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Bridgeside Bulletin
The weekly Bulletin of the Catholic Parish of Forster Tuncurry
“Unity in Christ”
Holy Name of Jesus Church, 31 Lake Street, Forster 2428 NSW
Ph: 6554 6401 E: forster-tuncurry.parish@mn.catholic.org.au W:www.forstertuncurrycatholic.org.au
We acknowledge the Worimi people - the traditional custodians of this place
SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2021, THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B
Dear Brothers and Sisters.
It was with sheer joy earlier this week that we heard the news break of the safe return of Cleo Smith to her
family. Let us all give thanks to God for this, and also hold up before Him, not only Cleo and her family,
but, also all those involved in her search and rescue. May God be praised for this. Pray also for the person
who committed this crime.
Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, things are starting to ease. Restrictions are being removed and
various freedoms are being returned to us as public health measures are wound back, as the vaccination
rates increases. This means of course, that in the near future there will be things able to change around
the way we celebrate the Mass and other Sacraments. Please, I urge you to be patient with myself and the
office as we come to terms with the changes. As always, I ask each of you to pray for those around the
world affected by the pandemic. Pray also for the now more than 5million plus who have died as a result
of the pandemic.
This week we mark Remembrance Day. This day marks the end of hostilities in World War one. We are
able to pray for peace on this day. We pray for all those who died in that and any conflict. Days like this
are important, our history is important, learning our history is important. It is by knowing our history,
that we can learn from it, and not repeat the mistakes of it. Days, like Remembrance Day, are now more
important than ever before.
On the 17th of November we welcome Fr Greg Barker back among us. Mass will be celebrated together,
Fr. Greg will bless the Columbarium and we will eat together. It will be an opportunity to have a farewell
for Fr Greg. An opportunity that Covid had delayed. It will be a chance to say thank you and good bye,
and a chance for you to complain to him about his successor as Parish Priest.
Tuesday of last week was Melbourne Cup Day. About 20 people gathered in the hall to watch the race and
spend some time together. It was a fun afternoon. The numbers where small, but I hope that as we
emerge from Covid19, we will have more of these functions, and that they will grow. Please watch for in-
formation for our Christmas party in future editions of the “Bridgeside Bulletin”.
Following Masses the last 2 weeks there has been a cup of tea and coffee and a bite to eat. I hope and pray
that this will be able to continue. Please stay after Mass and meet some new people. Please come and have
a drink and a bite to eat with me. We can do this in a Covid safe way, without masks. I can then start to
figure out what you all look like from the eyes down. It will be good to start to get to know each other.
As restrictions begin to ease we will, as a Parish, need to, of course revisit the welcome ministry. We will
need people who would greet people at the door with a friendly welcome. Find the names of anybody who
is new and a visitor. Arrange for a name tag to be used to encourage people to speak with each other. All
the while engaging with people and inviting them to stay for refreshments after Mass. It is wonderful that
there are some people with Parish name badges, maybe this should be revisited?
Please pray over the next few weeks for the young people of our parish who are undertaking the HSC.
Please consider providing feedback for the strategic meeting later this month. The outcome of this meet-
ing provides the start of a Parish Pastoral Plan, which will be developed at a Parish gathering in the first
half of next year, then ratified at a Pastoral Assembly in the second half of next year. Your Feedback
shows how much you care about the parish, and what you want in and for and from the Parish.
Please keep Bishop Bill in your prayers.
With Love.
Fr. Peter.
Parish Timetable What’s happening locally... widow approached by Elijah. To support
Catholic Mission’s annual World Mission
WEEKDAY MASS Friendship Group Month appeal, go to
7 NOV—13 NOV Final Farewell At www.catholicmission.org.au and type the
TUE: 4.30pm Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club name Kusa into the search bar.
