18TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) - AUGUST 05, 2012

Saturday, August 04, 2012
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year B


5:30 pm   Novena to Our Lady
6:00 pm   Mass in English


First Reading
EXODUS 16:2-4, 12-15
The Bread of Yahweh

2 And the whole community of Israelites began complaining about Moses and Aaron in the desert

3 and said to them, 'Why did we not die at Yahweh's hand in Egypt, where we used to sit round the flesh pots and could eat to our heart's content! As it is, you have led us into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death!'

4 Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Look, I shall rain down bread for you from the heavens. Each day the people must go out and collect their ration for the day; I propose to test them in this way to see whether they will follow my law or not.

12 'I have heard the Israelites' complaints. Speak to them as follows, "At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will have bread to your heart's content, and then you will know that I am Yahweh your God." '

13 That evening, quails flew in and covered the camp, and next morning there was a layer of dew all round the camp.

14 When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the desert was something fine and granular, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground.

15 As soon as the Israelites saw this, they said to one another, 'What is that ?' not knowing what it was. 'That', Moses told them, 'is the food which Yahweh has given you to eat.

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 78:3-4, 23-25, 54

The Lord gave them bread from heaven.

3 What we have heard and know, what our ancestors have told us

4 we shall not conceal from their descendants, but will tell to a generation still to come: the praises of Yahweh, his power, the wonderful deeds he has done.

23 Even so he gave orders to the skies above, he opened the sluice-gates of heaven;

24 he rained down manna to feed them, he gave them the wheat of heaven;

25 mere mortals ate the bread of the Mighty, he sent them as much food as they could want.

54 He brought them to his holy land, the hill-country won by his right hand;

Second Reading

EPHESIANS 4:17, 20-24

Put on the new self

17 So this I say to you and attest to you in the Lord, do not go on living the empty-headed life that the gentiles live.

20 Now that is hardly the way you have learnt Christ,

21 unless you failed to hear him properly when you were taught what the truth is in Jesus.

22 You were to put aside your old self, which belongs to your old way of life and is corrupted by following illusory desires.

23 Your mind was to be renewed in spirit

24 so that you could put on the New Man that has been created on God's principles, in the uprightness and holiness of the truth.

"The Word of the Lord"

Gospel Reading

JOHN 6:24-35

I am the Bread of Life

24 When the people saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into those boats and crossed to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

25 When they found him on the other side, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when did you come here?'

26 Jesus answered: In all truth I tell you, you are looking for me not because you have seen the signs but because you had all the bread you wanted to eat.

27 Do not work for food that goes bad, but work for food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of man will give you, for on him the Father, God himself, has set his seal.

28 Then they said to him, 'What must we do if we are to carry out God's work?'

29 Jesus gave them this answer, 'This is carrying out God's work: you must believe in the one he has sent.'

30 So they said, 'What sign will you yourself do, the sight of which will make us believe in you? What work will you do?

31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'

32 Jesus answered them: In all truth I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven, the true bread;

33 for the bread of God is the bread which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

34 'Sir,' they said, 'give us that bread always.'

35 Jesus answered them: I am the bread of life. No one who comes to me will ever hunger; no one who believes in me will ever thirst.

“The Gospel of the Lord”

  

St. Joseph Church News:

Handicrafts made by Graceville, is  now on sale. There are various handcraft for you to choose. Please give your support to "Graceville".

The Assumption Of The B.V. Mary

(Day of Of Obligation) Wed. 15th August, 2012 @  8:00 pm.

AUGUST BEC Reflection @ 8:00pm

Host : Elayng Lee 012-7939885

Date: 8^th August, 2012 (Wednesday)

Venue: 16 Jln Permas 8/10

Host: Francis Soh 012-7540037

Date: 8^th August, 2012 (Wednesday)

Venue: 22, Jln Anggrerik 22. Johor Jaya.

