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1 Since October 30, Christ the KING Kampala UG PARISH PRIEST Msgr. Gerard Kalumba ASSISTING PRIESTS Msgr. Joseph Mugambe Rev. Fr. John Bosco Ssembatya Rev. Fr. Richard Arthur Muwonge LEAD CATECHIST Evaristo Mary Baguma CHAIRPERSON LAITY Rogers Semakula Sunday, 27th August 2017 Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight. I do not know what there is now for me to do or why I am still here, all my hopes in this world being now fulfilled. -- St. Monica 21ST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A The optional memorial of St. Monica is not celebrated this year. FIRST READING: Isaiah 22:19-23; I place the key of the house of David upon His shoulder. SECRETARY LAITY John Baptist Ssemitego PARISH EXEC. SECRETARY Mrs. Euphemia Kiwuwa SUNDAY MASSES 07.00am: Luganda 08.00am: English 09.00am: Luganda 10.00am: English 11.15am: English 05.00pm: English (Charismatic) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday - Friday 07.45am (after 7.00am Mass) 12.15pm (before 01.00pm Mass) 01.45pm (after 1.00pm Mass) Saturday 07.45am (after 7.00am Mass) 05.15pm (before 06.00pm Mass) First Saturday of the Month (dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary) Additional Mass: 09.00am A reading fromthe Book of Isaiah Thus says the LORD to shebna, who is over the household: I will thrust you from your office, and you will be cast down from your station. In that day I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and I will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your belt on him, and will commit your authority to his hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; He shall open, and none shall shut; and he DAILY MASSES: Monday to Friday: 06.30am; 07.00am; 01.00pm Saturday: 07.00am; 06.00pm (for Sunday)

2 shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him like a peg in a sure place, and he will become a throne of honour to his father s house. The Word of the LORD. RESPONSORIAL PSALM: Ps 138:1-3, 6, 8 (R.8bc) R. O LORD, Your merciful Love is Eternal; discard not the work of Your hands. I thank You, LORD, with all my heart; You have heard the words of my mouth. In the presence of the angels, I praise You. I bow down toward Your holy temple. R. I give thanks to Your Name for Your merciful Love and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your Name and Your SECOND READING: Romans 11:33-36; From Him and through Him and to Him are all things. promise over all. On the day I called, You answered me; You increased the strength of my soul. R. The LORD is high, yet He looks on the lowly; and the haughty He knows from afar. O LORD, Your merciful Love is eternal; discard not the work of Your hands. R. A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways! The Word of the LORD. For who has known the mind of the LORD, or who has been His counsellor? Or who has given a gift to Him that He might be repaid? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen. 2 Remember, Rejoice, Renew

3 GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Matthew 16:18 V. Alleluia R. Alleluia V. You are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the Gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. R. Alleluia GOSPEL: Matthew 16:13-20; You are Peter. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew. At that time: when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is? And they said, Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets. He said to them, But who do you say that I am? Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered Him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father Who is in Heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven. Then He strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that He was the Christ. The Gospel of the LORD. Remember, Rejoice, Renew 3

