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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time 3rd & 4th August 2019

1 Keenan Street Mona Vale NSW 2103 • Tel:9157 0999 • Fax 9012 0509 • email: o�[email protected] • website: www.pittwaterparish.org

Thoughts of Fr Francis Jordan

Pray therefore, and pray again! That is the means by which you can achieve so much!

Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for July

Families

That families, through their life of prayer and love, become ever more clearly “schools of true human growth”.

A warm welcome to our parishioners and visitors who are

celebrating the Eucharist with us at

Pittwater Parish - Sacred Heart Church

Mona Vale and Maria Regina Church,

Avalon

7 Daily Prayers

Pray for LoveGod help me to love as you have

commanded me to love.1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Pray for PeaceGod surround me with your

peace.1 Peter 5:7

Pray for OthersGod I pray for others to receive

you in their life.1 Timothy 2:1-5

Pray for ForgivenessGod if there is anything I have done wrong, please forgive me.

1 John 1:19

Pray for GuidanceGod show me what you want me

to do today.Jeremiah 42:3

Pray for ProtectionGod keep your hands of protection around me.

Deuteronomy 31:6

Pray for FaithGod help me to believe you will

meet all of my needs.Mark 11:24

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We Pray for

Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them O Lord, And Let Perpetual Light

Shine Upon Them. May they Rest in Peace. Amen.

May Their Souls And The Souls Of The Faithful Departed,

Through The Mercy Of God, Rest In Peace. Amen.

Recently DeceasedPeter McGuirk

John CrokeMichael Hickey

Andre Hendricks

If you would like the names of your relatives or friends and offerings included, please drop the envelope in to the Parish Office by Midday on Wednesdays. Thank You.

Prayers for the SickPaulina FabianMilka Marov

Carol BrennanEdward Hogan

Rufina CrissTayla Riddle

Warwick CarpenterElizabeth DavisMary SeymourNeave MackeyKevin Begaud

Rachel WeldrickAntoinetta Knapp

Donald McRaeStefanie Romeo

Sasha WhiteAnn Harvey

Jo WildRita Farrelly

LinaJeff Guerra

Sue PoultonCraig CallahanDaryl Holland

Veronica Ann GracieKerrie Gill

Peter HectorJack Burai

Manpreet KaurVera BatemanMarion Russell

Marian Santa AnaLorriane Wilson

Rosalinda SingsonRodney YoungDaryl Kaufer

Marjan SeifoorRosa Lealaiauloto

Anne ReesBassam Khodr

Margaret BakerEstera CiminoMark Kelsey

Marea TrevaskisSean MartinCarol DuffyGreg Kolts

John GordanGaetan DelerueIkhlas Khoshaba

Rosie RajakLuke Horton

Josephina CarusoPhilip Lambert

Robyn SheatherTerry Ysip

Mary-Kate DennisAdriana Pavlinca

Marie HillMelanie MacFarlane

Rhonda GrantTrina Hughes

Christina Leite MarquesMichael PowerLeone HancockValda MorganRafaela XavierRoss PerkinsBrian GreganFiona Durazza

Tessa MillsChristine HillsMatthew Frize

Mari MesinaGiovanni Returra

Bill EyreManny Zarb

Philip MaddrelGail Reiher

Imelda Vince

This list will be updated every month and we would appreciate itif we are advised, if further reconsideration is required. Thank you

THURSDAY MORNING SPIRITUALITY GROUPWe start a new book called 'JESUS a pilgrimage' by James Martin, SJ. It is a New York Times Bestseller, described as 'wise and entertaining.' It is a spiritual pilgrimage you do not want to end.Morning tea at 10 am. Sharing from 10.30 am - 12 noon.

ALL ARE WELCOME.Contact Trish Newman ocds on 99183973 or Mb. 0401613643."

LIBRARYThe books which are reviewed here each week are from our Parish Library situated at Maria Regina Church, Avalon. The Library is opened at Maria Regina Church, Avalon before and after the weekend Masses, Saturday 6 pm and Sunday 9 am, and on week day Masses, except Tuesdays, at 9.15 am. You can browse our full collection of books and DVDs on the Parish website. Go to Resources >Library>Our booksIf these hours don't suit you and you would like to borrow or have an inquiry you may phone me on 99183973 (Home) 0401613643 (mobile). Trish Newman

If you are experiencing Domestic Violence

Ring 1800 RESPECT1800 737 732

For the needy, help is available by contacting the Brookvale Centre

9905 0424 during business hours.