WED: 9.30am On 9th November at 12 md
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THU: 4.30pm All members and ex-members welcome CATHOLICCARE COMMUNITY KITCH-
FRI: 9.30am Please ring Lorraine on 0409494652. ENS CHRISTMAS HAMPER DRIVE
SAT: 9.30am ___________________________________________________________________________________________ CatholicCare Hunter-Manning is hoping
Fr Greg’s Visit to distribute much-needed hampers
Mon 9am Counters– Team 9 through our Taree and Forster-Tuncurry
7 NOV 12pm Community Kitchen Fr Greg Barker will be visiting the parish
on the 17th Nov. He will celebrate Mass Community Kitchens this year. We need
Tue 12pm Community Kitchen at 5.30pm and bless the columbarium your support! You can help by donating
8 NOV 3.30pm Holy Hour, followed afterwards. He will then join us for a meal any of the food items listed below:
by Benediction in the parish hall. The meal contribution is Tins of ham (Plumrose) • Fruit mince
$30 per head. To register for Mass and/or pies or small puddings (Aunt Betty’s) •
Wed 11am Novena to Our Lady of the evening meal please contact the par- Fruit juice or tins of stewed fruit • Jams,
9 NOV Perpetual Help ish office by phone or email. jars of cranberry sauce or apple sauce •
12pm Community Kitchen ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Coles or Woolworths Christmas bags •
Giving generously, from a Cereal • Long life milk • Crackers such
Thu 12pm Community Kitchen
position of devotion and as Jatz or Shapes • Tins of baby pota-
10 3.30pm Holy Hour, followed
faithfulness, makes so toes or beetroot • Tins of corn, four bean
NOV by Benediction
much difference to those mix, peas or tomatoes • Tea bags, small
Parish Notices who receive the fruits of your generosity. jars of coffee or hot chocolate • Sugar
When you placed your cash or credit card etc.
Remembrance Day: Mass for details in the Catholic Mission appeal Alternatively, if you would like to donate
Thursday the 11th of November envelope recently, you were demonstrat- money towards a hamper, please visit
will be at 11am. It will begin with ing the kind of fidelity to the Good News w w w .c at ho licc ar e. or g. au /
the last post ceremony. Holy that we hear about in this weekend’s donate
Hour will still go ahead. Gospel and first reading. In both ac- Help us help those in need
Advent Reflection Books are counts, it is a widow who displays the this Christmas.
on sale in the church for $5. If same sort of generosity so many of you
you would like to join a reflection extended to the Good Shepherd Sisters A new local GP is moving to the area
group please contact the parish in Bangkok, and the mothers and their next year in Feb. She is seeking a share
office. children that they support. On their be- house with other women if possible. If
Columban Art Calendars 2022 half, and on behalf of my colleagues at you know of any accommodation for her
are for sale in church for $15 ea Catholic Mission, I give thanks. May God please contact Agatha on 0414 570 686.
bless you abundantly, just as He did the
THE LATEST NEWS FROM OUR SAFEGUARDING PROMOTERS
The Promoters of Safeguarding continue to endorse a culture of safeguarding within the Parish. As mentioned previously, we are
completing a Risk Management Register which is to be submitted to the Catholic Diocese of Maitland -Newcastle Office of Safeguard-
ing. Our task involves identifying risks or potential risks/hazards then controlling or eliminating these. Factors being addressed include:
VENUES – An aspect of venue/location relates to our church carpark which adjoins a major traffic light-controlled intersection. The
carpark has been covered in asphalt to reduce slipping and carpark space lines have been painted including disability carpark mark-
ings. Due to restricted church carpark and on-street parking, the main access to the church is by walking through the church carpark
which means it is a shared pedestrian zone. To minimise risk to Holy Name Primary Schools students when accessing the church/hall,
the footpath along McIntosh Street and past the side of the columbarium is used as the mode of entrance thus avoiding the carpark
while delivery/tradesman/office visitors may be present.
PEOPLE – The majority of visitors to the church are elderly with possible mobility and health requirements. Trip hazards such as worn
carpet have been taped down pending a permanent solution. Communion can be taken to people remaining in their seats. Parishioners
have been made aware of the need to accompany children to toilets or while outside buildings. Covid-19 spacing regulations are up-
held so as to minimise risks of infection.
ACTIVITIES – During hall use, including the Community Kitchen, morning teas, other parish and education events, risks relating to
possible scalding, burns, spillages, slipping are considered. During Masses, communion is being distributed under one species only
(hosts).
EQUIPMENT – The use of kneelers is not permitted at present in order to meet 2 sq m/4 sq m spacing restrictions. Kneelers are stored
in the upright position to reduce chances of tripping. Sanitisation of seats occurs after each Mass/service. Sanitisation stations are pro-
vided in the church/hall/office.
The consideration of potential risks and hazards is an ongoing identification process that organisations need to consider so that all rea-
sonably practicable steps, such as education, training, rules, supervision, procedures and safer methods are used to control or elimi-
nate hazardous possibilities occurring.
Saints and Feasts
9/11/19 DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA. The Basilica of Saint
John Lateran (consecrated by Sylvester I in 313) is the oldest of all basilicas in
Rome. It was built on a piece of land donated by Constantine the Great in 311.
