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
$$$: RM35 per person
Please get your application form for details and enroll now. Person contact Nicholas 014-3159414 or Alyssa 010-8247420.
One-day session entitled ‘Reaching Out to Children and Teens’
by Bro Dominic Yeo Koh
Date: August 26, 2012
Venue: Majodi Centre, Johor Bahru
For details of the one-day session please refer to the poster. The registration forms are available at the church office. For further inquiries please call Mr. Francis Soh (07-3871121/ 012-7540037), Ms. Angeline Carol (012-7881515) or Fr. Norris Seenivasan (010-8984353)
GOOD NEWS: Scholarship Application Extended till 31st August, 2012
Year 2012 GLEEF Scholarship
Goh Lum Eng Educational Fund of the Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Johor Bahru (GLEEF) was established in 2007 by the estate of the late Goh Lum Eng to support students who are under-privileged, poor and needy.
The GLEEF is pleased to award scholarships each year to students in higher educational institutions. Application forms are available at the Parish Office.
Pastoral Institute Special Event:
Partners’ Banquet: “A New Dawn of Faith”
MJD Pastoral Institute will host a Fundraising Luncheon:
Date: Monday, 17 September, 2012 from 12 noon to 2:30 pm
Venue: Restoran Peking Johor Jaya
Tickets: RM100 / person
Contact the following persons for more details, John Ng @ 012-704 0948, James Ng @ 019-735 0303 & Lucy Koh @ 017-778 0300
Theology of The Body by Andrew Kong
Date: 1st – 2nd September, 2012 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 6:00 pm Venue: Majodi Centre
$$: RM90 (non-stay in) / RM120 (Stay in)
All parents are encouraged to attend. This seminar is 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)
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