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1 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 The God-Shaped Hole A warm welcome to our parishioners and visitors who are celebrating the Eucharist with us at Sacred Heart Church and Maria Regina Church. Fr George Kolodziej SDS Parish Priest Pope Francis Prayer Intentions Formation in Spiritual Discernment That the Church may appreciate the urgency of formation in spiritual discernment, both on a personal and communitarian levels. Thoughts of Fr Francis Jordan Do everything as if you really saw God before you. This is a sure way to make great progress in virtue. We're born with a God-shaped hole in our hearts. It's a space for God alone. Until we recognise what it is, we try to fill it up by stuffing earthly things into it possessions, activities, self-importance. It's like trying to force the wrong piece of a jigsaw puzzle into a space not meant for it. We don't know why we're not satisfied, so we search for novelty in the things we cram into the hole. It doesn't work. Nothing but God will fit the God-shaped hole. Lent is our time to unclog that hole, to clear out all the litter. The more we try to fill that hole with God, something wonderful happens. We want to give God more and more room. The feeling lasts longer and longer. The God-shaped hole enlarges! Each year it widens. Like a dilated pupil in the eye, people see more and more of God in us and less and less of our own willfulness. We are slowly transformed into the person God calls us to be. ~adapted from the God- Shaped hole, Page Zreomski~ 1 Keenan Street Mona Vale NSW 2103 Tel: Fax office@pittwaterparish.org website:

2 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 We Pray for Deceased Anniversary from Our Schools DATES for your DIARY Vinnies Named Donation Partner of NSW Government s Return & Earn Scheme The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW is proud to be selected as one of the initial donation partners of the NSW Government s Return & Earn Scheme, a recycling program currently being established at over 500 locations across NSW. St Vincent de Paul Society NSW CEO, Jack de Groot says, Vinnies is extremely grateful and excited to be one of the initial donation partners for the NSW Government s Return & Earn Scheme. The initiative will raise important funds to assist Vinnies in providing a helping hand to those Australians experiencing disadvantage and homelessness in our communities. Mr de Groot explains that all funds donated to Vinnies by consumers using the Reverse Vending Machines will be used to help run Vinnies accommodation and support services, such as counselling and case management, for vulnerable and disadvantaged people. This initial donation campaign will run over the next three months, a time that we know will see more and more Australians turn to Vinnies for assistance. This is traditionally a very tough period for families, with Christmas, end of year bills, and back to school costs all mounting up. Homelessness is also on the rise. We know that 105,000 people are experiencing homelessness in Australia today, and, of these, 17,000 are children younger than 12 years old. It is shocking that between July 2016 to 2017, almost 60 per cent of people assisted by Vinnies were in housing stress, where their rent takes up more than 30 per cent of their income, said Mr de Groot. Mr de Groot encouraged Australians to participate in the Return & Earn Scheme not only to benefit the environment, but to also help our communities and neighbours in need. If Australians can use the opportunity to engage with the scheme and generously donate their refund to Vinnies, they can be confident that it will make an enormous difference to those people living at the margins of our society. For more information on the Return & Earn Scheme, please visit: return-and-earn For the needy, help is available by contacting the Brookvale Centre during business hours. Paul Callachor John Murphy 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 Deceased Fr Tony Smith SJ Jan Smith Antonio Ferragamo 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 Sick Mary McHugh Vera Howorka Liz Ryan Brooke Baldwin Natasha Sljokic Anthony Le Val Ducker Susan Flego Trudie Tauer Peter Hawkins Margaret McManus Bridget Hawton Daryl Kaufer Sid Kelly Margaret Baker Noeline Becham Paulina Fabian Madeleine Reicher Natasha Britt Milka Marov Carol Brennan Annette Leary Edward Hogan