Cared for by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart at a glance In a nutshell It seems from today’s gospel passage that divorce has always been a contentious issue. Jesus sidesteps the test that the Pharisees set for him, and instead speaks about the union God intends for married love. Authentic love expresses itself in openness, total commitment and mutual care. May this love grow in the life of each one of us, so that we experience the kingdom of God in our relationships. Raise your voices voices Entrance antiphon: Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, And all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all. Response to the psalm: May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives. Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! If we love one another, God will live in us in perfect love. Alleluia! 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 6th/7th October 2018 Genesis 2:18-24 They were two in one flesh. Hebrews 2:9-11 He who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, have one origin. Mark 10:2-16 What God has joined together, no one must divide. Today’s Readings Parish Priest: Fr Phillip Hicks msc Secretary: Caroline Doherty Pastoral Associate: Anne-Marie Snelling 135 Brook St Coogee 2034 Phone: 9315 7562 Website: www.stbrigidscoogee.org.au Emails: [email protected] [email protected] St Brigid’s Primary School Principal: Mr Leigh Mirto 160 Coogee Bay Rd Coogee NSW 2034 Phone: 9665 5771 Fax: 9665 1326 “ What God has united, man must not divide.” Context is, of course, crucial in understanding any piece of writing especially scripture. By ruling out divorce completely, Jesus is saying: a man can’t treat a woman as an object: he can’t get rid of her for any reason, serious or trivial. A woman isn’t a possession, as Genesis pointed out. She is a person with equal dignity and should be respected as such. Jesus’ outright ban on divorce is a rejection of male domination of woman - he affirms marriage as a covenant of equal partners. When Mark recorded this teaching some years later, his Christian community lived in a very different context - Gentile rather than Jewish, in a culture that gave some woman the right to divorce their husbands. So Mark applies Jesus’ teaching to his own community’s situation, balancing Jesus’ prohibition on men divorcing their wives with an equal ban on woman divorcing their husbands. Jesus rejects the idea that people can be treated as disposable objects. This is reinforced in the incident of Jesus blessing the children. Children were another group often regarded simply as the possessions of their parents, without rights of their own. In welcoming and blessing them, Jesus shows his respect for every human being made in the image of God - even those regarded as the least and most powerless. Jesus’ teaching on marriage - and indeed his whole attitude and behavior towards women and children - only makes sense when seen in the context of his time and culture. It is a teaching about the essential dignity of every human being and about what that means for all relationships, especially marriage. His teaching is simply that we should treat people as human beings, not as objects for our personal gratification or comfort. We need to apply this to our context, our situation. It means respecting and upholding the dignity of every person. Domination and control have no place in marriage, in the home or in any relationship. Whether we are married or not, Jesus’ words challenge us to examine the quality of our relationships. Do I treat others as means to my ends, or do I respect their dignity and worth as human beings. In other words, when it comes to people, am I am user, or a real lover? The Living Word 2018
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Cared for by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
at a glance
In a nutshell It seems from today’s gospel passage that divorce has always been a contentious issue. Jesus sidesteps the test that the Pharisees set for him, and instead speaks about the union God intends for married love. Authentic love expresses itself in openness, total commitment and mutual care. May this love grow in the life of each one of us, so that we experience the kingdom of God in our relationships.
Acts 13:14.43-52 Rejection is opportunity
Apocalypse 7:9.14-17 The Lamb their shepherd John 10:27-30 Mine forever
Raise your voices voices Entrance antiphon: Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will.
For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, And all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all. Response to the psalm: May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives. Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! If we love one another, God will live in us in perfect love. Alleluia!
27th Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Year B
6th/7th
October 2018
Genesis 2:18-24 They were two in one flesh.
Hebrews 2:9-11 He who sanctifies, and those who are sanctified, have one origin.
Mark 10:2-16 What God has joined together, no one must divide.
Today’s Readings
Parish Priest: Fr Phillip Hicks msc Secretary: Caroline Doherty Pastoral Associate: Anne-Marie Snelling 135 Brook St Coogee 2034
Phone: 9315 7562 Website: www.stbrigidscoogee.org.au Emails: [email protected] [email protected]
St Brigid’s Primary School Principal: Mr Leigh Mirto 160 Coogee Bay Rd Coogee NSW 2034 Phone: 9665 5771 Fax: 9665 1326
“ What God has united, man must not divide.”
