Saturday, September 29, 2012
26th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year B
5:30 pm Novena to Our Lady
6:00 pm Mass in English
First Reading
NUMBERS 11:25-29
Yahweh sends his spirit
25 Yahweh descended in the cloud. He spoke to him and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied -- but only once.
26 Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other Medad. The spirit came down on them; though they had not gone to the Tent, their names were enrolled among the rest. These began to prophesy in the camp.
27 A young man ran to tell Moses this. 'Look,' he said, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'
28 Joshua son of Nun, who had served Moses since he was a boy, spoke up and said, 'My lord Moses, stop them!'
29 Moses replied, 'Are you jealous on my account? If only all Yahweh's people were prophets, and Yahweh had given them his spirit!'
“The Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 18:8, 10, 12-14
8 Smoke rose from his nostrils, from his mouth devouring fire (coals were kindled at it).
10 riding one of the winged creatures, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
12 A brightness lit up before him, hail and blazing fire.
13 Yahweh thundered from the heavens, the Most High made his voice heard.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered them, he hurled his lightning and routed them.
Second Reading
JAMES 5:1-6
What concerns the rich
1 Well now, you rich! Lament, weep for the miseries that are coming to you.
2 Your wealth is rotting, your clothes are all moth-eaten.
3 All your gold and your silver are corroding away, and the same corrosion will be a witness against you and eat into your body. It is like a fire which you have stored up for the final days.
4 Can you hear crying out against you the wages which you kept back from the labourers mowing your fields? The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Sabaoth.
5 On earth you have had a life of comfort and luxury; in the time of slaughter you went on eating to your heart's content.
6 It was you who condemned the upright and killed them; they offered you no resistance.
“The Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MARK 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Whoever is not against us is for us
38 John said to him, 'Master, we saw someone who is not one of us driving out devils in your name, and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.'
39 But Jesus said, 'You must not stop him; no one who works a miracle in my name could soon afterwards speak evil of me.
40 Anyone who is not against us is for us.
41 'If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, then in truth I tell you, he will most certainly not lose his reward.
42 'But anyone who is the downfall of one of these little ones who have faith, would be better thrown into the sea with a great millstone hung round his neck.
43 And if your hand should be your downfall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life crippled, than to have two hands and go to hell, into the fire that can never be put out.
45 And if your foot should be your downfall, cut it off; it is better for you enter into life lame, than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
47 And if your eye should be your downfall, tear it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell
48 where their worm will never die nor their fire be put out.
“The Gospel of the Lord”
St. Joseph Church News:
03rd October, 2012 (Wednesday) PFC meeting @ 8:30 pm.
Mass for first Friday devotion & adoration on 5th October, 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."
6th October, 2012 (Saturday) Rite of First Holy Communion for Children.
5th ~ 20th October, 2012 Fr. Anthony Ng will be away for his pilgrimage tour to Holy Land. Please pray for him. Thank you.
13th October, 2012 (Saturday) Launching of the Year of the Faith. Mass at 5:30 pm in Majodi Centre, Plentong. All are welcome. There will be no sunset mass at St. Joseph Church on this date.
21st October, 2012 (Sunday) Sacrament of Confirmation in Multi-lingual mass @ 10:00 am. All confirmants, please report at 8:15 am and rehearsal at 8:30 am. Buffet lunch will be served after mass.
01st November, 2012 (Thursday) All Saints Day mass at 8:00 pm.
02nd November, 2012 (Friday) All Souls Day. Forms are available at church entrances for the intentions of the departed souls. Kindly return the filled forms to the parish office, latest by 01st November, 2012. Intentions will be offered during the Mass. Please take note 02nd November, 2012 will not accept anymore offering forms. Thank you for your cooperation.
Members from St. Elizabeth’s Church are here to sell dinner tickets and also to solicit funds for their new community building and repairs of the existing church. Kindly patronize and donate generously towards this cause. Thank you.
October, 2012 BEC REFLECTION @ 8:15 pm
10th Wednesday - John & Anna Chong (3 Jln Permas 3/9, Tel: 07-3804916
Thanksgiving Mass: "Holy Guardian Angels"
Fr. Michael Teng will be celebrating Mass on 2nd October, 2012 (Tuesday).
Venue: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru @ 8:00 pm (10 Years Surviving Cancer & birthday) followed by personal sharing on topic at 9:00 pm for Ministry to the Sick. After Mass, a simple snack will be served.
Bro.Collin Wee will be directing the weekend retreat “Understanding the Psychological / Theological Aspects Of Religious Life”,
Date: October 12th -14th, 2012 at St. John Vianney Retreat House, Majodi, Johor Bahru. For inquiries, please call Mr. Francis Soh at 07-3871121 /H/p 012-7540037 or Julie Chong at 016-6404588. The registration forms are available at the church office. Please register as soon as possible.
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
Registration for TADIKA ST. JOSEPH 2013
Registration is NOW open for students born in year of 2006 to 2008 (Age 4, 5 & 6).
For registration, please submit the child’s Birth Certificate.
Person contact: Ms Tey 012-7131994 Monday ~ Friday
Registration Fee: RM25.00.
For more information, please call or stop by the school office (07-3870 589)
75th Anniversary & Feast day of St. Theresa Masai, Johor
Date: 30th September, 2012 (Sunday) @ 10:00 am
Celebrant: Bishop Paul Tan S. J.
All are welcome!!
Rosary Marathon：
To celebrate the 30th Dedication of the Cathedral Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.
Date: 7th October, 2012 (Sunday) @ 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)
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