Morphett Vale

Catholic Parish Bulletin

Our Parish Vision:

“The people of Mary Help of Christians Parish will seek to know and love God, and serve God

by nurturing and sustaining our whole community.”

Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord - Year A 5th April 2020

Parish Priest: Fr Roman Palma CR Retired Priest : Fr Marian Szablewski CR

Parish Office: 3 Venning Street, Morphett Vale SA 5162

Office Open: Monday; Wednesday; Closed Tuesday; Thursday; Friday; Closed

\Phone: 8326 1555 E-mail: mvparish@internode.on.net Web Site: www.morphettvalecatholic.com xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mary Help of Christians Church: Corner Bains and Main South Roads, Morphett Vale

Cana Chapel: Hay Street, Happy Valley MacKillop Chapel: Todd Street, Woodcroft

Antonio School: Bains Road Morphett Vale Phone 8384 7633

Emmaus School: Todd Street, Woodcroft Phone 8322 7211

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Weekend Masses Weekday Masses

All Sunday and Weekday Masses are suspended, and all Devotions suspended until further notice

due to the government restrictions.

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Reconciliation: By appointment ONLY

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: Suspended.

Rosary: Suspended.

Divine Mercy Devotion: Suspended.

Devotion to Mary: Suspended.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart: Suspended..

Baptisms: Enquiries please ring the Parish Office.

Marriages: Six months notice is requested. Phone the Parish Office for an appointment.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord - Year A

Palm Sunday Easter Sunday 5th April 2020 20th April 2020 First Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 Acts 10:34, 37-43 Second Reading Philippians 2:6-11 Colossians 3:1-4 Gospel Matthew 26:14-27:66 John 20:1-9

PSALM RESPONSE: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

GOSPEL ACCL: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory! Christ became obedient for us even to death, dying on the Cross. Therefore God raised Him on high and gave Him a name above all other names. Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!

Did You Know?

The words of Jesus from the Cross in this text are in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.

This Sunday is also known as ‘Palm Sunday’ and commemorates Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Celebrations similar to those carried out in churches today, were being held in Jerusalem as early as the fourth century.

The narratives of the Passion of Jesus - the arrest, trial, crucifixion and death - are the earliest strands of what came to be written down as the Gospels.

Since the fourth century, the site now marked by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has been revered as the site of Calvary,

Symbols and Images

There are two central images in this week’s liturgy: The Palms signify the glory and triumph of Jesus, as well, as reminding us

of His entry into Jerusalem before His death; The Cross represents Christ’s love for the world and the sacrifice He

made so that salvation was available to all people.

Reflection

How will knowing of the Cross of Christ help you to carry your own crosses in the future?

What emotions stir in you as you read or listen to the Passion of the Lord?

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY!

Latin Mass Suspended!

Feast Days and Memorials this week! Monday 6th April Monday of Holy Week Jesus cleanses the Temple Tuesday 7th April Tuesday of Holy Week Jesus explains the destruction of Jerusalem

Wednesday 8th April Wednesday of Holy Week Judas speaks to the chief priests

Thursday 9th April Holy Thursday

Friday 10th April Good Friday

Saturday 11th April Holy Saturday Jesus descends into Hell

Blessed Palms! We are not allowed to gather but Blessed Palms will be made available in front of Mary Help of Christians Church to be picked up individually by those who wish to do so after 10.30am on Palm Sunday. Fr Roman will bless the palms at a private Mass.

Palms and olive branches are kept in our

homes as a witness to our faith in Jesus

Christ, the Messianic King. He began His

journey to Calvary and death on the Cross

leading to the Paschal Victory of Easter

Sunday. Today He invite us to journey with Him and carry our crosses,

both physical and spiritual, the depravation of the reception of the

Sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist and attending Holy Mass.

Parishioners might also be conscious of the need to collect palms

Morphett Vale Catholic Parish

is a Child Safe and Family Friendly Environment.

Our Child Protection Officer is: Kathleen Gaffney - 8326 1555

YOUR PRAYERS ARE REQUESTED!

Sick: Tammy Kohler, Andrew Schaaf, Anna Keating, Laura Boatswain, Marie Bell, Patricia Lowther, Veronica Gentle, Judy Terry, Brian Storey, Melanie Bull, Teresa Gilleran, Breege McGinn, Frank Franco, Julie Gamble, Barbara Saunders, Tom & Jenny Lewis Lord, be with them and their carers at this time of anxiety and suffering!

Recently Deceased: Kathleen Forde, Marie Maroun, Cyril Gore, Gina Willats, Felicity Leak, Wendy Covington, Mary Centofanti, Sr Doreen Hynes OP, Phillip Horne, Les Drewer, Alesha Smith, Vincenzo Amato, Alessandra Iarriccio May God have mercy on their souls!