Playing outside is natural for most children. Maintaining a safe outdoor environment is key to keeping children healthy.Child injuries do occur, and while on the Church premises, we ask that the parents be aware, supervise and are responsible to keep their child safe.

New stock will be available for the Sacrament of Con�rmation at the Vinnies Sacred Heart Piety Store. The store is open after most masses. All proceeds of the Piety Store go to St Vincent de Paul. All transactions are cash only, as we do not have EFTPOS facilities. Any queries, please call the Parish O�ce on 9157 0999.

Anointing Mass

At Nursing Homes And Retirement Villages

GEORGE MOCKLAR HOSTEL

Tuesday 6th Augustat 1.30pm

Anointing Mass

OCEAN VIEW NURSING HOME


Anointing & Communion

MONA VALE NURSING HOME



MINKARA NURSING HOME

Tuesday 20th Augustat 10.30am

Anointing Mass

SEABEACH GARDENS NURSING HOME

Tuesday 20th Augustat 11.30am


BAYVIEW GARDEN NURSING HOME


Anointing Mass

AVALON HOUSE NURSING HOME

Wednesday 28th Augustat 10.45am


MARCUS LOANE NURSING HOME

Wednesday 28th Augustat 2.00pm

Anointing Mass

Many thanks to our parishioners for their wonderful and recent

generosity in supplying to“Tinnies for Vinnies program for our

ongoing visits to our clients

Fortunately, we are now well stocked and will not need anything

for the month of August, thank you again.

Sue Bowra,St Vincent de PaulAvalon Conference

The Monastery of the Heart

By Joan ChittisterThis book is an invitation to a meaningful life. The author explains the Benedictine Rule and how it can apply to our everyday lives - basic tenents of prayer, meaningful work and service to uplift us all.

BOOK REVIEW

We acknowledge the lifelong trauma of abuse victims, survivors and their families, the failures of the Catholic Church to protect, believe and respond justly to children and vulnerable adults, and the consequent breach of community trust.

from Our Schools

Mater Maria Catholic College

This week has been busy with various sporting events, with younger students being given the opportunity to participate in the Rugby League Gala Day and Peninsula Cup soccer competitions. The spirit and sportsmanship demonstrated by our students made it such a worthwhile and memorable experience for all involved. Our Year 10 Science students have been given the opportunity to be a part of the Taronga Zoo Feathertail Glider leadership program this week. The students have had a great time at Taronga Zoo helping save the Feathertail Gliders from endangerment.

The Catholic Parish of Pittwater

Deceased Anniversary

Holy Souls in PurgatoryJaka Bacic

Kuzma BacicJoseph Renko


Please join us for a special Co�ee Morning.The Manly Vale Craft Group will be joining us on 11 August after the 10:00am Mass at Sacred Heart. This group of dedicated crafters has been supporting the work of Sister Anna Warlow and the Good Samaritan Rural Outreach for many years. They are bringing some samples of their lovely work to our Parish and will be on display during our Co�ee Morning following Mass. As mentioned earlier this year, the donations from our monthly Co�ee Mornings this year are going directly to the support of a Year 9 student, Khyan Townsend at Nagle Catholic College in Geraldton WA. Khyan is an enthusiastic student, determined to achieve further education. His special talents are music and sport. Khyan has won medals in Taekwon Do and has his blue belt. He wants to continue to black belt and then teach this sport to others. Khyan’s educational goal is to complete high school and continue on to university with the aim of becoming a sports teacher. Please join us in support of the Good Samaritan’s work with young aborigines.

CRAFT and

instagram.com/soul_pittwater

Parish Pastoral CouncilVeronica Thomas - Chairperson

[email protected]

Pittwater Parish Ministries

CatechistsCo-Directors

Maureen Wooldridge - 9997 4694Yvonne van den Berg - 9157 0999 ext 13

Evangelisation MinistryErich Ott (Coordinator RCIA)

0409124840Sr Margaret Collis - 99744116

Sue Berg - 04 1999 1781(Coordinators Adult Faith Education/

Formation)

Hospitality MinistryNicole Ovens0408269563

IT MinistryDavid Kerr

[email protected]

Legion of MaryConnie Robinson - Director

04 5800 7706

Little Hearts PlaygroupCo-Directors-Marie Bockman -

[email protected] Wooldridge - 9997 4694

Marriage MinistryTBA

Media & Communication MinistryLaura Ee - Director

[email protected]

Music MinistryJosh Willard - Director 91570999 ext 17

Pastoral Care and Communion to the Sick Ministry

Co-DirectorsDenise Bottero - 9997 6904

Marie Bockman - [email protected]

Parish LibraryTrish Newman - Director

9918 3973.