Growth in the Spirit Seminar

Organised by SHC Prayer group

Presenter: Alex Loo & Team

Venue: SHC, JB      $$: RM30.00

Date: 18th August, 2012 (Saturday) 1:30 pm – 9:45 pm

          19th August, 2012 (Sunday) 10:30 am – 5:00 pm

Contact: Wyner 016-7880463, Annie 016-7447601, Teresa 013-7757758

Closing Date: 29th July, 2012

One-day session entitled ‘Reaching Out to Children and Teens’

by Bro Dominic Yeo Koh

Date: August 26, 2012

Venue: Majodi Centre, Johor Bahru. For details of the one-day session please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office. For further inquiries please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121/ 012-7540037), Ms. Angeline Carol (012-7881515) or Fr. Norris Seenivasan (010-8984353)

Pastoral Institute Special Event:

Partners’ Banquet: “A New Dawn of Faith”

MJD Pastoral Institute will host a Fundraising Luncheon:     

Date: Monday, 17th September, 2012 from 12 noon to 2:30 pm

Venue: Restoran Peking, Johor Jaya

Tickets: RM100 / person

Contact the following persons for more details, John Ng @ 012-704 0948, James Ng @ 019-735 0303 & Lucy Koh @ 017-778 0300

“Individually Directed 3-Days Silent Retreat”

By Fr. Norris Seenivasan, S.J.

Date: August 17-19, 2012. For details of the retreat please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office. For further information please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121/ 012-7540037), Julie Chong (016-6404588) & Cecilia Quek (016-7829651).

Announcement Presbyteral Ordinations of

Francis Lim Chin Choy SJ

Date: 11 August 2012 (Saturday)

Time: 10:30 am

Venue: Church of St Theresa, Melaka

Ordaining Prelate: Bishop Paul Tan SJ

ORDINATION OF BISHOP-ELECT MSGR SEBASTIAN FRANCIS

AS BISHOP OF PENANG

Date: 20th August, 2012 (Monday)  Time: 5:00 pm

Venue: St Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam

All are welcome.

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday,  07th Sept, 2012 6:30 pm to Sunday, 09th Sept, 2012 2:00 pm.

Venue: Good Shepherd Seminary, No. 44, Jln Laksamana Cheng Ho, Melaka

Registration fee: RM250.00 per couple inclusive of lodging and food.

Closing Date: 24th August, 2012

Please take note that stay~in is compulsory

Forms are available at the Parish Office.

Contact person: Feona Petrus (016-7222642)

17TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) - JULY 29, 2012

Saturday, July 28, 2012
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year B


5:30 pm   Novena to Our Lady
6:00 pm   Mass in English



First Reading
2 KINGS 4:42-44
Miracles of Feeding

42 A man came from Baal-Shalishah, bringing the man of God bread from the first-fruits, twenty barley loaves and fresh grain still in the husk. 'Give it to the company to eat,' Elisha said.

43 But his servant replied, 'How can I serve this to a hundred men?' 'Give it to the company to eat,' he insisted, 'for Yahweh says this, "They will eat and have some left over." '

44 He served them; they ate and had some left over, as Yahweh had said.

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 145:10-18

10 All your creatures shall thank you, Yahweh, and your faithful shall bless you.

11 They shall speak of the glory of your kingship and tell of your might,

12 making known your mighty deeds to the children of Adam, the glory and majesty of your kingship.

13 Your kingship is a kingship for ever, your reign lasts from age to age. Yahweh is trustworthy in all his words, and upright in all his deeds.

14 Yahweh supports all who stumble, lifts up those who are bowed down.

15 All look to you in hope and you feed them with the food of the season.

16 And, with generous hand, you satisfy the desires of every living creature.

17 Upright in all that he does, Yahweh acts only in faithful love.

18 He is close to all who call upon him, all who call on him from the heart.

Second Reading

EPHESIANS 4:1-6

Preserve unity

1 I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called.

2 With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other in love.

3 Take every care to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together.

4 There is one Body, one Spirit, just as one hope is the goal of your calling by God.

5 There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

6 and one God and Father of all, over all, through all and within all.

“The Word of the Lord”

Gospel Reading

JOHN 6:1-15

Five loaves, Two Fish

1 After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee -- or of Tiberias-

2 and a large crowd followed him, impressed by the signs he had done in curing the sick.

3 Jesus climbed the hillside and sat down there with his disciples.

4 The time of the Jewish Passover was near.

5 Looking up, Jesus saw the crowds approaching and said to Philip, 'Where can we buy some bread for these people to eat?'

6 He said this only to put Philip to the test; he himself knew exactly what he was going to do.

7 Philip answered, 'Two hundred denarii would not buy enough to give them a little piece each.'

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said,

9 'Here is a small boy with five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that among so many?'

10 Jesus said to them, 'Make the people sit down.' There was plenty of grass there, and as many as five thousand men sat down.

11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed them to those who were sitting there; he then did the same with the fish, distributing as much as they wanted.