Anniversaries: Don Liston, David Fisher, Kenneth Triplow, Keith Gore, Danny McAssey, Members of Adam, Zadey, Khoury & Hanna Families, Eddie McGreevy, Paula McGreevy, Mona Chambers, Jean Smith, Nancy Donellan, Ron & Pat Bruton, Mercy Wilson, Gloria Yallop, Margaret Duffy, Val Kelly, Sr Marie Teresa Lyne, Charles, Doris, Ken & John Lyne, Jack Horne, Gerry Thiele, Billy Keenan, Alf, Ellie & Ron Bennett, Tony & Pat Murphy, Jim & Pat KInnane, Nora Venner, Eugene McEvoy, Peter & Joseph Khoury, Holy Souls in Purgatory, Keith Gore, Derek Ferrier, Simplicio Lupas, Vincenzo Romano, Caterina Romano, Rocco Romano, Pasquale Romano, Leo Amato Lord, grant them eternal peace in Your Kingdom!

Prayer List Policy: If you wish the names of your loved ones to be included in the Prayers for the Sick,

Recently Deceased or Anniversaries, then please contact the Parish Office. These will be listed for 4 consecutive Sundays in the parish bulletin. Names can be re-listed on request from the family to the Parish Office.

Patience Patience is more perfect

when it is less mixed up with worries and disturbances. St Padre Pio

SCREENING OF MASSES UPDATE!

Palm Sunday Mass - live streamed from St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral this Sunday 5th April at 10.00am and live streaming of Daily Mass

will commence from next Monday at 12.10pm. Mass can be viewed live and on demand on the home page of

www.adelaide.catholic.org.au. via Facebook or YouTube.

The following Easter services will be broadcast on free to air television on Channel 44, a community television station, at the following times:

Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Good Friday Passion of the Lord, 3.00pm - 4.00pm Holy Saturday Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, 6.00pm - 7.00pm Easter Sunday 9.00am - 10.00am

The Passionist Community at The Monastery, Glen Osmond, has pre-recorded the 2020 Stations of the Cross. https://youtu.be/l26jKw-KHwM

Daily Mass, Rosary, Catholic Devotions & much more can be viewed at EWTN An American Catholic station that runs 24hours/day - 7 days a week!

Mass can also be viewed:- Channel 10 at 6.00am every Sunday morning or online at www.cathnews.com

Shalomworld Australian channel at 9.30am and 9.30pm, on the North American channel at 12.30pm and the European channel at 7.30pm. They can be watched live on a SmartTV or smart phone by downloading the Shalomworld app, or online at www.shalomworld.org/dailymass

Please check the Adelaide Archdiocesan website for all updates, online resources and the latest Coronavirus Protocols:

www.adelaide.catholic.org.au

Planned Giving up-date

March 2020 Pledged: $ 10897.33 Received: $ 8092.40 Loose Plate: $ 1911.90 Priest’s Collection: $ 2395.35

St Vincent de Paul Society: Poor Box Collection $

I Am Your Father! Let us contemplate these words of our Heavenly Father

as spoken to us personally.

“My child You may not know Me, but I know everything

about you. I know when you sit down and when you rise. I am

familiar with all your ways. Even the very hairs on your head

are numbered, for you were made in My Image.

“In Me you live and move and have your being, for you

are My offspring. I knew you even before you were conceived. I

chose you when I planned creation. You were not a mistake,

for all your days are written in My Book. I determined the ex-

act time of your birth and where you would live. You are faith-

fully and wonderfully made. I knit you together in your moth-

er’s womb and I brought you forth on the day you were born.

“I have been mispresented by those who don’t know Me. I

am not distant and angry, but am the complete expression of

love, and it is My desire to lavish my Love on you, simply be-

cause you are My child and I am your Father.

“I offer you more than your earthly father ever could, for

I am the Perfect Father. Every good gift that you receive

comes from My hand for I am your Provider and I meet all

your needs. My plan for your future has always been filled

with hope because I love you with an everlasting love. My

thoughts towards you are countless as the sands on the sea-

shore, and I rejoice over you with singing. I will never stop do-

ing good to you for you are my treasured possession. I desire

to establish you with all my Heart and all my Soul, and I want

to show you great and marvellous things.

“If you seek Me with all your heart you will find Me. Delight in

Me and I will give you the desires of your heart for it is I who

gave you those desires. I am able to do for you, more than you

could possibly imagine, for I am your greatest Encourager and

am also your Father, who comforts you in all your troubles.

When you are broken hearted, I am close to you. As a shep-

herd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my Heart.

“One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes and I

will take away all the pain you suffered on this earth.