Rufina Criss Tayla Riddle Ricky Gomez Warwick Carpenter Elizabeth Davis Mary Seymour Allessio Angelucci Giuseppina Caruso Xavier Flory Connie Robinson Alana de Kort Chiqui de Ocampo Neave Mackey Anne Godley Sr Anna Warlow Sally Leong Francis Stanana Jenny Hector Joyce Zonaga Kevin Begaud Rachel Weldrick Antoinetta Knapp Donald McRae Basil Hughes Stefanie Romeo Danny Rosen This list will be updated every month and we would appreciate it if we are advised, if further reconsideration is required. Thank you Mater Maria Catholic College Join us for our Open Evening on Thursday 8, 2017 between 4.00pm pm. We are now enrolling students in Year 5 for Year 7, Please visit the College website for a prospectus, Application for Enrolment or to register for a College tour. Applications for Year 7, 2020 close on April 4, Thursday Morning Spirituality Group: All are invited. During Lent, our group is putting aside our study of The Divine Dance to pray the Broken Bay Lenten program, Lifted Up. We welcome all who would like to join us. Morning tea at am followed by our study at am. For more information, you may call Trish Newman on or Bayan is a 12 year old Syrian girl, living with her family in Jordan. An ambitious student, Bayan has her sights set on a career as an ophthalmologist. As a quiet, young refugee she struggled to overcome the trauma of growing up in a conflict zone and faced the prospect of missing out on schooling. With Caritas Australia s support, Bayan is an academic high-achiever who is flourishing in a stable school environment. Please donate to Project Compassion 2018 and help equip young people to succeed in the future, bringing stability to vulnerable youth, providing just futures for others like Bayan. A Just Future starts with your support! You can donate through Parish boxes and envelopes, by visiting projectcompassion or phoning STATIONS OF THE CROSS Every Friday in Lent after morning mass. Reconciliation is available at Maria Regina during the Stations of the Cross. EXPOSITION AND RECONCILIATION Every Friday in Lent from 7pm to 8pm at Sacred Heart Church Mona Vale 24 HOURS for THE LORD Friday 9 at Sacred Heart Church Mona Vale. From 7pm to Midnight 24 Hours for the Lord is a worldwide initiative called for by Pope Francis to invite all people to receive the mercy of God through Eucharistic Adoration. If you would like to accept this invitation in observing this day of dedication to our Lord, please write your name on the list at the back of Church. Thank you. COURAGE will follow when faith takes the lead. Did you know that if you are new to our parish you can register your details through our website or if your contact details have changed you can update them. Simply go to click on the Welcome menu item and select Parishioner Registration from the dropdown menu. If you have any problems, please contact the parish office on

3 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 ADULT FAITH EDUCATION Dear Fellow Parishioners, In Lent for The Year of COURAGE, you are invited to two evening talks presented by two prominent scientists. Where: Parish Centre, Sacred Heart Mona Vale. When: Evening One - Tuesday 6th. The Nature of Faith and Traces of God. Presented by Dr John Honner. Evening Two - Tuesday 13th. "Science and Religion: two Scientists talk about Faith in God. Presented by Dr Fabien Delerue and Dr John Honner. Time: 7.30pm until 9pm. Please join us from 7pm for tea and coffee. All welcome. The Co-ordinators of Adult Faith Education. THANK YOU Thank you to all who participated in our first Coffee Morning for There was a delicious homemade morning tea provided from parishioners kitchens and professionally made coffee. We hope to continue this level of service throughout the year by the gracious contributions of our parish family. One slight change, however, rather than the monthly Coffee Mornings occurring on the third Sunday of each month we are moving them to the second Sunday of each month. So please, come again and enjoy friendly conversation with members of your parish community. See you after the 9:30am Mass at Sacred Heart Mona Vale s parish centre on Sunday 11. Thank you. Dear married couples, watch over your children and, in a world dominated by technology, transmit to them, with serenity and trust, reasons for living, the strength of faith, pointing them towards high goals and supporting them in their fragility (Pope Benedict XVI) Divine Will Group Please join us on