: Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God. All: It is right and just.The Celebrant prays the preface at the end of which all sing:

APOSTLES CREED

I believe in God, the Father almighty,Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried;he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from the dead;he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty;from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,the resurrection of the body,and life everlasting. Amen.

Response for Prayers of the Faithful

Commenator: Help us as we pray:All: Lord, make us instruments of your peace.

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Cel: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who takes away the sins of the World. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

All: Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Memorial Acclamation

Lamb OF GOD

Communion HYMN shelTer me, O gOd

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Recessional hymn AnThem

The CaTholiC Parish of PorT Melbourne and Middle Park is CoMMiTTed To Providing a safe and nurTuring CulTure

for all Children and young PeoPle in our Parish.