Context is, of course, crucial in understanding any piece of writing especially scripture. By ruling out divorce completely, Jesus is saying: a man can’t treat a woman as an object: he can’t get rid of her for any reason, serious or trivial. A woman isn’t a possession, as Genesis pointed out. She is a person with equal dignity and should be respected as such. Jesus’ outright ban on divorce is a rejection of male domination of woman - he affirms marriage as a covenant of equal partners. When Mark recorded this teaching some years later, his Christian community lived in a very different context - Gentile rather than Jewish, in a culture that gave some woman the right to divorce their husbands. So Mark applies Jesus’ teaching to his own community’s situation, balancing Jesus’ prohibition on men divorcing their wives with an equal ban on woman divorcing their husbands. Jesus rejects the idea that people can be treated as disposable objects. This is reinforced in the incident of Jesus blessing the children. Children were another group often regarded simply as the possessions of their parents, without rights of their own. In welcoming and blessing them, Jesus shows his respect for every human being made in the image of God - even those regarded as the least and most powerless. Jesus’ teaching on marriage - and indeed his whole attitude and behavior towards women and children - only makes sense when seen in the context of his time and culture. It is a teaching about the essential dignity of every human being and about what that means for all relationships, especially marriage. His teaching is simply that we should treat people as human beings, not as objects for our personal gratification or comfort. We need to apply this to our context, our situation. It means respecting and upholding the dignity of every person. Domination and control have no place in marriage, in the home or in any relationship. Whether we are married or not, Jesus’ words challenge us to examine the quality of our relationships. Do I treat others as means to my ends, or do I respect their dignity and worth as human beings. In other words, when it comes to people, am I am user, or a real lover?
The Living Word 2018
Mass Offerings: Your prayers are requested for the following: Recently Deceased: Tony Davis, John Herron, Vikki Swan, Stephanie Watson, Denis Johnson, Ann Mulheron, Ursula Herbert. Other Deceased: Toni Barry, Sherry Jackson, John Vonwiller, Bonnie Trimmer, Peter Tosti, Rob Borg, Desmond & Alice Ryan, Bethany & Bill Bird, Molly & George Green, Paul Hudson, Joan O’Keefe. Anniversaries: John Eves, Margaret McDonald, Mary D Byrnes, Mary C Byrnes, Cecil Rodden, Fr S Rodden (CSSR), Ron McDonald, Colleen Pritchard, Michael Rule, Viola Corbett, Fred Betros, Norman Hanna.
Sick: Gaye Brough, Peter Deane, Michael (Mosie) Gatliff, Todd Hudson, Steve Elias, Barbara Smith, Patrick Herlihy, Trish Shadwick, Esteban Ovelar, Maximilian Naum, Geoffrey Karpin, Fr John Rate msc, Paul Miller, Chris Schneider, Sr Kath Conlan, Gloria Dunn, Neil Thornton, Tony Kelly, Mary-Jane Saunders, Thelma Shepherd, Enid Hampshire, Anne Hampshire, Barry du Bois, Alistair Ross.
St Brigid’s Parish Information
Mass Times Saturday Vigil 5.00 pm, Sunday 7.00 am, 9.30 am and 6.00 pm
Morning Tea Most Sundays after the 9.30 am Mass Weekday Masses Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9.30 am Reconciliation 20 Minutes before Saturday Vigil Mass Sacrament of Anointing During 9.30 Mass, 2nd Thursday of each Month Baptisms By appointment, usually on the first and third Sundays of the month Marriages By appointment, arranged at least six months in advance
Parish Office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am to 3pm (phone 9315 7562).
Readers
Saturday Vigil Janet Neenan (Coordinator) October 6th John Betros Sunday 7.00 am Peter Frost (Coordinator)
October: Peter Frost
Sunday 9.30 am Adele Cornale (Coordinator) October 7th St Brigid’s Year 6
Church Cleaners October: Paula O’Connor (and other volunteers)
Money Counters—Parish Office
October 7th: Group 2 October 14th: Group 3 October 21st: Group 4 October 28th : Group 1
Gardeners Susan & Kevin Bradley
Ministers of the Eucharist
Saturday Vigil Sr. Gabriel (Coordinator) October 6th Anne Wright, Sr. Gabriel Sunday 7.00 am Peter Frost (Coordinator) October: Peter Frost, Charlie Robinson, Gary Keating.
