30TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C) – OCTOBER 27, 2013

Hello brothers and sisters in Christ, kindly take note that all the pictures taken by Moses Chen during the Feast of St. Joseph 2013, Holy Week 2013 and the Gawai, Kaamatan, Panen and Menuai 2013 Celebrations and Sacrament of Confirmations 27-10-2013 have all been published in the GALLERY.  Should anyone of you who wish to have the hard or soft copy thereof, kindly get in touch with Moses Chen @ 010-8211763.

Note: The Sunday, October 27, 2013 Mandarin Mass at 8:00 am and Bahasa Malaysia Mass at 12:00 noon have been cancelled.  A Multilingual Mass will be held at 10:00 am by Bishop Paul Tan in conjunction with the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Saturday, October 26^th, 2013 

30^th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year C

5:30 pm  Novena to Our Lady 

6:00 pm  Sunset Mass in English

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 
MULTILINGUAL MASS @ 10:00 AM

Listen to the St Joseph Plentong congregation singing Bapa Kami during the 

Sacrament of Confirmation held on October 27, 2013 ...

FIRST READING 

SIRACH 35:12-14, 16-19

12  for the Lord is a judge who is utterly impartial.

13  He never shows partiality to the detriment of the poor, he listens to the plea of the injured party.

14  He does not ignore the orphan's supplication, nor the widow's as she pours out her complaint.

16  Whoever wholeheartedly serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the clouds.

17  The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds: and until it does, he is not to be consoled,

18  nor will he desist until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the upright and delivers judgement.

19  And the Lord will not be slow, nor will he be dilatory on their behalf,

“The Word of the Lord”

PSALMS 34:2-3, 17-19, 23

2  I will praise Yahweh from my heart; let the humble hear and rejoice.

3  Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh, let us acclaim his name together.

17  They cry in anguish and Yahweh hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.

18  Yahweh is near to the broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.

19  Though hardships without number beset the upright, Yahweh brings rescue from them all.

SECOND READING 

2 TIMOTHY 4:6-8, 16-18

6  As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to depart.

7  I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith;

8  all there is to come for me now is the crown of uprightness which the Lord, the upright judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his appearing.

16  The first time I had to present my defence, no one came into court to support me. Every one of them deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it.

17  But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed for all the gentiles to hear; and so I was saved from the lion's mouth.

18  The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

“The Word of the Lord”

GOSPEL READING 

LUKE 18:9-14

 

9  He spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else,

10  'Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.

11  The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here.

12  I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get."

13  The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."

14  This man, I tell you, went home again justified; the other did not. For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.'

“The Gospel of the Lord”