Originally known as the Church of the Savior, it was later dedicated to both
Johns. Being the cathedral of Rome and the official residence of the Pope, the
basilica carries the title "Omnium Urbis et Orbis Ecclesiarum Mater et Caput".
This feast highlights our communion with the See of Peter. That which makes us
Catholic and members of Gods Holy Church.
10/11/19 ST LEO THE GREAT, Pope, Doctor. Reigned from 29 September 440 to his death
in 461. He was an Italian aristocrat, and was the first pope to have been called "the Great".
He is perhaps best known for having met Attila the Hun in 452 and persuading him to turn
back from his invasion of Italy. He is also a Doctor of the Church, most remembered theolog-
ically for issuing the Tome of Leo, a document which was foundational to the debates of the
Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon. The Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council,
dealt primarily with Christology, and elucidated the orthodox definition of Christ's being as
the hypostatic union of two natures-divine and human-united in one person, "with neither
confusion nor division".
11/11/19 ST MARTIN OF TOURS. (316 – 8 November 397) was Bishop of
Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on
the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. As he was born in what is now
Szombathely, Hungary, spent much of his childhood in Pavia, Italy, and lived
most of his adult life in France, he is considered a spiritual bridge across Eu-
rope. Some of the accounts of his travels may have been interpolated into his
vita to validate early sites of his cult. He is best known for the account of his
using his military sword to cut his cloak in two, to give half to a beggar clad
only in rags in the depth of winter. Conscripted as a soldier into the Roman
army, he found the duty incompatible with the Christian faith he had adopted
and became an early conscientious objector.
COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
What are the first stages of God's Revelation?
From the very beginning, God manifested himself to our first parents, Adam and Eve, and invited them to intimate
communion with himself. After their fall, he did not cease his revelation to them but promised salvation for all their de-
scendants. After the flood, he made a covenant with Noah, a covenant between himself and all living beings.
What are the next stages of God's Revelation?
God chose Abram, calling him out of his country, making him “the father of a multitude of nations” (Genesis 17:5), and
promising to bless in him “all the nations of the earth” (Genesis 12:3). The people descended from Abraham would be
the trustee of the divine promise made to the patriarchs. God formed Israel as his chosen people, freeing them from
slavery in Egypt, establishing with them the covenant of Mount Sinai, and, through Moses, giving them his law. The
prophets proclaimed a radical redemption of the people and a salvation which would include all nations in a new and
everlasting covenant. From the people of Israel and from the house of King David, would be born the Messiah, Jesus.
What is the full and definitive stage of God's Revelation?
The full and definitive stage of God’s revelation is accomplished in his Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, the mediator
and fullness of Revelation. He, being the only-begotten Son of God made man, is the perfect and definitive Word of
the Father. In the sending of the Son and the gift of the Spirit, Revelation is now fully complete, although the faith of
the Church must gradually grasp its full significance over the course of centuries.
“In giving us his Son, his only and definitive Word, God spoke everything to us at once in this sole Word, and he has no more to
say.” (Saint John of the Cross)
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PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Recently deceased: Bert Newton
Anniversaries: Lucie Ricaud & Louise Marie Alice Derobillard
We remember and pray for those who are ill at home and in hospital at this time, may they know the healing
presence of Christ:
Bishop William Wright, Connie Cachia, Joseph Barnett, Monica Hunt, Trevor Turner, Robyn Thomas, Ken Vote.
People will remain on the prayers for the sick for 4 weeks. You can resubmit names as needed.
UNIVERSAL PRAYER
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Father: It is the Lord who raises up the lowly. Let us bring our needs before the God of the wid-
ow and orphan.
1. Reader: That the Church will be characterised by humility and authenticity in responding to
the Gospel. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
2. Reader: That political and economic leaders will make a greater effort to share the nation’s
goods more equitably. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
3. Reader: That world leaders will emerge from COP26 at Glasgow with a renewed enthusiasm
for God’s creation and our sheared home. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
4. Reader: That in this week when we mark the end of hostilities in the first world war, all peo-
ple will be moved to live in peace, now and forever. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
5. Reader: That those undertaking the HSC will be nurtured by our prayers in this stressful
time. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
6. Reader: That those involved in the safe return of Cleo Smith will be richly rewarded for their
service. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
7. Reader: That those in our local community who work to feed the poor and hungry will be
supported generously. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
8. Reader: That those who are sick, including William our Bishop, and all listed on our bulletin
will receive comfort and strength from those around them. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
9. Reader: That those who have died may enter eternal life, including Bert Newton who has
died recently and Lucie Ricaud & Louise Marie Alice Derobillard whose anniversaries occur at
this time, as well as all of those we remember this month of November. We pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, hear our prayer.