Sunday 9.30 am Paula Hudson (Coordinator) October: Paula Hudson, Adele Cornale, Sunday 6.00 pm Andrew Poidevin (Coordinator) October: Paula O’Connor, Andrew Poidevin, Denise Haylen
Sacristy & Altar Carol Miller and Pilar Ovelar
Altar Flowers
Nobuko Konda & Margaret Betros
Offertory Gifts— Sat 5.00 pm Vigil Mass October 6th : Volunteers Please
Offertory Gifts— Sun 7.00 am Mass October 7th: Pam & John McCarthy
“The heart grows hard, when it does not love; Lord, give us a heart that knows how to love”
Pope Francis
This Week at St Brigid’s & Beyond
During this second week of the school holidays, the Parish Office will operate normal hours. 9am to 3pm, Mondays to Thursdays.
Thursday 11th October—There will be the Sacrament of Anointing during 9.30am Mass followed by morning refreshments in the Hall. Sunday 14th October—There will be Children’s Liturgy during 9.30am Mass, and refreshments afterwards. Monday 15th October— Parish Pastoral Council will meet at 7.30pm in Parish Office. Piety Store— will be open before and after Vigil Mass tonight, thank you to our new volunteer, Siobhan Scott— we are still looking for volunteers for Sunday 9.30am Family Masses. Both these times can be shared, so there is no burden on any one family every week. RCIA - will commence at the beginning of November; if anyone is interested in becoming a Catholic or knows of anyone that may be interested in this course, please contact Fr Phil or Anne-Marie at the parish office December dates for your diaries. Sunday 9th December—9.30am Special Family Mass to welcome 2019 St Brigid’s School Kindy families, followed by BBQ and picnic activities. Monday 10th December—Gingerbread House Event, Parish Hall—please find details in the Church foyer. Tuesday 11th December—School Christmas Carols in our Church 6pm. Fr Phil
Mindfulness Meditation 6 week Course starts Sunday 28th October from 4 - 5.30pm.
Introductory Offer of $100 for the whole 6 weeks, which includes take away scripts for home practice.
Venue 135E Brook St, Coogee. Inside parish grounds.
Experiential learning in a warm compassionate space.
Please call Lisa to book a place now: 0422 199 251.
Volunteers Required for St Vincent’s Hospital Darlinghurst - Little Shop If you are available on a long term basis: volunteers are urgently required to assist on a regular rostered four hour weekday or weekend basis. Training will be provided. All profits from the Little Shop benefit the patients and hospital community. Please call Volunteer Coordinator Christine Harvey 8382 9559
Musicians Required for our Saturday 5pm Vigil Choir If you are available and keen to join our choir please contact Josephine on 0403 590 480. All musicians and abilities welcome.
HSC Student Prayer Cards Higher School Certificate commences on Monday 18th October 2018. Please write the name of a student that you would like Parishioners to pray for, before and during their HSC Exams, on the list in the church foyer.
If you or a person close to you has been abused by someone working or ministering within the Archdiocese of Sydney we invite you to contact us. We will listen to you respectfully, offer support and discuss the options you have available to you. Please contact the Safeguarding and Ministerial Integrity Office on Ph 02 9390 5812.
New Iyengar YOGA Studio at St Brigid’s Parish
grounds.
Come and try a FREE class.
Introductory passes - $50 unlimited for one month Suitable for all ages and abilities ALL WELCOME
Contact Sophie at [email protected] 0418 226 330
www.coogeeyoga.com.au 135E Brook St Coogee NSW
We will Match any
Competitor’s Price
*Prescription Advice *Asthma & Allergy Centre *Baby Clinic *Diabetes Australia *Weight Loss Clinic
Paul Sharman and Alyce Heffernan 202 Coogee Bay Road Coogee Tel: 02 9665 5158
Open 7 days Until 9pm
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