Saturday, February
16, 2013
First Sunday of LENT –
Year C
5:30 pm Novena to Our Lady
6:00 pm Mass in English
First Reading
DEUTERONOMY 26:4-10
4 Yahweh your God is
marching with you, to fight your enemies for you and make you victorious."
5 'The scribes will
then address the people, as follows: "Has anyone built a new house and not
yet dedicated it? Let him go home, in case he dies in battle and someone else
performs the dedication.
6 "Has anyone
planted a vineyard and not yet enjoyed its fruit? Let him go home, in case he
dies in battle and someone else enjoys its fruit.
7 "Has anyone
contracted to marry a girl and not yet married her? Let him go home, in case he
dies in battle and someone else marries her."
8 'Finally, the scribes
will say to the people: "Is anyone frightened or faint hearted? Let him go
home, in case he makes his brothers faint hearted too!"
9 'Then, when the
scribes have finished speaking to the people, commanders will be appointed to
lead them.
10 'When you advance on
a town to attack it, first offer it peace-terms.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 90:1-2, 10-15
1 [Prayer Of Moses, man
of God] Lord, you have been our refuge from age to age.
2 Before the mountains
were born, before the earth and the world came to birth, from eternity to
eternity you are God.
10 The span of our life
is seventy years -- eighty for those who are strong -- but their whole extent
is anxiety and trouble, they are over in a moment and we are gone.
11 Who feels the power
of your anger, or who that fears you, your wrath?
12 Teach us to count up
the days that are ours, and we shall come to the heart of wisdom.
13 Come back, Yahweh!
How long must we wait? Take pity on your servants.
14 Each morning fill us
with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days;
15 let our joy be as
long as the time that you afflicted us, the years when we experienced disaster.
Second Reading
ROMANS 10:8-13
8 What does it say,
then? The word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that
is, the word of faith, the faith which we preach,
9 that if you declare
with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and if you believe with your heart that God
raised him from the dead, then you will be saved.
10 It is by believing
with the heart that you are justified, and by making the declaration with your
lips that you are saved.
11 When scripture says:
No one who relies on this will be brought to disgrace,
12 it makes no
distinction between Jew and Greek: the same Lord is the Lord of all, and his
generosity is offered to all who appeal to him,
13 for all who call on
the name of the Lord will be saved.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
LUKE 4:1-13
1 Filled with the Holy
Spirit, Jesus left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
2 for forty days being
put to the test by the devil. During that time he ate nothing and at the end he
was hungry.
3 Then the devil said
to him, 'If you are Son of God, tell this stone to turn into a loaf.'
4 But Jesus replied,
'Scripture says: Human beings live not on bread alone.'
5 Then leading him to a
height, the devil showed him in a moment of time all the kingdoms of the world
6 and said to him, 'I
will give you all this power and their splendour, for it has been handed over
to me, for me to give it to anyone I choose.
7 Do homage, then, to
me, and it shall all be yours.'
8 But Jesus answered
him, 'Scripture says: You must do homage to the Lord your God, him alone you
must serve.'
9 Then he led him to
Jerusalem and set him on the parapet of the Temple. 'If you are Son of God,' he
said to him, 'throw yourself down from here,
10 for scripture says:
He has given his angels orders about you, to guard you, and again:
11 They will carry you
in their arms in case you trip over a stone.'
12 But Jesus answered
him, 'Scripture says: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'
13 Having exhausted
every way of putting him to the test, the devil left him, until the opportune
moment.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
Holy Father’s Prayer
Intention
General: That Migrant
Families, in particular mothers, may be sustained and accompanied in their
difficulties.
Mission: That peoples
experiencing war and conflicts may be the protagonists in the building of a
future of peace.
St Joseph Plentong
Church News
Catechism
Classes will resume on 23/2/2013.
During
the Lenten Season, there will be Stations of the Cross at 8:00 pm follow by
Mass on every Friday.
There
will be a 2nd Collection this weekend for Church Maintenance.
BEC REFLECTIONS – 20TH
FEBRUARY 2013
Name: John
and Anna Chong
Address: 3 Jalan Permas 3/9, Permas Jaya
Contact
No: 07-3804916
Name: James
Lim (English)
Address: 5 Jalan Anggerik 4, Johor Jaya
Contact
No: 07-3521933
Name: Lee Ah
Moy (Mandarin)
Address: 2 Jln Bakawali 57, Johor Jaya
Contact
No: 07-3544960
Come
and learn ‘HOW TO EVANGELISE”
Session
by: Rev PD Dr. Sherman Kuek SFO
Venue:
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru
Time:
28th February, 2013 at 8:15 pm
ALL
ARE WELCOME!
Year of Faith
Program: Catholicism
Friday,
15 February, 2013 @ 8.00 pm – 10:00 pm
Venue:
St James Hall, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru
Vatican Council
Documents II
by
Rev PD Dr. Sherman Kuek SFO
Sunday,
24 February, 2013 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue:
St James Hall, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Johor Bahru
Love, Sex &
Sexuality Based on Humanae Vitae
by
Dr. L.L. Chan, President of Billings
Ovulation Method
Saturday,
16 March, 2013 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Venue:
St James Hall, Sacred Heart Cathedral
Retreat by Fr.
Ignatius Huan – Letting Go, Letting Be & letting Grow:
Venue:
St John Vianney Retreat House, Majodi
Date: March 1st to 3rd, 2013
Contribution:
RM160 per person for single room
RM140 per person for two beds sharing
Contact:
Francis Soh (07-3871121/012-754 0037)
Email:
francisoh@majodi.org / retreat@majodi.org
Closing
date: 24 February, 2013
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