Father: Loving Father, you provide for those who respond to you in faith. Hear our prayers
which we ask in Jesus’ name.
Sunday 07 Nov 2021 ly in the market squares, to take the
Thirty-second Sunday in 2. It is the Lord who gives sight to the front seats in the synagogues and the
Ordinary Time Year B blind, who raises up those who are places of honour at banquets; these
bowed down. It is the Lord who loves are the men who swallow the property
Entrance Antiphon
the just, the Lord who protects the of widows, while making a show of
Cf. Ps 87:3
stranger. (R.) lengthy prayers. The more severe will
Let my prayer come into your pres-
ence. Incline your ear to my cry for 3. The Lord upholds the widow and be the sentence they receive.’
help, O Lord. orphan but thwarts the path of the He sat down opposite the treasury
wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, and watched the people putting mon-
First Reading
Zion’s God, from age to age. (R.) ey into the treasury, and many of the
1 Kgs 17:10-16
rich put in a great deal. A poor widow
A reading from the first book of the Second Reading
came and put in two small coins, the
Kings Heb 9:24-28 equivalent of a penny. Then he called
Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. A reading from the letter to the He-
to his disciples and said to them, ‘I tell
And when he reached the city gate, brews
you solemnly, this poor widow has put
there was a widow gathering sticks; It is not as though Christ had entered
more in than all who have contributed
addressing her he said, ‘Please bring a man-made sanctuary which was
to the treasury; for they have all put in
a little water in a vessel for me to only modelled on the real one; but it
money they had over, but she from
drink.’ She was setting off to bring it was heaven itself, so that he could
the little she had has put in everything
when he called after her. ‘Please’ he appear in the actual presence of God
she possessed, all she had to live on.’
said, ‘bring me a scrap of bread in on our behalf. And he does not have
The Gospel of the Lord
your hand.’ ‘As the Lord your God to offer himself again and again, like
lives’, she replied, ‘I have no baked the high priest going into the sanctu- Communion Antiphon
bread, but only a handful of meal in a ary year after year with the blood that Cf. Ps 22:1-2
jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just is not his own, or else he would have The Lord is my shepherd; there is
gathering a stick or two to go and pre- had to suffer over and over again nothing I shall want.
pare this for myself and my son to eat, since the world began. Instead of that, Fresh and green are the pastures
and then we shall die.’ But Elijah said he has made his appearance once where he gives me repose,
to her, ‘Do not be afraid, go and do as and for all, now at the end of the last near restful waters he leads me.
you have said; but first make a little age, to do away with sin by sacrificing
scone of it for me and bring it to me, himself. Since men only die once, and Readings for Next Week 13/14
and then make some for yourself and after that comes judgement, so Christ, Nov
for your son. For thus the Lord too, offers himself only once to take First Reading
speaks, the God of Israel: the faults of many on himself, and Dn 12:1-3 At that time there shall
“Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of when he appears a second time, it will arise Michael, the great prince.
oil shall not be emptied, before the not be to deal with sin but to reward
day when the Lord sends rain on the with salvation those who are waiting Responsorial Psalm
face of the earth.”’ for him. Ps 15:5. 8-11. R.v.1 (R.) Keep me
The woman went and did as Elijah The Word of the Lord safe, O God: you are my hope.
told her and they ate the food, she,
Gospel Acclamation Second Reading
himself and her son. The jar of meal
Mt 5:3
was not spent nor the jug of oil emp- Heb 10:11-14, 18 Jesus has made
Alleluia, alleluia!
tied, just as the Lord had foretold one offering for all our sins.
Happy the poor in spirit;
through Elijah.
the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Gospel Acclamation
The Word of the Lord
Alleluia! Lk 21:36 Alleluia, alleluia!
Responsorial Psalm
Gospel Be watchful, and pray constantly,
Ps 145:7-10. R.v.2
Mk 12:38-44 that you may be worthy to stand be-
(R.) Praise the Lord, my soul!
A reading from the holy Gospel ac- fore the Son of Man. Alleluia!
