22ND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) - SEPTEMBER 02, 2012

Saturday, September 01, 2012

22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year B

5:30 pm  Novena to Our Lady

6:00 pm  Mass in English

First Reading

DEUTERONOMY 4:1-2, 6-8

Keep the Commandments of Yahweh

1 'And now, Israel, listen to the laws and customs which I am teaching you today, so that, by observing them, you may survive to enter and take possession of the country which Yahweh, God of your ancestors, is giving you.

2 You must add nothing to what I command you, and take nothing from it, but keep the commandments of Yahweh your God just as I lay them down for you.

6 Keep them, put them into practice, and other peoples will admire your wisdom and prudence. Once they know what all these laws are, they will exclaim, "No other people is as wise and prudent as this great nation!"

7 And indeed, what great nation has its gods as near as Yahweh our God is to us whenever we call to him?

8 And what great nation has laws and customs as upright as the entirety of this Law which I am laying down for you today?

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 14:2-5

2 Yahweh looks down from heaven at the children of Adam. To see if a single one is wise, a single one seeks God.

3 All have turned away, all alike turned sour, not one of them does right, not a single one.

4 Are they not aware, all these evil-doers? They are devouring my people, this is the bread they eat, and they never call to Yahweh.

5 They will be gripped with fear, where there is no need for fear, for God takes the side of the upright;

Second Reading

JAMES 1:17-18, 21-22, 27

Be doers of the Word

17 all that is good, all that is perfect, is given us from above; it comes down from the Father of all light; with him there is no such thing as alteration, no shadow caused by change.

18 By his own choice he gave birth to us by the message of the truth so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all his creation.

21 so do away with all impurities and remnants of evil. Humbly welcome the Word which has been planted in you and can save your souls.

22 But you must do what the Word tells you and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves.

27 Pure, unspoilt religion, in the eyes of God our Father, is this: coming to the help of orphans and widows in their hardships, and keeping oneself uncontaminated by the world.

“The Word of the Lord”

Gospel Reading

MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Jesus and the traditions

1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered round him,

2 and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, keep the tradition of the elders and never eat without washing their arms as far as the elbow;

4 and on returning from the market place they never eat without first sprinkling themselves. There are also many other observances which have been handed down to them to keep, concerning the washing of cups and pots and bronze dishes.

5 So the Pharisees and scribes asked him, 'Why do your disciples not respect the tradition of the elders but eat their food with unclean hands?'

6 He answered, 'How rightly Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites in the passage of scripture: This people honours me only with lip-service, while their hearts are far from me.

7 Their reverence of me is worthless; the lessons they teach are nothing but human commandments.

8 You put aside the commandment of God to observe human traditions.'

14 He called the people to him again and said, 'Listen to me, all of you, and understand.

15 Nothing that goes into someone from outside can make that person unclean; it is the things that come out of someone that make that person unclean.

21 For it is from within, from the heart, that evil intentions emerge: fornication, theft, murder,

22 adultery, avarice, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, pride, folly.

23 All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean.'

“The Gospel of the Lord”

St. Joseph Church News:

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

Mass for first Friday devotion and adoration on 7th September, 2012 at 8:00 pm at St. Joseph Church, Plentong.

Jesus invites us to:

"Come, enter into my heart. This wound in my heart is the Fiery Furnace at which chosen souls must come to enkindle theirs with all the graces it contains."

98th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

23rd September, 2012 (Sunday)

Is Jesus inviting you to be the bearer of His light to the vulnerable migrants and refugees in our midst?

Do drop by or contact Sister Angeline Lau, RGS Melaka-Johor Migrants & Itinerants Ministry – MAJODI Centre.

Tel: 07-3871208, Email: jmigrant@majodi.org

Youth Rock - Youth Campus Ministry

Go and make disciples of all nations! Matthew 28:19

Youth in Mission in collaboration with CIC Immaculatus & Diocesan Service Team

Guest speaker: Malaysia's internatinal speaker, Jude Antoine

Date: 29th November – 2nd December, 2012

Venue: Majodi Centre         Age 13 & above

For further details, please contact

Jessica De Costa 016-7547805, John Paul Sequerah 016-6242695

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: Restaurant Peking Johor Jaya

Tickets: RM100 / person

Contact the following persons for more details, John Ng @ 012-7040948, James Ng @ 019-7350303 & Lucy Koh @ 017-7780300

Theology of  The Body by Andrew Kong

Date: 1^st – 2nd September, 2012(Saturday & Sunday)

Time: 6:00 pm                       Venue: Majodi Centre

$$: RM90 (non-stay in) / RM120 (Stay in)

All parents are encouraged to attend. This seminar is opened to ALL LANGUAGE GROUPS. Contact person: Feona 016-7222642 or make your registration at the parish office.  Please check notice board for details.