Sacramental Program MinistryYvonne van den Berg 91570999 ext 13

Social Justice MinistryTamara Harding - Director

04 0322 6699www.facebook.com/pages/Pittwa-

ter-Friends-OF-Soibada/162612300466694

Youth MinistryKatrina Pratt

[email protected] or [email protected].

All our Ministries comply with Working With Children Check requirements

Plenary Council 2020 The National Centre for Pastoral

Research has just published Listen to what the Spirit is

saying, the �nal report of the Listening and Dialogue stage

of the Plenary Council. The report captures the voices

of the more than 222,000 people who shared their submissions, questions and stories of faith during the 10-month process.

Access the report at: www.plenarycouncil.catholic.

org.au/resources/reports

INVITATION TO ALL CATHOLICS AND NON-CATHOLICSWe are happy to invite everybody who is interested in learning about our faith to join our next RCIA programme due to start on September 4, 2019, in our Parish.RCIA stands for ‘Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults’ and aims at providing deep insight into our faith tradition based on the story of Jesus, the greatest story ever told, and how we as Catholics have experienced it.In Matthew’s Gospel Jesus asked: “Who do people say the Son of Man is”? Peter spoke up but what would our answer be?Our enthusiastic RCIA team would like to share our answers with you in 22 informal evening sessions. We will explore the teachings of our Church, the Bible and our tradition, and in the process, discuss some of life’s deeper questions such as:• What does it mean to be Catholic today?• What can the Bible and the Church tell us today?• What do we really believe?• How can we have a personal relationship with Jesus today?• How can I love Jesus as he has loved me?

A former participant and new member of our Church testi�ed:

“I enjoyed every piece of it, from the simple fact that I met tremendous people … to the deepest knowledge of our faith explained nicely, so completely. My intimate relationship with God went from nothing to an incredibly enjoyable daily need.”

After completion at Easter 2020 Non-Catholics have the option to join our community as full members.

Our new programme starts on Wednesday evening, September 4, at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre,Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale. Please register at our Parish O�ce 9157 0999.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME!


'It's not just about migrants'Saturday 24 August 2019

Migrant Sunday Celebrations at 5pm Mass, Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale

followed by International Food Festival.Tickets for the International Food Festival is $10 per person.

Tickets available from the Parish O�ce.

All proceeds to support our youth participating in the Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) in Perth.

Please write, on the list provided at the back of Churches, your name on the international cruisine you would like to donate and share your culture through food.

Pope Francis challenges us to not remain behind our walls but to reach out and greet the stranger. By making those in the peripheries feel welcome, we can begin to positively encourage deeper unity within our communities. By learning from others, we are in turn able to teach about our journeys, struggles and successes. The Catholic Church in Australia has bene�ted in many ways from migration. We have come to experience through migration that geographical barriers between people can disappear. Those who were geographically, culturally, politically, and religiously far apart from each other can now come to live together. To know each other better helps to gradually erode prejudice and

historical rivalries built over many centuries. The Catholic Church in Australia recognises how migrants have bene�ted the Catholic community. This includes an increased membership, active practice, new symbols, new practices and devotions, and a sense of openness and inclusiveness of many peoples and cultures. The Catholic Church in Australia continues to play an important part in the migration program in Australia through the provision of pastoral care and resettlement programs. This is done through programs led by archdioceses and dioceses, religious congregations and their charitable arms, and non-government organisations with Catholic roots such as Jesuit Refugee Services and the International Catholic Migration Commission.