12 When they had eaten enough he said to the disciples, 'Pick up the pieces left over, so that nothing is wasted.'

13 So they picked them up and filled twelve large baskets with scraps left over from the meal of five barley loaves.

14 Seeing the sign that he had done, the people said, 'This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.'

15 Jesus, as he realized they were about to come and take him by force and make him king, fled back to the hills alone.

“The Gospel of the Lord”

St. Joseph Church News:

Handicrafts made by Graceville, is  now on sale. There are various handcraft for you to choose. Please give your support to "Graceville".

Mass for first Friday devotion and adoration on 3rd August, 2012 at 8:00 pm in St. Joseph Church, Plentong. All are invited.

Growth in the Spirit Seminar

Organised by SHC Prayer group

Presenter: Alex Loo & Team

Venue: SHC, Johor Bahru $$: RM30.00

Date: 18th August, 2012 (Saturday 1:30 pm – 9:45 pm)

          19th August, 2012 (Sunday 10:30 am – 5:00 pm)

Contact: Wyner @ 016-7880463, Annie @ 016-7447601, Teresa @ 013-7757758

Closing Date: 29th July, 2012

One-day session entitled ‘Reaching Out to Children and Teens’

by Bro Dominic Yeo Koh

Date: August 26, 2012

Venue: Majodi Centre, Johor Bahru. For details of the one-day session please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office. For further inquiries please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121/ 012-7540037), Ms. Angeline Carol (012-7881515) or Fr. Norris Seenivasan (010-8984353)

Pastoral Institute Special Event:

Partners’ Banquet: “A New Dawn of Faith”

MJD Pastoral Institute will host a Fundraising Luncheon:     

Date: Monday, 17 September, 2012 from 12:00 noon to 2:30 pm

Venue: Restoran Peking Johor Jaya

Tickets: RM100 / person

Contact the following persons for more details, John Ng @ 012-704 0948, James Ng @ 019-735 0303 & Lucy Koh @ 017-778 0300

“Individually Directed 3-Days Silent Retreat”

By Fr. Norris Seenivasan, S.J.

Date: August 17_19, 2012. For details of the retreat please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office. For further information please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121/ 012-7540037), Julie Chong (016-6404588) & Cecilia Quek (016-7829651).

Announcement Presbyteral Ordinations of

Francis Lim Chin Choy SJ

Date: 11 August, 2012 (Saturday)

Time: 10:30 am

Venue: Church of St Theresa, Melaka

Ordaining Prelate: Bishop Paul Tan SJ

ORDINATION OF BISHOP-ELECT MSGR SEBASTIAN FRANCIS

AS BISHOP OF PENANG

Date: 20 August, 2012 (Monday)  Time: 5:00 pm

Venue: St Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam

All are welcome.

Year 2012 GLEEF Scholarship

Goh Lum Eng Educational Fund of the Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Johor Bahru (GLEEF) was established in 2007 by the estate of the late Goh Lum Eng to support students who are under-privileged, poor and needy.

The GLEEF is pleased to award scholarships each year to students in higher educational institutions. Open for Application from 1st July to 1st August 2012. Application forms are available at the Parish Office.

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday, 07th September, 2012 @ 6:30 pm to Sunday, 09th Sept. 2:00 pm.

Venue: Good Shepherd Seminary, No. 44, Jln Laksamana Cheng Ho, Melaka

Registration fee:RM250.00 per couple inclusive of lodging and food.

Closing Date: 24th August, 2012

Please take note that stay~in is compulsory

Forms are available at the Parish Office.

Contact person: Feona Petrus (016-7222642)

16TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) - JULY 22, 2012

Saturday, July 21, 2012
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year B


5:30 pm  Novena to Our Lady
6:00 pm  Mass in English




First Reading
JEREMIAH 23:1-6
God the Shepherd

1 'Disaster for the shepherds who lose and scatter the sheep of my pasture, Yahweh declares.
2 This, therefore, is what Yahweh, God of Israel, says about the shepherds who shepherd my people, "You have scattered my flock, you have driven them away and have not taken care of them. Right, I shall take care of you for your misdeeds, Yahweh declares!
3 But the remnant of my flock I myself shall gather from all the countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; they will be fruitful and increase in numbers.
4 For them I shall raise up shepherds to shepherd them and pasture them. No fear, no terror for them any more; not one shall be lost, Yahweh declares!
5 Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall raise an upright Branch for David; he will reign as king and be wise, doing what is just and upright in the country.
6 In his days Judah will triumph and Israel live in safety. And this is the name he will be called, 'Yahweh-is-our-Saving-Justice.' "

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 23:1-6

1 [Psalm Of David] Yahweh is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

2 In grassy meadows he lets me lie. By tranquil streams he leads me
3 to restore my spirit. He guides me in paths of saving justice as befits his name.
4 Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death I should fear no danger, for you are at my side. Your staff and your crook are there to soothe me.
5 You prepare a table for me under the eyes of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup brims over.
6 Kindness and faithful love pursue me every day of my life. I make my home in the house of Yahweh for all time to come.