Tuesdays from 10am to 11am at Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale Meeting Room, for readings and discussion of Luisa Piccarreta s Divine Will. Fabien Delerue Dr Delerue is a behavioral neuroscientist whose career spans over 20 years practice in animal handling, surgery, and generation of animal models of diseases. He gained his first research experience in the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (Bordeaux, France) and moved to the preclinical CNS Centre of Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd (Basel, Switzerland) where he gained expertise in in vivo activities, developing several animal models of human pathologies (sleep disorders, anxiety, AD/PD, depression, schizophrenia) and implementing those models for the screening of new drugs. Further, Dr Delerue moved to the Alzheimer and Parkinson s disease laboratory (Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney) where his research focused on the production and characterization of new transgenic mouse models of neurodegeneration. His current research focuses on developing new methods for genome editing and gene transfer particularly applicable to dementia and rare genetic disorders. He is currently a member of the International Society for Transgenic Technologies (ISTT), the manager of the Transgenic Animal Unit (TAU), and Lecturer for the Dementia Research Unit (DRU) at UNSW. Fabien has been a member of Pittwater Parish for the last 10 years. After attending the RCIA program in 2013, Fabien was baptised at Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale. He currently sits on the Parish Council. John Honner Dr Honner is a theologian and philosopher of science. He studied science at the Australian National University, where he graduated with first class honours and the university prize for Chemistry. He also has a first class honours degree in theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity. John s Masters thesis was on the influence of the rise of science on theological method during the Middle Ages and the Reformation. He then completed a doctorate at Oxford University on the interpretation of quantum physics and its implications for faith in a loving God. During this time he did research at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. John taught theology and philosophy for 20 years at Jesuit Theological College and the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne. More recently he has been a sessional teacher at the Australian Catholic University, the University of Newcastle, the Broken Bay Institute, and the University of Divinity. He was a founding editor and editor-in-chief of Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies and has produced many books and articles on the philosophy of science and on religion and science. One of his major publications is The Description of Nature: Niels Bohr and the Philosophy of Quantum Physics from Oxford University Press. John moved to Avalon in 2014 and has been a member of Pittwater Parish for the past four years. You now have it in Black & White. Fr George is turning 50 in May. As a parish family and his only family in Australia, lets Dine and Dance to celebrate this special day with him. At Royal Motor Yacht Club, Newport on 16 May at 6pm. Dine at $50 per person, includes welcome drink, canapes, main meal, dessert, coffee and tea. Drinks available for purchase at the bar. Dance through the Night with live music. Tickets available at the Parish Office. Organise your table of 10 or allow us to organise a table for you.

4 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 MASS TIMES SACRED HEART CHURCH 1 Keenan Street, Mona Vale BOOK REVIEW "Reading the Clouds" by Anthony J. Gittins Weekday Masses 9.15am Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (except 1st Friday of the month) Weekend Masses 5.00pm Saturday Vigil 8.00am 9.30am 4.00pm Croatian (1st & 3rd Sunday) 6.00pm (SOUL) Sunday Reconciliation 4.00pm to 4.30pm Saturday Baptism 4th Sunday am Reconciliation, Exposition Adoration & Benediction 10.00am First Friday of the month ( no 9.15am weekday mass) Anointing of the Sick 11.00am First Friday of the month ( no 9.15am weekday mass) MARIA REGINA CHURCH 7 Central Road, Avalon Weekday Masses 9.15am Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Weekend Masses 6.00pm Saturday Vigil 9.00am Sunday Reconciliation Before Vigil Mass on Saturday Baptism 3rd Sunday am Reconciliation, Exposition