“ I am your Father and I love you even as I love my Son

Jesus. For in Jesus my Love for you is revealed. He is the ex-

act Representation of my Being, and He came to demonstrate

that I am for you - not against you, and to tell you that I am

not counting your sins.

“Jesus died so that You and I could be reconciled. His

Death was the ultimate expression of my Love for you. I gave

up everything I loved that I might gain your love. If you re-

ceive the gift of my Son Jesus, you receive Me, and nothing

will ever separate you from my Love again. Come home and I

will throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen.

“I have always been Father and will always be Father.

My question is - will you be My child?

I am waiting for you!

Love your Dad,

Almighty God.”

Excerpt taken from the Dialogue of St Catherine of Siena

Jesus gave St Faustina a Nine Day Novena,

proceeding the Feast of Divine Mercy with a prayer intention

for each day, commencing on

Good Friday 10th April

and finishing on

Divine Mercy Sunday 19th April

NOVENA OF THE DIVINE MERCY

Day 1 For the souls of all mankind, especially sinners

Day 2 For the souls of priests and religious

Day 3 For all devout and faithful souls

Day 4 For the souls of unbelievers and those who do not know Jesus

Day 5 For the souls of the separated brethren

Day 6 For the meek and humble souls and souls of little children

Day 7 For souls who venerate & glorify My Mercy

Day 8 For souls suffering in Purgatory

Day 9 For souls who have become lukewarm

CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY

The Lord said to Sr Faustina:

‘You will recite this chaplet on the beads of the rosary in the following manner: say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and the I believe in God.

On the Our Father beads you will say the following words: Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

On the Hail Mary beads you will say the following words: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and the whole world.

In conclusion you will recite these words 3 times. Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and the whole world.’

To faithfully observe the Feast of Divine Mercy we need to:

Celebrate the Feast on the Sunday after Easter Go to confession within 8 days before or after Mercy Sunday Receive Holy Communion on the day of the Feast Be merciful to others, through our actions, words & prayers.

To obtain the indulgence please read the Special Pandemic Indulgence Decree from Pope Francis on the next 2 pages!

“Churches are NOT being closed. Buildings are being closed.

You are the Church! You are to remain open.”

Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ, Apostolic Administrator

SUMMARY - SPECIAL PANDEMIC INDULGENCE

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12).

The value of human suffering is twofold: “It is supernatural because it is rooted in the Divine Mystery of the Redemption of the world,

and it is likewise deeply human, because in it the person discovers himself,

his own humanity, his own dignity, his own mission” (Pope St John Paul II, Apostolic Letter SALVIFICI DOLORIS)

The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary announced an opportunity for a ple-nary indulgence during the current coronavirus pandemic.

According to THE DECREE, “the gift of special Indulgences is granted to the faithful suffering from COVID-19 disease, commonly known as Coro-navirus, as well as to health care workers, family members, and all those who in any capacity, including through prayer, and care for them.” A PLENARY INDULGENCE removes all temporal punishment due to sin, but one must have “a spirit detached from any sin” for it to completely apply.

THE FAITHFUL WHO QUALIFY FOR A PLENARY INDULGENCE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC:

Those suffering from the coronavirus illness Those ordered to quarantine themselves due to the virus Health care workers, family members, and others caring for those

with the coronavirus (exposing themselves to contagion)

To do at least one of the following:

Unite yourself spiritually through the media in the celebration of the Holy Mass

Recite the Rosary Pious practice of the Way of the Cross (or other forms of devotion)

Recite the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, and “a pious invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, offering this trial in a spirit of faith in God and charity towards their brothers and sisters.”

Also must perform ALL of the following as soon as possible: (considered the three usual conditions for a plenary indulgence)

Sacramental Confession Eucharistic communion Pray for the Pope’s intentions

THE FAITHFUL NOT SUFFERING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS CAN: “Implore the Almighty God for the end of the epidemic, relief for those who are afflicted, and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has called to Himself.”

In addition to the usual conditions mentioned above for a plenary indul-gence, do at least one of the following:

Visit the Blessed Sacrament or go to Eucharistic Adoration Read the Holy Scriptures for at least half an hour Recite Holy Rosary Pious exercise of the Way of the Cross Recite the Chaplet of Divine Mercy

PLENARY INDULGENCE FOR THOSE UNABLE TO RECEIVE THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK:

The decree adds that “the Church [we the faithful] prays for those who find themselves unable to receive the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and of the Viaticum, entrusting each and every one to divine Mercy by virtue of the communion of saints and granting the faithful a Plenary Indulgence on the point of death, provided that they are duly disposed and have recited a few prayers during their lifetime (in this case the Church [the Body of Christ] makes up for the three usual conditions re-quired). For the attainment of this indulgence the use of the crucifix or the cross is recommended.”

Pray for an end to the coronavirus pandemic and all suffering from the coronavirus!