Second Reading

EPHESIANS 2:13-18

Christ our peace

13 But now in Christ Jesus, you that used to be so far off have been brought close, by the blood of Christ.

14 For he is the peace between us, and has made the two into one entity and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, by destroying in his own person the hostility,

15 that is, the Law of commandments with its decrees. His purpose in this was, by restoring peace, to create a single New Man out of the two of them,
16 and through the cross, to reconcile them both to God in one Body; in his own person he killed the hostility.
17 He came to bring the good news of peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
18 Through him, then, we both in the one Spirit have free access to the Father.

“The Word of the Lord”

Gospel Reading

MARK 6:30-34

He pitied them

30 The apostles rejoined Jesus and told him all they had done and taught.

31 And he said to them, 'Come away to some lonely place all by yourselves and rest for a while'; for there were so many coming and going that there was no time for them even to eat.

32 So they went off in the boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves.
33 But people saw them going, and many recognised them; and from every town they all hurried to the place on foot and reached it before them.
34 So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length.

“The Gospel of the Lord”

St. Joseph Church News:

Handcrafted made by Graceville, is  now on sell. There are various handcraft for you to choose. Please give your support to "Graceville".

Presentation on the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land will be at the Parish on Sunday, 22nd July, 2012 at 7:00 pm . All are welcome.

Building Fund for CIC, Johor Bahru.  There will be a second collection for this weekend and the weekend of 21-22 July, 2012.  The collections will be our Parish contribution towards their Building Fund .

Confirmation Camp 2012. All confirmands are required to attend this camp.

“SELF-ESTEEM AND THE SOUL: FROM PSYCHOLOGY TO SPIRITUALITY”

by Fr. Norris Seenivasan
Date: July 22, 2012 (Sunday)
Venue: Good Shepherd Seminary (GSS), Melaka. For details please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available in the church office. For further inquiries please call Mr Francis Soh (07-3871121), Ms Angeline Carol (012-7881515) or Fr Norris Seenivasan (010-8984353).

BEC Mass     

All are welcome
Date: 25th July, 2012  (Wednesday)    Time: 8:30 pm
Venue: 40, Jln Kempas. Taman Megah Ria.
Host: Christopher Liew & Pauline
Tel: 012-7288126

Growth in the Spirit Seminar
Organised by SHC Prayer group
Presenter: Alex Loo & Team
Venue: SHC, JB      $$: RM30.00
Date: 18th August, 2012  (Saturday)  1:30 pm – 9:45 pm
          19th August, 2012  (Sunday)  10:30 am – 5:00 pm
Contact: Wyner 016-7880463, Annie 016-7447601, Teresa 013-7757758
Closing Date: 29th July, 2012

Pastoral Institute Special Event:
Partners’ Banquet: “A New Dawn of Faith”
MJD Pastoral Institute will host a Fundraising Luncheon:      
Date: Monday,  17 September, 2012  from 12 noon to 2:30 pm
Venue: Restoran Peking, Johor Jaya
Tickets: RM100 /- per person
Contact the following persons for more details, John Ng @ 012-704 0948, James Ng @ 019-735 0303 & Lucy Koh @ 017-778 0300

“Individually Directed 3-Days Silent Retreat”

By Fr. Norris Seenivasan, S.J.
Date: August 17-19, 2012.  For details of the retreat please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office.  For further information please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121/ 012-7540037), Julie Chong (016-6404588) & Cecilia Quek (016-7829651).

Announcement Presbyteral Ordinations of

Francis Lim Chin Choy SJ
Date: 11 August, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Church of St Theresa, Melaka
Ordaining Prelate: Bishop Paul Tan SJ

ORDINATION OF BISHOP-ELECT MSGR

SEBASTIAN FRANCIS AS BISHOP OF PENANG
Date: 20 August, 2012 (Monday)  Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: St Anne's Church, Bukit Mertajam
All are welcome.