Rosary Marathon

To celebrate the 30th Dedication of the Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

Date: 7th October 2012, Sunday

Venue: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru

Time: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday,  09th  6:30 pm to Sunday, 11th November, 2012. 2:00 pm.

Venue: Majodi Centre, Plentong.

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

Closing Date: 19th October, 2012

Please take note that stay~in is compulsory

Forms are available at the Parish Office.

Contact person: Feona Petrus (016-7222642)

21ST SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) - AUGUST 26, 2012

Saturday, August 25, 2012
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year B


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


First Reading
JOSHUA 24:1-2, 15-18
Yahweh is our God

1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; he then summoned all the elders of Israel, its leaders, judges and officials, and they presented themselves in God's presence.

2 Joshua then said to all the people: 'Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this, "From time immemorial, your ancestors, Terah, father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the River, and served other gods.

15 But if serving Yahweh seems a bad thing to you, today you must make up your minds whom you do mean to serve, whether the gods whom your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are now living. As regards my family and me, we shall serve Yahweh.'

16 The people replied, 'Far be it from us to desert Yahweh and to serve other gods!

17 Yahweh our God was the one who brought us and our ancestors here from Egypt, from the place of slave-labour, who worked those great wonders before our eyes and who kept us safe all along the way we travelled and among all the peoples through whom we passed.

18 And Yahweh has driven all the nations out for us, including the Amorites who used to live in the country. We too shall serve Yahweh, for he is our God.'

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 33:2-316-23

2 Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play for him on the ten-stringed lyre.

3 Sing to him a new song, make sweet music for your cry of victory.

16 A large army will not keep a king safe, nor his strength save a warrior's life;

17 it is delusion to rely on a horse for safety, for all its power it cannot save.

18 But see how Yahweh watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love,

19 to rescue them from death and keep them alive in famine.

20 We are waiting for Yahweh; he is our help and our shield,

21 for in him our heart rejoices, in his holy name we trust.

22 Yahweh, let your faithful love rest on us, as our hope has rested in you.

Second Reading
EPHESIANS 5:21-32
Christ and the Church

21 Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives should be subject to their husbands as to the Lord,

23 since, as Christ is head of the Church and saves the whole body, so is a husband the head of his wife;

24 and as the Church is subject to Christ, so should wives be to their husbands, in everything.

25 Husbands should love their wives, just as Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself for her

26 to make her holy by washing her in cleansing water with a form of words,

27 so that when he took the Church to himself she would be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and faultless.

28 In the same way, husbands must love their wives as they love their own bodies; for a man to love his wife is for him to love himself.

29 A man never hates his own body, but he feeds it and looks after it; and that is the way Christ treats the Church,

30 because we are parts of his Body.

31 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and becomes attached to his wife, and the two become one flesh.

32 This mystery has great significance, but I am applying it to Christ and the Church.

“The Word of the Lord”

Gospel Reading
JOHN 6:60-69
Lord, to whom shall we go?

60 After hearing it, many of his followers said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?'

61 Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this disturb you?

62 What if you should see the Son of man ascend to where he was before?

63 'It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

64 'But there are some of you who do not believe.' For Jesus knew from the outset who did not believe and who was to betray him.

65 He went on, 'This is why I told you that no one could come to me except by the gift of the Father.'

66 After this, many of his disciples went away and accompanied him no more.

67 Then Jesus said to the Twelve, 'What about you, do you want to go away too?'

68 Simon Peter answered, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life,

69 and we believe; we have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.'

“The Gospel of the Lord”

St. Joseph Church News:

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

Classes for Catechism close for the Raya holidays from 18th Aug to 25th Aug and resumed on 1st Sept.

Mass for first Friday devotion and adoration on 7th Sept. at 8.00pm in St. Joseph Church, Plentong.

Jesus invites us to:

"Come, enter into my heart. This wound in my heart is the Fiery Furnace at which chosen souls must come to enkindle theirs with all the graces it contains."