"The church has no problem touting the stories of married Episcopalian or Lutheran clergy being ordained priests, but it's a bit squirrelly about stories like mine," says Salvatorian Fr. John Pantuso.His story? Entered seminary training in late 1950s for the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians), �rst vows in 1960, ordained 1967, left priesthood, laicised, married, two sons, years of lay church work, widowed, renewed Salvatorian vows, reinstated as priest, named a pastor, retired."A bishop I will not name made a point of telling me not to make a big deal about my background when I started work in his diocese. Enough said," joked Pantuso in an email.In yet another twist in Pantuso's tale, his son Bobby, to his father's surprise, was recruited as the key vocations sta�er for the Salvatorians' U.S. province, headquartered in Milwaukee. Bobby and his wife, Nicki, have four sons -- Jacob, 14, Josh, 11, Joey, 9, and Jack, almost 2."As weird as it was for me when my dad became a priest again, it was weird for him that his son was the vocations director for his order," said Bobby Pantuso.While it is unusual for religious communities to hire a lay person to oversee vocations work, it is at least as rare for a laicised priest who has been married to return to active priesthood."Not extremely rare, but not widely publicised," said the elder Pantuso. "I'm aware of several cases like mine, but I've never actually met someone with a similar story. No one has started a club for us yet."There were 18 widowers at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wisconsin., where Pantuso was enrolled for theological updating. The school specialises in older vocations. "The fact that I was already ordained made for some interesting conversations, and most found my story interesting," he said.Son Bobby suggests his father be asked about the Sacred Heart seminary professor "who once told him to stop answering questions."Elder Pantuso: "A few weeks into the Synoptic Gospels course, the prof asked me to come to his o�ce before the next class. I did. He sat me down and said, 'In 20 years of teaching I have never said this to a student, but would you please stop participating so much?' "Today's new vocations to priesthood are "generally older and more mature, so they are making better informed decisions" about pursuing ordination, he said."On the other hand," he added, "I don't think they are getting a solid enough grounding in theology and sacred scripture. I was fortunate to be exposed to the likes of Roland Murphy, Charles Curran, Carl Peter and John Tracy Ellis."When a priest left ministry following the turmoil kicked o� by the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), it was common for him to be treated as a persona non grata by some parishioners and church leaders. That was not Fr. Pantuso's experience."At the time I left (circa late 1968) that 'persona non grata' business probably applied to most of the thousands around the world who also left during that era, “ he said. "It was certainly not true in the case of the Salvatorians I knew. It was di�erences like that they drew me to the Society in the �rst place."

How did parishioners react during his second term of priesthood when they learned he had been laicised, married, widowed and reinstated?"The majority of parishioners responded very positively," he answered. "A very few ultra conservative types could simply not accept that I was really a priest -- and walked away. My background proved valuable in preparing couples for marriage and in helping those who had lost a spouse, and it never hurt to throw in a 'my wife' or a 'my kids' story in a homily."

Would a married clergy have an advantage in counselling engaged and married couples?"Based on my experience," the widower said, "I would say yes, married priests can be more insightful and realistic in counselling. I had individuals and couples go out of their way to talk to me about their marriage problems and most of them came right out and said that they had come to talk to me because they knew I had been married. This does not mean that a priest who has never been married can't do a great job of counselling."

Where does he come down on the questions of married clergy and ordination of women?"I'm on the email lists of the Women's Ordination Conference and Call to Action, so I don't think there's much question as to where I stand on the question of women deacons or women priests for that matter. The sooner the better," he emphasised.However, he continued, "I think there will always be a place for the witness of celibacy, especially in the context of religious life, but it should certainly be optional for diocesan clergy."On the down side, I don't think Catholics are ready to �nancially support a married priesthood. More than 20 years ago, I asked a rabbi who served on an interfaith committee with me, how much he was paid. He said $80,000. He explained that his congregation was willing to do that because they wanted him to be free to study the Torah and not have to worry about paying the bills. Catholics aren't ready for that. And Joanne would agree with me on this."John and Joanne Pantuso had backboned myriad ministries. The couple worked several years in a public housing ministry in Maryland. When they later moved to Milwaukee, they became co-executive directors of the U.S. Lay Salvatorian program. They were also involved in the Milwaukee Archdiocese's Engaged Enrichment Program for 14 years."For the 20 years we lived in Wisconsin, we were members of a Salvatorian parish, St. Pius X in Wauwatosa," John said.Joanne earned an Early Childhood Education degree and taught kindergarten in Catholic schools for 17 years.With a degree in journalism from Marquette and graduate studies in theology, education and economics at Catholic University of America, John worked a handful of writing and editing jobs over the years including a decade as the director of publications for the New York-based Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (1987-96).During his stint with the League, he designed a poster for the organisation that was selected for the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