Year 2012 GLEEF Scholarship

Goh Lum Eng Educational Fund of the Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Johor Bahru (GLEEF) was established in 2007 by the estate of the late Goh Lum Eng to support students who are under-privileged, poor and needy.

The GLEEF is pleased to award scholarships each year to students in higher educational institutions. Open for Application from 1st July to 1st August 2012. Application forms are available at the Parish Office.

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday, 07th September, 2012 @ 6:30 pm to
Sunday, 09th September, 2012 @ 2:00 pm.
Venue: Good Shepherd Seminary, No. 44, Jln Laksamana Cheng Ho, Melaka
Registration fee: RM250.00 per couple inclusive of lodging and food.
Closing Date: 24th August,  2012
Please take note that stay~in is compulsory
Forms are available at the Parish Office.
Contact person: Feona Petrus (016-7222642)

15TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) – JULY 15, 2012

Saturday, July 14, 2012

15^th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B

5:30 pm  Novena to Our Lady

6:00 pm  Mass in English

First Reading
AMOS 7:12-15
Call of Amos

12 To Amos himself Amaziah said, 'Go away, seer, take yourself off to Judah, earn your living there, and there you can prophesy!

13 But never again will you prophesy at Bethel, for this is a royal sanctuary, a national temple.'
14 'I am not a prophet,' Amos replied to Amaziah, 'nor do I belong to a prophetic brotherhood. I am merely a herdsman and dresser of sycamore-figs.
15 But Yahweh took me as I followed the flock, and Yahweh said to me, "Go and prophesy to my people Israel."

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 85:9-14

9 I am listening. What is God's message? Yahweh's message is peace for his people, for his faithful, if only they renounce their folly.

10 His saving help is near for those who fear him, his glory will dwell in our land.
11 Faithful Love and Loyalty join together, Saving Justice and Peace embrace.
12 Loyalty will spring up from the earth, and Justice will lean down from heaven.
13 Yahweh will himself give prosperity, and our soil will yield its harvest.
14 Justice will walk before him, treading out a path.

Second Reading

EPHESIANS 1:3-14
Christ’s cosmic importance

3 Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ.

4 Thus he chose us in Christ before the world was made to be holy and faultless before him in love,
5 marking us out for himself beforehand, to be adopted sons, through Jesus Christ. Such was his purpose and good pleasure,
6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved,
7 in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins. Such is the richness of the grace
8 which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight.
9 He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, according to his good pleasure which he determined beforehand in Christ,
10 for him to act upon when the times had run their course: that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth.
11 And it is in him that we have received our heritage, marked out beforehand as we were, under the plan of the One who guides all things as he decides by his own will,
12 chosen to be, for the praise of his glory, the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came.
13 Now you too, in him, have heard the message of the truth and the gospel of your salvation, and having put your trust in it you have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit of the Promise,
14 who is the pledge of our inheritance, for the freedom of the people whom God has taken for his own, for the praise of his glory.

“The Word of the Lord”

GOSPEL READING

MARK 6:7-13
Apostolic instruction

7 Then he summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

8 And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff -- no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses.
9 They were to wear sandals but, he added, 'Don't take a spare tunic.'
10 And he said to them, 'If you enter a house anywhere, stay there until you leave the district.
11 And if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust under your feet as evidence to them.'
12 So they set off to proclaim repentance;
13 and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.

 “The Gospel of the Lord”

14TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) – JULY 08, 2012

Saturday, July 07, 2012

14^th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B

5:30 pm   Novena to Our Lady

6:00 pm   Mass in English

First Reading

EZEKIEL 2:2-5
Ezekiel’s calling

2 As he said these words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.
3 He said, 'Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been in revolt against me up to the present day.
4 Because they are stubborn and obstinate children, I am sending you to them, to say, "Lord Yahweh says this."
5 Whether they listen or not, this tribe of rebels will know there is a prophet among them.

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 123:1-4

1 [Song of Ascents] I lift up my eyes to you who are enthroned in heaven.
2 Just as the eyes of slaves are on their masters' hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl on the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on Yahweh our God, for him to take pity on us.
3 Have pity on us, Yahweh, have pity, for we have had our full share of scorn,
4 more than our share of jeers from the complacent. (Scorn is for the proud.)

Second Reading

2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10
God’s grace is enough

7 Wherefore, so that I should not get above myself, I was given a thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan to batter me and prevent me from getting above myself.
8 About this, I have three times pleaded with the Lord that it might leave me;
9 but he has answered me, 'My grace is enough for you: for power is at full stretch in weakness.' It is, then, about my weaknesses that I am happiest of all to boast, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me;
10 and that is why I am glad of weaknesses, insults, constraints, persecutions and distress for Christ's sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.