1. It is the Lord who keeps faith forev-
cording to Mark
er who is just to those who are op- Gospel
In his teaching Jesus said, ‘Beware of
pressed. It is he who gives bread to
the scribes who like to walk about in Mk 13:24-32 Watch for the signs of
the hungry, the Lord who sets prison-
long robes, to be greeted obsequious- the coming of the kingdom.
ers free. (R.)
© The scriptural quotations are taken from the Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966, 1967 and 1968 by Darton Longman and Todd Ltd and Doubleday & Co Inc, and
used by permission of the publishers. The English translation of the Psalm Responses, the Alleluia and Gospel Verses, and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations, and the Titles,
Summaries, and Conclusion of the Readings, from the Lectionary for Mass © 1997, 1981, 1968, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. The
prayers are from the English Translation of the Roman Missal © 2010 International Committee on English in the Liturgy Inc. (ICEL). All rights reserved.
THE ORDER OF MASS
THE INTRODUCTORY RITES P: Lord, have mercy. R: Lord, have mercy.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy P: Christ, have mercy. R: Christ, have mercy.
Spirit. P: Lord, have mercy. R: Lord, have mercy.
Amen. either: or:
P: Kyrie, eleison. R: Kyrie, eleison.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, P: Christe, eleison. R: Christe, eleison.
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And P: Kyrie, eleison. R: Kyrie, eleison.
with your spirit. or:
Gloria (when said)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to
Lord Jesus Christ. And with your spirit. or: people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we
adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God,
almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten
PENITENTIAL ACT Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you
Brethren (brothers and sisters), let us acknowledge our take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred you take away the sins of the world, receive our pray-
mysteries. either: er; you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One,
I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High,
and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God
and in my words, in what I have done and in what I the Father. Amen.
have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault,
(striking the breast) through my most grievous fault; Let us pray. At the end of the Collect, the people acclaim:
therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the An- Amen.
gels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to
pray for me to the Lord our God. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, At the end of the reading:
and bring us to everlasting life. Amen. or: The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
At the Gospel:
Have mercy on us, O Lord. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
For we have sinned against you. A reading from the holy Gospel according to N.
Show us, O Lord, your mercy. Glory to you, O Lord.
And grant us your salvation. At the end of the Gospel:
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus
and bring us to everlasting life. Amen. or: Christ.
You were sent to heal the contrite of heart: THE NICENE CREED
P: Lord, have mercy or: P: Kyrie, eleison. I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of
R: Lord, have mercy or: R: Kyrie, eleison. heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I
You came to call sinners: believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten
P: Christ have mercy or: P: Christe, eleison. Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God
R: Christ have mercy or: R: Christe, eleison. from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,
You are seated at the right hand of the Father to inter- begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
cede for us: through him all things were made. For us men and for
P: Lord, have mercy or: P: Kyrie, eleison. our salvation he came down from heaven, (all bow)
R: Lord, have mercy or: R: Kyrie, eleison. and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified
and bring us to everlasting life. Amen. under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was bur-
ied, and rose again on the third day in accordance
The Kyrie follows, unless it has occurred in the Penitential with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is
Act. either: seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come
again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his THE COMMUNION RITE
kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching,
the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Fa- we dare to say:
ther and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is Our Father, who art in heaven...
adored and glorified, who has spoken through the Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil...
prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours
Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of now and forever.
sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles...
and the life of the world to come. Amen. Who live and reign for ever and ever.
Amen.
APOSTLES’ CREED The peace of the Lord be with you always.
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heav- And with your spirit.
en and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, (all bow)
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
was crucified, died and was buried; he descended have mercy on us. (X2)
into hell; on the third day he rose again from the Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,
dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the grant us peace.
right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he
will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the
the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the com- sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper
munion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resur- of the Lamb.
rection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my
THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be
Pray, brethren ... the almighty Father. healed.
May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for The Body of Christ. Amen.
the praise and glory of His name, for our good and The Blood of Christ. Amen.
the good of all His holy Church.
At the end of the prayer, the people acclaim: Let us pray. At the end of the prayer, the people acclaim:
Amen. Amen.
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER THE CONCLUDING RITES
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the † Son,
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right and and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
just. either:
After the Preface Go forth, the Mass is ended. or:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord. or:
are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your Life. or:
is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in Go in peace.
the highest. Thanks be to God.
The mystery of faith. either: © 2019 design by Rev Fr Peter Street. Text from the Ro-
We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your man Missal 2011.
Resurrection until you come again. or:
When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we pro-
claim your Death, O Lord, until you come again. or:
Save us, Saviour of the world,
for by your Cross and Resurrection
you have set us free.