August BEC Reflection

Patricia Ong & Mr Chou

28th Tuesday @ 8:30 pm – No: 8, Jalan Molek 2/6

Tel: 012-7230363

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)

GOOD NEWS: Open for Application from 1st July to 30th August 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.  Application forms are available at the Parish Office.

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: Restaurant 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

Theology of  The Body by Andrew Kong

Date: 1-2 September, 2012 (Saturday & Sunday)

Time: 6:00 pm                       Venue: Majodi Centre

$$: RM90 (non-stay in) / RM120 (Stay in)

All parents are encouraged to attend. This seminar is opened to ALL LANGUAGE GROUPS.

Contact person: Feona 016-7222642 or make your registration at the parish office.

Please check notice board for details.

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday 07th September, 2012 @ 6:30 pm to

Sunday 09th Sepember, 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)

20TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) - AUGUST 19, 2012

Saturday, August 18, 2012

20th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year B

5:30 pm  Novena to Our Lady

6:00 pm  Mass in English

First Reading

PROVERBS 9:1-6

Wisdom

1 Wisdom has built herself a house, she has hewn her seven pillars,

2 she has slaughtered her beasts, drawn her wine, she has laid her table.

3 She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the heights above the city,

4 'Who is simple? Let him come this way.' To the fool she says,

5 'Come and eat my bread, drink the wine which I have drawn!

6 Leave foolishness behind and you will live, go forwards in the ways of perception.'

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 33:2-3, 10-15

2 Give thanks to Yahweh on the lyre, play for him on the ten-stringed lyre.

3 Sing to him a new song, make sweet music for your cry of victory.

10 Yahweh thwarts the plans of nations, frustrates the counsels of peoples;

11 but Yahweh's own plan stands firm for ever, his heart's counsel from age to age.

12 How blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen as his heritage.

13 From heaven Yahweh looks down, he sees all the children of Adam,

14 from the place where he sits he watches all who dwell on the earth;

15 he alone moulds their hearts, he understands all they do.

Second Reading

EPHESIANS 5:15-20

Give thanks to God the Father

15 So be very careful about the sort of lives you lead, like intelligent and not like senseless people.

16 Make the best of the present time, for it is a wicked age.

17 This is why you must not be thoughtless but must recognise what is the will of the Lord.

18 Do not get drunk with wine; this is simply dissipation; be filled with the Spirit.

19 Sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs among yourselves, singing and chanting to the Lord in your hearts,

20 always and everywhere giving thanks to God who is our Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

“The Word of the Lord”

Gospel Reading

JOHN 6:51-58

Eat this bread and live forever

51 I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the world.'

52 Then the Jews started arguing among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'

53 Jesus replied to them: In all truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

54 Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise that person up on the last day.

55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me and I live in that person.

57 As the living Father sent me and I draw life from the Father, so whoever eats me will also draw life from me.

58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven; it is not like the bread our ancestors ate: they are dead, but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.

“The Gospel of the Lord”

 

St. Joseph Church News:

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

Catechism class holidays start from 18th August, 2012  to 25th August, 2012 and resumed on 1st September, 2012.

Mass for first Friday devotion and adoration on 7th September, 2012 at 8:00 pm at St. Joseph Church, Plentong.

August, 2012 BEC Reflection

Patricia Ong & Mr Chou

28th Tuesday @ 8:30 pm – No: 8, Jln Molek 2/6

012-7230363

EMPOWER ME!

Organized by St. Joseph Youth

Invitees: Form 1 to Form 4 students

Date: 24th - 25th August, 2012

Venue: Majodi Centre, Plentong

Time: Check-in 2:00 pm, Check-out 7:00 pm

$$$: RM35 per person

Please get your application form for details and enroll now. Person contact Nicholas 014-3159414 or Alyssa 010-8247420.

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)

GOOD NEWS: Scholarship Application Extended till 31st August, 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.  Application forms are available at the Parish Office.

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 / person

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

Theology of The Body by Andrew Kong

Date: 1^st – 2^nd  September, 2012 (Saturday & Sunday)

Time: 6:00 pm                       Venue: Majodi Centre

$$: RM90 (non-stay in) / RM120 (Stay in)

All parents are encouraged to attend. This seminar is open  to ALL LANGUAGE GROUPS.

Contact person: Feona 016-7222642 or make your registration at the parish office.

Please check notice board for details.

2012 Catholic Marriage Preparation Weekend

Date: Friday, 07th September @ 6.30 pm to Sunday,  09th September @ 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)