“The Word of the Lord”

Gospel Reading

MARK 6:1-6
Despised among his own

1 Leaving that district, he went to his home town, and his disciples accompanied him.
2 With the coming of the Sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of them were astonished when they heard him. They said, 'Where did the man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been granted him, and these miracles that are worked through him?
3 This is the carpenter, surely, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joset and Jude and Simon? His sisters, too, are they not here with us?' And they would not accept him.
4 And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is despised only in his own country, among his own relations and in his own house';
5 and he could work no miracle there, except that he cured a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
6 He was amazed at their lack of faith. He made a tour round the villages, teaching.

“The Gospel of the Lord”

St. Joseph Church News:

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)

If you have relatives or  friends who wish to know more about or have a better understanding of the Catholic Faith, please introduce them to the priests or the RCIA coordinators for the New intake now, or contact Vincent Quek 016-7322033.

There will be no BM mass on 08th July, 2012 (Sunday) for below event is celebrated:

Gawai Dayak, Kaamatan, Menuai & Panen

Date: 08th July, 2012 (Sunday)

Venue: Majodi Centre, Johor Bahru
The Eucharistic Celebration will be celebrated by Bishop Paul Tan CI, SJ
Time: 10:00 am
All are welcome!!

“Letting Go, Letting Be, Letting Grow” 

directing by Fr Ignatius Huan
Date: July 13-15, 2012 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday)
WHERE: St. John Vianney Retreat House, Majodi Centre.
For inquiries please call Mr. Francis Soh at 07-3871121/012-7540037 or Julie Chong at 016-6404588. The registration forms are available at the church office. Please register as soon as possible.

“SELF-ESTEEM AND THE SOUL: FROM PSYCHOLOGY TO SPIRITUALITY”

by Fr. Norris Seenivasan
Date: July 22, 2012 (Sunday)
Venue: Good Shepherd Seminary (GSS), Melaka. For details please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office. For further inquiries please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121), Ms. Angeline Carol (012-7881515) or Fr. Norris Seenivasan (010-8984353).

JULY BEC REFLECTION @ 8.00 pm

11th (Wed). Lucy Chang. No: 5, Jln Kembong 34. Johor Jaya. Tel: 07-3551239
11th (Wed). Christine Lee.  No. 9 Jln Permas 12/5. Permas Jaya. Tel: 012-7808182

Confirmation Camp 2012

All confirmands-to-be are required to attend this camp:
Date: Friday, 27th July, 2012 (3:00 pm) to Sunday, 29th July, 2012 (4:30 pm)
Venue: Majodi Centre, Plentong
Fees: RM100.00
Parents, guardians & godparents are required to attend:
- A sharing session on “Parenting In The 21st Century” by Martin Jalleh
- On Sunday, 29th July, 2012 at 2:00 pm (Please be on time) in Majodi Centre, Plentong
The parents’ session will be followed by a Potluck Tea with all the participants of the camp. We look forward to your presence and fellowship. Parents are encouraged to bring at least one dish (Finger Foods).

Growth in the Spirit Seminar

Organized by SHC Prayer group
Presenter: Alex Loo & Team
Venue: SHC, Johor Bahru      $$: RM30.00
Date: 18th August, 2012 (Saturday) 1:30 pm – 9:45 pm

          19th August, 2012 (Sunday) 10:30 am – 5:00 pm

Contact: Wyner 016-7880463, Annie 016-7447601, Teresa 013-7757758
Closing Date: 29th July, 2012

Year 2012 GLEEF Scholarship

Goh Lum Eng Educational Fund of the Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Johor Bahru (GLEEF) was established in 2007 by the estate of the late Goh Lum Eng to support students who are under-privileged, poor and needy.

The GLEEF is pleased to award scholarships each year to students in higher educational institutions. Open for Application from 1st July to 1st August, 2012. Application forms are available at the Parish Office.

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday 07th September, 2012 @ 6:30 pm to Sunday 09th September, 2012 @  2:00 pm
Venue: Good Shepherd Seminary, No. 44, Jln Laksamana Cheng Ho, Melaka
Registration fee: RM250.00 per couple inclusive of lodging and food.
Closing Date: 24th August, 2012
Please take note that stay~in is compulsory
Forms are available at the Parish Office.
Contact person: Feona Petrus (016-7222642)