4 THE PARISH PRIEST S REFLECTION Isaiah 22:19-23 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20 WHO IS CHRIST FOR YOU? HULLO CHRISTIAN IS CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE OR SOMEONE TO EXPLOIT? In our day to-day interactions, we would not wish to have a friend Msgr. Gerard Kalumba whose contact with us is for exploitation! Do we enjoy a relationship in which we are just used by others for their benefits? Is such a relationship not repulsive? A relationship for selfish ends is unlikely to develop! It has no roots: it is like a seed that falls on the path or on rock or among thorns. It does not gain deep roots and the plant withers quickly! Such relationship fades and dies! So in this Sunday Gospel text, when Christ inquires from His disciples as to who do men say that the Son of Man is, we are challenged to rediscover what type of relationship we have with Christ! Do we relate with Christ just for our own benefit? Does our relation with Christ turn us into better people: responsible and loving? It could be a weakness for the majority of us that we approach Christ with Selfish motives! We approach Christ to seek favours only like people seek handshakes or envelopes from the ABOVE. We lose our dignity! This kind of relationship does not lead us to the identity of Christ. We do not get to know Him and then the question remains hanging for us: WHO IS CHRIST FOR YOU? Are we worthy of the Name Christ, the Name with which we call ourselves when we say we are CHRISTIANS? This Name should indicate the depth of our relationship with Christ and not an exploitative relationship! 4 Remember, Rejoice, Renew Peter identified Christ as the Power of God in lives of people: You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Is Christ the power of the Living God in our Lives? Do we have a dynamic relationship with Christ? Can Jesus address us as BLESSED, the way He addressed Peter: Blessed are you Simon Bar- Jona! Do we have deep roots in the Living God? Do we have a lively contact with the FATHER of Christ? Blessed are you Peter! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father Who is in Heaven. This is the only way God can empower us like He empowers His Servant Eliakim in place of Shebna. (This is the message from the First Reading) I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and none shall shut, and he shall shut, and none shall open. Do we have a relationship with Christ that empowers us, to a life of dignity, inner peace, and genuine love? We can conclude with St. Paul in the Letter to Romans in the Second Reading: The depth and Wisdom and knowledge of God is unsearchable! It is only the meaningful relationship with Christ that can empower us and deepen our Faith, Wisdom and Knowledge of God. Let us convert and believe in the Good News of Christ. CHRIST DEEPEN OUR FAITH Msgr. Gerard Kalumba Christ the King Parish, Kampala

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6 Saint Monica (AD ), also known as Monica of Hippo, was an early Christian saint and the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. She is remembered and honored in most Christian denominations, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband s adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of her pious acts and life with her in his Confessions. Popular Christian legends recall Saint Monica weeping every night for her son Augustine. ST. MONICA the mother of ST. AUGUSTINE and studying rhetoric in Carthage when Patricius died. Augustine had become a Manichaean at Carthage; when upon his return home he shared his views regarding Manichaeism, Monica drove him away from her table. However, she is said to have experienced a vision that convinced her to reconcile with him. At this time she visited a certain (unnamed) holy bishop who consoled her with the now famous words, the child of those tears shall never perish. Monica followed her wayward son to Rome, where he had gone secretly; when she arrived he had already gone to Milan, but she followed him. Here she found Ambrose and through him she ultimately had the joy of seeing Augustine convert to Christianity after 17 years of resistance. Life Because of her name and place of birth, Monica is assumed to have been born in Thagaste (presentday Souk Ahras, Algeria). She is believed to have been a Berber on the basis of her name. She was married early in life to Patricius, a Roman pagan, who held an official position in Tagaste. Patricius had a violent temper and appears to have been of dissolute habits; apparently his mother was the same way. Monica s alms, deeds and prayer habits annoyed Patricius, but it is said that he always held her in respect. Monica had three children who survived infancy: sons Augustine and Navigius and daughter Perpetua. Unable to secure baptism for them, she grieved heavily when Augustine fell ill. In her distress she asked Patricius to allow Augustine to be baptized; he agreed, then withdrew this consent when the boy recovered. But Monica s joy and relief at Augustine s recovery turned to anxiety as he misspent his renewed life being wayward and, as he himself tells us, lazy. He was finally sent to school at Madauros. He was 17 In his book Confessions, Augustine wrote of a peculiar practice of his mother in which she brought to certain oratories, erected in the memory of the saints, offerings of porridge, bread, water and wine. When she moved to Milan, the bishop Ambrose forbade her to use the offering of wine, since it might be an occasion of gluttony for those who were already given to drink. So, Augustine wrote of her: In place of a basket filled with fruits of the earth, she had learned to bring to the oratories of the martyrs a heart full of purer petitions, and to give all that she could to the poor--so that the communion of the Lord s body might be rightly celebrated in those places where, after the example of his passion, the martyrs had been sacrificed and crowned. Confessions Remember, Rejoice, Renew

