THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT (YEAR C) - DECEMBER 16, 2012

 

Saturday, December 15, 2012
3rd Sunday of Advent – Year C

 

5:30 pm  Novena to Our Lady

6:00 pm  Mass in English

 



First Reading
ZEPHANIAH 3:14-18
The LORD is here

14 Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem!

15 Yahweh has repealed your sentence; he has turned your enemy away. Yahweh is king among you, Israel, you have nothing more to fear.

16 When that Day comes, the message for Jerusalem will be: Zion, have no fear, do not let your hands fall limp.
17 Yahweh your God is there with you, the warrior-Saviour. He will rejoice over you with happy song, he will renew you by his love, he will dance with shouts of joy for you,
18 as on a day of festival. I have taken away your misfortune, no longer need you bear the disgrace of it.

“The Word of the Lord”

 

PSALMS
ISAIAH 12:1-6
Cry out with joy and gladness

1 And, that day, you will say: 'I praise you, Yahweh, you have been angry with me but your anger is now appeased and you have comforted me.

2 Look, he is the God of my salvation: I shall have faith and not be afraid, for Yahweh is my strength and my song, he has been my salvation.'
3 Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of salvation
4 and, that day, you will say, 'Praise Yahweh, invoke his name. Proclaim his deeds to the people, declare his name sublime.
5 Sing of Yahweh, for his works are majestic, make them known throughout the world.
6 Cry and shout for joy, you who live in Zion, For the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.'

 

Second Reading
PHILIPPIANS 4:4-7
The Lord is near

4 Always be joyful, then, in the Lord; I repeat, be joyful.

5 Let your good sense be obvious to everybody. The Lord is near.
6 Never worry about anything; but tell God all your desires of every kind in prayer and petition shot through with gratitude,
7 and the peace of God which is beyond our understanding will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

“The Word of the Lord”

 

Gospel Reading
LUKE 3:10-18
The one to come

10 So the people asked hi, saying, “What shall we do then?”

11 He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him gove to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”
12 Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, “Teacher, what shall we do?”
13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than what is appointed for you.”
14 Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?”  So he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely and be content with your wages.”

15 Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,
16 John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.  He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
17 “His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.”
18 And with many other exhortations He preached to the people.

“The Gospel of the Lord”

 

 

 

 

St Joseph Church News

With effect from January 2013 infant baptism will be conducted on the first Sunday of the month. The forms and documents are to be submitted seven (7) days before the date of Baptism to the parish office.

A big THANK YOU to all our benefactors who have generously contributed to our Parish Project.  MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ABUNDANTLY!

 

Penitential Service for South Johor Parishes

All Services are at 8:00 pm

17th December, 2012         

Church of the Immaculate Conception (CIC)

Skudai Catholic Centre (SCC)

18th December, 2012         

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SHC)

19th December, 2012         

Church of Christ the King, Kulai

20th December, 2012         

Church of St. Joseph, Plentong (SJC)

Church of St. Theresa,Masai (STC)

21st December, 2012         

Church of Holy Family Ulu Tiram

Church of St. Elizabeth, Kota Tinggi

 

Christmas Open House 2012

The Christmas Open House for the Melaka-Johor Diocese will be held on

Date: Tuesday 25 December 2012

Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Venue: Majodi Centre, Plentong

All parishioners and friends are invited to join Bishop Paul Tan at the Diocesan Open House. There will be some light entertainment during the open house.

 

Fr. Richard Anthonysamy, SJ will be directing the weekend retreat “To Remember, To Celebrate, To Believe” from January 25th – 27^th, 2013 at St John Vianney Retreat House, Majodi. For inquiries, please call Mr. Francis Soh at 012-7540037 or Julie Chong at 016-6404588. Registration Forms are available at the Parish office.

 

Combined Gotong Royong For Christmas

All parishioners are encouraged to join in the Gotong Royong on Sunday 23rd December 2013 at 2:00 pm, to clean up the Church for the big Christmas Celebration. Thank you for giving your time to help.


MASS Schedule for CHRISTMAS EVE & CHRISTMAS DAY 2012
District South Johor

Christmas Eve: December 24th, 2012
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru     8:00 pm (Mandarin) and 11:00 pm (English)
Immaculate Conception, Johor Bahru    8:00 pm (English) and 10:30 pm (Tamil)
Skudai Catholic Centre     8:00 pm (Multilingual)
St. Joseph, Plentong     10:00 pm (Multilingual)
St Teresa's, Masai     7:30 pm (Tamil) and 11:00 pm (English)
Holy Family, Ulu Tiram     8:00 pm (Tamil) and 10:30 pm (English/Mandarin)
Christ the King, Kulai     8:00 pm (Tamil) and 10:30 pm (English/Bahasa)
St. Joseph, Bukit Batu     8:00 pm Mandarin
Our Lady of Lourdes, Pekan Nenas     10:30 pm (Mandarin/English)
St. Elizabeth, Kota Tinggi     9:00 pm Multilingual
Majodi Centre, Plentong      10:00 pm (Vietnamese Mass)


Christmas Day: December 25th, 2012
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru     7:45 am (English) and 9:45 am (Mandarin)
Immaculate Conception, Johor Bahru 8:30 am (Bahasa) and 10:30 am (Mandarin)
St. Joseph, Plentong 10:00 am (Multilingual)
St Teresa's, Masai     9:00 am (Bahasa)
Holy Family, Ulu Tiram 8:30 am (Mandarin) and 10:30 am (Bahasa)
Christ the King, Kulai     9:00 am (Mandarin)
St. Elizabeth, Kota Tinggi 9:00 am Multilingual
Majodi Centre, Plentong 10:00 am (Vietnamese Mass)

Majodi Centre, Plentong      11:00 am - 2:00 pm Bishop's Christmas Open House