How does the senior Pantuso square his progressive theological stances with the Catholic League's well-known, stridently conservative agenda?"When I joined the Catholic League sta� it was still headed by Fr. Virgil Blum, its founder. The League had a reputation of being conservative, but Virgil was a good Jesuit and knew that the conservative label would keep the money coming in. When Bill Donohue was appointed, it started out well. He listened to advice early on. Before long he evolved into a self-in�ating windbag and the League decided to close my o�ce in Wisconsin right at the moment our friend [Salvatorian] Fr. Bob Wicht invited Joanne and me to join him at his new parish in Arizona. We headed west."So, in 1996 the Pantusos pulled up stakes and their sleeves and became core sta� of St. Rita in the Desert Parish in Vail, Ariz., about a half hour southeast of Tucson.John directed the parish adult education and the RCIA programs. Joanne established a pre-school religious education program and a parish outreach group. The pair served on the Social Justice Commission of the Tucson Diocese, which was heavily involved in U.S.-Mexican border issues. They also laid the groundwork for the �rst Lay Salvatorians in Tucson.Joanne died suddenly in 2002 from a pulmonary embolism."Joanne was about 10 years younger than I, and I remember talking with her about the probability that she might well be a widow for a long time," recalls Pantuso."She told me she would die �rst. When I asked why, she said that I could live without her but that she couldn't live without me," he continued. "When I asked what I was supposed to do, she said, 'Go back to your brothers.' Well after her death, I tried my best to forget that she ever said that. I was going to sit there in my desert home and play the doting grandpa until the cows came home."His return to active priestly ministry, he said, was jump started by a conversation he had with a Salvatorian priest friend while travelling home after a day of ministry at the state prison at Florence, Ariz.The friend "told me about this priest in Fresno who had returned to the priesthood after he was widowed," said Pantuso. "He asked if I had ever considered doing that. My answer was 'yes' -- and that was the start of my journey back."

The now-retired Pantuso says, however, "It was never a question of 'returning' to ministry, but more a matter of taking it to another level. So, when I �nally got around to asking in April 2003 if I could return to ministry as a priest, the response was immediate and it was positive."

Reaction from friends and family? Universally supportive, said Pantuso.There were his own speed bumps, however. "As I began my return to the priesthood, the sexual abuse scandal was hitting the fans. I remember agonising with my spiritual director over whether I really wanted to once again wear a Roman collar. In the end it came down to why I wanted to minister as a priest, and that overrode all other concerns."Son Bobby admits he felt "relief" at his father's decision. "I think a thought that haunts children when a parent dies is that they will end up in a relationship or even re-marry. Not that this was ever on the table, but I knew I wasn't going to have deal with a 'new mum' and that dad would have a support system. Beyond that though, he was pretty depressed about a year after my mum died. This gave him something to focus on and ultimately a second life."One of that new life's exclamation points occurred Feb. 29, 2008, the day Pope Benedict XVI authorised a decree reinstating Pantuso to priesthood. He had renewed �rst vows in 2004 and �nal vows in early 2007.The Vatican bureaucratic machinations at times were daunting, he said. However, the Salvatorian Generalate handled the entire process, working primarily with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith."As far as the Salvatorians were concerned, my request was never a problem," Pantuso said. "Dealing with the Vatican, however, is a whole other matter. There were questions back and forth, holdups, and bureaucratic nonsense before it was all over."In the years between Joanne's death and his reinstatement, Pantuso's assignments included working at the Salvatorian motherhouse in Rome where he helped redesign the order's international website "as well as numerous other print projects." He was also the director of communications for the U.S. province.O�cially reinstated, the priest became associate pastor of two Salvatorian parishes in Wisconsin in July, 2008 -- his home parish of St. Pius X in Wauwatosa and Mother of Good Counsel in Milwaukee.The next year he was appointed pastor of the Salvatorian parish in Sparta, Tenn., St. Andrew, where he served until retirement early last year.Bobby Pantuso says his father's story pays dividends in vocations work. "People are always amazed in a very positive way. It's fun for me to watch the wheels turn as they try to wrap their heads around it," the younger Pantuso said."It becomes a key part of getting to know men when they �rst begin to discern. It helps lay the foundation for them about where I'm coming from, but more importantly it helps to build trust at the beginning of our relationship.""For lack of a better way to explain it," added the son, "I was raised Salvatorian. My parents were Lay Salvatorians before I was even born, and so growing up a lot of my 'aunts' and 'uncle' were either Lay Salvatorians, sisters, brothers, or priests."While being "Salvatorian" was part and parcel of his life, Bobby Pantuso says the realisation and implications of his father having been an ordained priest grew."I guess I was aware of it because we were so close with the Salvatorians," he explained, "but I think the moment it became real for me was when I was about 11 or 12. I found out that if there were ever a time someone needed emergency last rites, my dad would not only have been able, but obligated, to administer them because when you leave the priesthood you are laicised, not 'un-ordained.' "Bobby and his older brother, Joe, "grew slowly but surely in their awareness of my background," said Fr. Pantuso. "When your closest family friends are priests and brothers and sisters and Lay Salvatorians, you sooner or later decide your family is really weird. How many kids would pick a Salvatorian sister to be their Con�rmation sponsor? When dad has a purple stole and a book with the last rites in the glove compartment, you might ask questions. When you �nd a silver chalice and paten in a black case in the closet, you might ask questions. You get answers."