7 Mother and son spent 6 months of true peace at Rus Cassiciacum (present-day Cassago Brianza) after which Augustine was baptized in the church of St. John the Baptist at Milan. Africa claimed them, however, and they set out on their journey, stopping at Civitavecchia and at Ostia. Here death overtook Monica, and Augustine s grief inspired the finest pages of his Confessions. Veneration Saint Monica was buried at Ostia, and at first seems to have been almost forgotten, though her body was removed during the 6th century to a hidden crypt in the church of Santa Aurea in Ostia. Monica was buried near the tomb of St. Aurea of Ostia. It was later transferred to the Basilica of Sant Agostino, Rome. Anicius Auchenius Bassus wrote Monica s funerary epitaph, which survived in ancient manuscripts. The actual stone on which it was written was rediscovered in the summer of 1945 in the church of Santa Aurea. The fragment was discovered after two boys were digging a hole to plant a football post in the courtyard beside Santa Aurea. brought to Rome. Many miracles are said to have occurred on the way, and the cultus of St. Monica was definitely established. Later the archbishop of Rouen, Guillaume d Estouteville, built a church at Rome in honour of St. Augustine, the Basilica di Sant Agostino, and deposited the relics of St. Monica in a chapel to the left of the high altar. The Office of St. Monica, however, does not seem to have found a place in the Roman Breviary before the 16th century. For instance, the city of Santa Monica, California, is named after Monica. A legend states that in the 18th century Father Juan Crespí named a local dripping spring Las Lagrimas de Santa Monica ( Saint Monica s Tears ) (today known as the Serra Springs) that was reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son s early impiety. What is known for certain is that by the 1820s, the name Santa Monica was in use and its first official mention occurred in 1827 in the form of a grazing permit. There is a statue of this saint in Santa Monica s Palisades Park by sculptor Eugene Morahan; it was completed in Communications office A translation from the Latin, by Douglas Boin, reads: Here the most virtuous mother of a young man set her ashes, a second light to your merits, Augustine. As a priest, serving the heavenly laws of peace, you taught [or, you teach] the people entrusted to you with your character. A glory greater than the praise of your accomplishments crowns you both Mother of the Virtues, more fortunate because of her offspring. About the 13th century, however, the cult of St. Monica began to spread and a feast in her honour was kept on 4 May. In 1430 Pope Martin V ordered the relics to be Remember, Rejoice, Renew 7

8 WEEKDAY Monday 28th August 2017 Tuesday 29th August 2017 Wednesday 30th August 2017 Thursday 31st August 2017 Friday 01st September 2017 Saturday 02nd September 2017 SAINTS AND READING OF THE WEEK READINGS St. Augustine, bishop and doctor, (Mass of the memorial): First Reading: 1 Thesalonians 1:1-5, 8b-10; Responsorial Psalm: Ps 149:1-6a, 9b; Gospel: Matthew 23: THE PASSION OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST (Mass of the memorial): First Reading: Jeremiah 1:17-19; Responsorial Psalm: Ps 71:1-6ab, 15ab, 17; Gospel: Mark 6: Ordinary Weekday (Mass of choice): First Reading: 1 Thesalonians 2:9-13; Responsorial Psalm: Ps 139:7-12ab; Gospel: Matthew 23: Today, the Church in Ethiopia celebrates the feast of Blessed Ghebre Michael, Martyr Ordinary Weekday (Mass of choice): First Reading: 1 Thesalonians 3:7-13; Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90:3-4, 12-14, 17; Gospel: Matthew 24: Ordinary Weekday (Mass of choice): First Reading: 1 Thesalonians 4:1-8; Responsorial Psalm: Ps 97:1, 2b, 5-6, 10-12; Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13. Ordinary Weekday (Mass of choice): or: Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary First Reading: 1 Thesalonians 4:9-11; Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98:1, 7-9; Gospel: Matthew 25: Vigil Mass of the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. Sunday 03rd September 2017 TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A: First Reading: Jeremiah 20: 7-9; Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 63:2-6, 8-9; Second Reading: Roman:12:1-2; Gospel: Matthew 16: Other Masses are not permitted, except funeral Masses The memorial of St. Gregory the Great will not celebrated this year. ANNOUNCEMENT: SUB-PARISH 1 MASS Sub-Parish No.1 (Yowana Maria Muzeeyi Sub-Parish) will have their usual monthly Mass on 10th September 2017 with the Daughters of St. Paul at Thecla House, next to Legacy Towers at 10.00am you are invited! Christ the King Parish, Kampala Tel: Plot 3 Colville Street, P. O. Box 2551, Kampala - Uganda info@christthekingkampala.org