Adoration & Benediction 8.00am First Thursday of the month followed by 9.15am mass) Anointing of the Sick 9.15am First Friday in January,, May, July, September and November The foreward explains how the sea and nature help us to understand our Earth, its geography and cross cultures. He says our mission is spirituality for new times Anointing Mass At Nursing Homes And Retirement Villages GEORGE MOCKLAR HOSTEL Tuesday 13th at 1.30pm Anointing Mass OCEAN VIEW Tuesday 13th at 2.30pm MONA VALE NURSING HOME Tuesday 13th at 3.00pm MINKARA NURSING HOME Tuesday 20th at 10.30am Anointing Mass SEABEACH GARDENS Tuesday 20th at 11.30am BAYVIEW GARDEN Tuesday 20th at 1.30pm Anointing Mass ESTIA HEALTH (PENINSULAR GARDEN NURSING HOME) Tuesday 20th at 2.30pm AVALON HOUSE Tuesday 28th at 10.45pm MARCUS LOANE Tuesday 28th at 2.00pm Anointing Mass The Catholic Parish of Pittwater Worldwide Marriage Encounter A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend is a Marriage Enrichment experience for married couples set in peaceful, picturesque surroundings, away from the distractions of everyday life. During the weekend, couples have a unique opportunity to reconnect, rekindle and refresh their relationship. Take time out of your busy schedule, to invest in your most precious asset... your Marriage! Weekend date: April at Mt Carmel Retreat Centre, Varroville, NSW Bookings online at oradrian and Janet Sullivan: on or adrian.janet1@bigpond.com From the Music Ministry An Invitation to Parish Singers. The first Sunday of Lent has passed, and so, as liturgical musicians, we start preparing toward the Easter Triduum celebrations. As we begin our preparations for what is the busiest time of the year for us in music ministry, I especially want to thank you for your generous commitment and dedication during this time. The Triduum and Easter are a busy but also a particularly significant and beautiful time in the life of our Parish, and to be a part of this passionate musical team that tirelessly contributes so meaningfully to these celebrations always has a special impact on me. This year the Holy Thursday 'Mass of Our Lord s Supper will be on 29 at 7:30pm. All singers from Mona Vale and Avalon choirs and all Parish cantors are invited to be a part of our special Combined Parish Choir conducted by Sam Browne for this mass. Our rehearsal will be at 10:45am on Sunday 18 in Sacred Heart Church after the morning masses. Lunch will be provided! Peter Kearney Presentation Singer-songwriter Peter Kearney is the composer of many hymns, including The Beatitudes and Fill My House, and has toured extensively through Australia and the UK. If you are interested in attending his presentation Ashes to Easter at Our Lady of Dolours Church, Chatswood, on 24th, please contact me at music@pittwaterparish.org or visit peterkearneysongs.com. au.hostbaby.com/events for details. Other dates are also available. Christ Our Joy The Year of Youth image is titled Christ our Joy, painted by artist, Amunda Gorey in Alice Springs. The image, which will be central to the celebration and prayerful discernment of local Australian communities throughout the Year of Youth, was unveiled at the recent Youth Festival. The image tells the story of young people in the current landscape of our Australian Church as they journey toward Christ. It is a story of rich diversity and great joy, said Malcolm Hart, Director of the Australian Catholic Bishop Conference s Office for Youth. Ms Gorey was identified by the Australian Catholic Youth Council for her use of vibrant colour which depicts youthfulness and the joy that is central to the spiritual focus of the Year of Youth. Christ our Joy is rich in symbolism, tradition and meaning. It depicts the diversity of young people through the use of varied colour, shaped and sized dots. Some are gathered in communities, others more isolated. Some are closer to God or the cross, others further away. The central figures are Jesus and Mary against a cross. They point to the Resurrection as the source of our Joy. Jesus extends a hand toward his mother Mary, and with her to the Church; with his other hand, he points them all to his Father-God. Everyone will see, feel and sense the painting differently. Each is valued as our stories and experiences are different, Ms Gorey said. It is hoped that all communities of faith will find inspiration in this image as they respond to the invitation to a Year of Youth.