Family steeped in Salvatorian life, including ministry as a reinstated priestby Dan Morris-Young


The Living Word First Reading Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23A reading from the book of EcclesiastesWhat do people gain by all their work?

Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity!For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days, his cares of office, his restless nights? This, too, is vanity.

The word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm Ps 89:3-6. 12-14. 17. R. v.1

(R.) In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

You turn men back into dustand say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’To your eyes a thousand yearsare like yesterday, come and gone,no more than a watch in the night. (R)

You sweep men away like a dream,like grass which springs up in the morning.In the morning it springs up and flowers:by evening it withers and fades. (R)

Make us know the shortness of our lifethat we may gain wisdom of heart.Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever?Show pity to your servants. (R)

In the morning, fill us with your love;we shall exult and rejoice all our days.Let the favour of the Lord be upon us:give success to the work of our hands.(R)

Second Reading Col 3:1-5, 9-11A reading from the letter of St Paul to the ColossiansSeek the things that are above where Christ is.

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God’s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed – and he is your life – you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.That is why you must kill everything in you that belongs only to earthly life: fornication, impurity, guilty passion, evil desires and especially greed, which is the same thing as worshipping a false god; and never tell each other lies. You have stripped off your old behaviour with your old self, and you have put on a new self which will progress towards true knowledge the more it is renewed in the image of its creator; and in that image there is no room for distinction between Greek and Jew, between the circumcised or the uncircumcised, or between barbarian and Scythian, slave and free

man. There is only Christ: he is everything and he is in everything.

The word of the Lord

Gospel Acclamation Mt 5:3 Alleluia, alleluia!Happy the poor in spirit;the kingdom of heaven is theirs!Alleluia!

Gospel Lk 12:13-21A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeTo whom will all this wealth of yours go?

A man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.’ ‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’ Then he said to them, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’Then he told them a parable: ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, “What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.” Then he said, “This is what I will do; I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.” But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?” So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’

The Gospel of the Lord

REFLECTION by Dianne Bergant CSA Both the first reading and the psalm response speak about the transitoriness of life. Life is all we have and it is so fragile, so fleeting. When we realise this, we may fear that in the end we will have nothing to show for our lives. Such thoughts show that we have not learned the most basic lesson of life – life is to be lived!The goods of the earth are both good and essential for survival and advancement. However, they do not satisfy the deepest longings of the human spirit. They provide us with pleasure and challenge, but they cannot shield us from the transitoriness of life itself. In the face of such impermanence, they are ultimately worthless. Life itself is the far greater good; goods only enhance life.Recognising the transitoriness of life and the vanity of goods, we come to see that the only reality worthy of our total commitment is our relationship with God in Christ. Though made of dust and thus subject to perishability, we are joined

with Christ and are promised imperishability. Having died to the vanities of this world, having taken off our old selves with their evil desires, we can now live as a new self, in generosity rather than greed, with openness to others rather than religious or gender or social biases. In our commitment to Christ we will discover that we can transform what is transitory in life by giving it away in love. If we can live in this way, life is anything but vanity!

© Dianne Bergant CSA

Save the DateThursday

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Liturgy for the Week

05/08 Monday Ordinary Time 18 Num 11:4-15; Mt 14:13-21

06/08 Tuesday The Trans�guration of the Lord Dan 7:9-10, 13-14 or 2 Pet 1:16-19; Lk 9:9:28-36

07/08 Wednesday Ordinary Time 18 Num 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26-29, 34-35; Mt 15:21-28

08/08 Thursday St Mary of the Cross, virgin 1 Kg 17:8-16; Col 3:12-17; Mt 6:25-34

09/08 Friday Ordinary Time 18 Deut 4:32-40; Mt 16:24-28

10/08 Saturday St Lawrence, deacon, martyr 2 Cor 9:6-10; Jn 12:24-26

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