5 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 Year of Youth Pilgrim Cross A Catholic Youth Broken Bay (CYBB) Pilgrim Cross has been commissioned by Bishop Peter to travel the Diocese and be hosted by each parish. In November 2017, at the commencement of the Year of Youth, Bishop Peter formally handed over the CYBB Pilgrim Cross to the young people of Broken Bay. This Cross has been entrusted to young people to carry around the Diocese throughout the Year of Youth and it will become a permanent feature of CYBB events into the future. Pittwater Parish will be hosting the Cross from the 10th to the 24th of. This is a great opportunity to engage and acknowledge the young people in our community and to reach out to those who are perhaps less connected to our parish. During it s stay, the Cross will visit the schools within the parish and the Year of Youth prayer will be said during masses. 100% SOUL Youth Nights! For Year 10+. Every Thursday night from 7-9 pm in the Sacred Heart Church, Parish Centre, Mona Vale. Existing and new members welcome. Come along with your friends or make some new ones over some snacks, games and exploration of our faith. The Story behind the Year of Youth Cross In October 2017, I was asked to make a Cross for the young people of the Diocese of Broken Bay. From insights gained in various youth ministry, music ministry and religious education roles in the Diocese over 25 years, I prepared a design and took up my latest ministry of building things. BY ANDREW INTRONA During World Youth Day 2008, I had the privilege to travel with the WYD Cross and Icon through both Broken Bay and Sandhurst Dioceses. At every event I was struck by how young people related to the WYD cross as they touched and carried it. The Cross became a tangible expression of their faith and the stories of the millions of people who carried it around the world helped them to understand that they were part of a family that was wider than their schools and local parishes. I designed the Broken Bay Year of Youth Cross to be a simple contemporary design hoping that the richness of faith expression young people have will complement it. It was made from Tasmanian Oak, a eucalypt tree that grows in the south-east parts of Australia. It was chosen to represent the local Australian Church with its light colour representing the Light of Christ. This idea ties strongly to the symbolism used in our Diocese of the lighthouse. The timber has a range of grain structures and colours representing the many expressions of faith in the Diocese. On sharing photos of the cross with Bishop Peter, he asked if something could be added to signify the Crucified Christ. An abstract design was added using Purple Heart timber. This is a timber that comes from Central and South America, incidentally the location for the next WYD. This timber was chosen to represent the contribution and richness of people from all over the world to our local faith community. The colour represents mourning, pain and the crucifixion as well as the idea that Jesus was Priest, Prophet and King. Oil has been used as a finish to remind us of the oil used at baptism and anointing. The oil provides strength and protects the timber while bringing out the character of the wood. The stand for the Cross was made from discarded timber projects saved from a school skip bin. Despite being imperfect this timber now plays an important role in supporting the Cross. Despite all our flaws we are called to live faith filled lives, doing the work of Christ today. The cross is able to be taken apart in pieces to make transportation easier for its journey across Broken Bay in the Year of Youth. At its presentation during Praisefest in November and subsequent travels during ACYF, the way the Year of Youth Cross has been embraced by the young people of our Diocese is a blessing. I hope that it will inspire those who carry it in the future. Schedule for CYBB Pilgrim Cross visit MONDAY 12 WEDNESDAY 14 SATURDAY 10 Cross arrives at Pittwater Parish SUNDAY 11 6:00pm 8.00pm Welcoming Mass and Praise and Worship with the CYBB Pilgrim Cross. Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale FRIDAY 16 SUNDAY 18 FRIDAY 23 SATURDAY 24 TUESDAY 13 Cross at Sacred Heart Primary School THURSDAY 15 Cross at Mater Maria Catholic College Cross at Maria Regina Primary School 9.00am Mass at Maria Regina Church, Avalon followed by Pilgrimage Walk to Barrenjoey lighthouse with the Pilgrim Cross carried by youth. 7.00pm 8.30pm The Light Is On followed by Stations of the Cross Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale 10.30am 1.30pm Youth Forum Discuss hopes and dreams and engage with the community, with an opportunity for comments and questions from youth (and the young at heart) with responses from parish leaders. Followed with refreshments. Sacred Heart Church, Mona Vale Parish Centre

6 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 The Living Word First Reading Ex 20:1-17 A reading from the book of Exodus The Law was given through Moses. God spoke all these words. He said, I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no gods except me. You shall not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven or on earth beneath or in the waters under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God and I punish the father s fault in the sons, the grandsons, and the great-grandsons of those who hate me; but I show kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it. Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath for the Lord your God. You shall do no work on that day, neither you nor your son nor your daughter nor your servants, men or women, not your animals nor the stranger who lives with you. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that these hold, but on the seventh day he rested; that is why the Lord has blessed the sabbath day and made it sacred. Honour your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God has given to you. You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. You shall not covet your neighbour s house. You shall not covet your neighbour s wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is his. The word of the Lord Responsorial Psalm Ps 18:8-11. R. Jn 6:68 (R.) Lord, you have the words of everlasting life. The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple. (R) The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes. (R) The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever. The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just. (R) They are more to be desired than gold, than the purest of gold and sweeter are they than honey, than honey from the comb. (R) Second Reading 1 Cor 1:22-25 A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians We are preaching a crucified Christ, a scandal to many, but to those who have been called, the wisdom of God. While the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God s weakness is stronger than human strength. The word of the Lord Gospel Acclamation Jn 3:16 Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! God loved the world so much, he gave us his only Son, that all who believe in him might have eternal life. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Gospel Jn 2:13-25 A reading from the holy Gospel according to John Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up. Just before the Jewish Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting at their counters there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money changers coins, knocked their tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, Take all this out of here and stop turning my Father s house into a market. Then his disciples remembered the words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and said, What sign can you show us to justify what you have done? Jesus answered, Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up. The Jews replied, It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you going to raise it up in three days? But he was speaking of the sanctuary that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said. During his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in him. The Gospel of the Lord REFLECTION by Dianne Bergant CSS Israel believed that the temple was built over the navel of the universe, the axis mundi, that spot where the world above and the world below met the world of history, thus enabling the three worlds to communicate. When Jesus called himself the new temple, he was claiming to be the centre of the universe, the spot where three-way cosmic communication occurs, the presence of God in the midst of the community. When we accept him in faith, we are accepting these claims. We may profess this belief, but do our lives reflect it? Although some consider the law a rigid set of precepts, it is really more a collection of directives that have grown out of the experience of life. To say that Jesus is the wisdom of God means that God s wisdom is made known in him and that he is the way that points to God. While laws often embody distinctive cultural values or customs, as wisdom of God, Jesus crosses cultural boundaries and breaks down cultural distinctions. As the wisdom of God, Jesus fulfils the expectations of any and all codes of law. Both the law and the temple witness to the power of God in the lives of believers. However, both institutions pale in the light of Jesus who is identified as the power of God. This divine power is not revealed in lofty precepts or in magnificent stones, but rather in the broken and pierced body of Jesus Christ. How willing are we to accept him? Dianne Bergant CSS Liturgy for the Week 05/03 Monday of the Third week of Lent 2 Kg 5:1-15; Lk 4: /03 Tuesday of the Third week of Lent Dan 3:25, 34-43; Mt 18: /03 Wednesday of thethird week of Lent Deut 4:1, 5-9; Mt 5: /03 Thursday of the Third week of Lent Jer 7:23-28; Lk 11: /03 Friday of the Third week of Lent Hosea 14:2-10; Mk 12: /03 Saturday of the Third week of Lent Hosea 5:15-6:6; Lk 18:9-14

7 Third Sunday of Lent 3rd & 4th 2018 MICHAEL PAUL Experienced Catholic Accredited Specialist Family Lawyer Family Law Issues Family Trusts Wills & Succession Planning Contested Estate Issues Suite 29, Level 4 Gateway Building 1 Mona Vale Road Tel: mpaul@millsoakley.com.au millsoakleyfamilylawsydney For 57 years the Catholic mission service, Palms Australia, has been preparing, sending and supporting those who answer the call to mission in overseas dioceses, schools, clinics and other vital community organisations. Since the beginning, this international mission has relied on the valuable contribution of office volunteers. Palms Australia is looking for full or part-time volunteers to assist with multiple tasks in their Petersham office. If you have good organisational and administrative skills, advanced written and oral English and a professional phone etiquette you will be most helpful. To apply or find out more, please contact Roger O Halloran, Executive Director, on or roger@palms.org.au EASTER SILENT RETREAT "Be WIth Me, through a guided silent retreat given by the Verbum Dei Missionaries: Sunday, 25th (9.30am to 3.30pm) At the Centre (14 Frances St Randwick). Cost $50 inclusive of meals. For more information contact Kylie or verbumdeisydney@gmail.com 54 Darley Street Mona Vale FIND FAMILY HISTORY Pamela Mawbey BA Cert Genealogical Research (Society Australian Genealogists) E: Mob:

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