Through him, and with him, ... for ever and ever.
Amen.
SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY
by Brendan Byrne SJ
The link between the First Reading and the Gospel today is that both concern widows who acted with generosity. In
biblical society generally widows formed a particularly vulnerable class. They come first in the triad of vulnerable ones
to whom the Torah summoned Israel to give particular protection: the widow, the orphan and the stranger in the land.
The wider context of the First Reading (1 Kings 17:10-16) is that of universal famine in Israel during the reign of the
worthless king Ahab. Elijah the prophet has been fed in the wilderness by the ravens and slaked his thirst in the wadi
Cherith. Now, however, the wadi has dried up because of the lack of rain and he has been instructed by God to go
the Sidonian town of Zarephath, where a widow will feed him.
When Elijah approaches the widow for food, she points out the extremity of the situation for herself and her son. With
the very little she has left, she is about to prepare a final meal before they die of hunger. Elijah, urging her not to be
afraid, asks her to prepare a cake for himself, and then for herself and her son, and assures her that her jar of meal
and jug of oil will not fail until the famine is over. When the woman does so, putting her trust in the prophet’s word,
she finds that provision is made just as he had foretold.
The episode illustrates a more widespread biblical pattern. People who act hospitably and generously, trusting in a
divine promise in the face of evidence to the contrary, find that the Lord provides with a generosity that is overwhelm-
ing (cf. Gen 18:1-15; Mark 6:35-44; 8:1-9). Faith is the channel through which the generosity and power of God flow
into the world.
There are two rather different ways of interpreting the corresponding ‘widow’ scene in the Gospel (Mark 12:38-44). If
we set aside the part of the text immediately preceding the description of the widow’s action, that is, Jesus’ condem-
nation of the scribes for their religious ostentation, then the widow’s action provides an extreme example of religious
generosity and trust in God. As Jesus points out, it is not the amount that is contributed that counts before God but
the totality of personal trust and self-giving that the amount represents. For some it was just what they had left over
after making good allowance for their comfortable lifestyle. For the widow, it was absolutely everything: keeping noth-
ing for herself, she could rely now only on the providence of God to whom she had surrendered all. In this way, the
widow becomes an example of faith to admire and possibly to emulate according to circumstance and calling.
The alternative view is to interpret what is happening here not as something to admire but, in effect, to deplore. In his
denunciation of the scribes in the immediately preceding verses, Jesus had singled out for critique their taking the
places of honour at banquets (where they will be very well fed), while ‘swallowing the property of widows’. Immediate-
ly after the scene he will speak of the destruction of the Temple to whose treasury the widow contributes all she has.
This wider context suggests that Jesus is interpreting what the widow does as an instance where religious law, as
interpreted by the scribes, is inducing ‘little ones’, such as her, to contribute to the treasury far more than they can
afford and, indeed, as in this instance, their total livelihood. The scene would, then, prepare the way for the prophecy
about the Temple’s destruction with which Jesus’ discourse on the future (Mark 13) will commence. In the wider un-
derstanding of the Gospel the Temple will in any case cease to be of significance since the function of atonement
associated with it will soon be taken over once and for all by the shedding of Jesus’ own blood (Mark 10:45; 14:24).
The scene then becomes something of a warning against the way in which religion, falsely interpreted and promoted,
can serve to oppress rather than liberate the poor and vulnerable, for whose cause and whose life Christ shed his
blood on the cross.
We are not necessarily faced with a stark choice between these two interpretations. Both are valid and valuable – in
some ways opposite sides of the one coin. We can admire the widow’s generosity and faith while remaining critical of
the religious system that drove her to such extremes.
The Second Reading (Hebrews 9:24-28) continues the contrast set up last week between the priestly service of the
priests of the old dispensation and that of Christ. It stresses the absolute all-sufficiency assurance of Christ’s salvific
work for the removal of sin since the sacrifice he offered was that of his own life on the cross.
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SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS practice. And this means another poverty, that is, being
POPE FRANCIS poor inside, hollowing oneself to make room for God.
ANGELUS Those who believe themselves to be rich, successful and
Saint Peter's Square secure base everything on themselves and close them-
Monday, 1st November 2021 selves off from God and their brothers and sisters, while
those who know that they are poor and not self-sufficient
Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno! remain open to God and to their neighbour. And they find
Today we celebrate All Saints, and in the Liturgy the joy. The Beatitudes, then, are the prophecy of a new hu-
“programmatic” message of Jesus resounds: namely, the manity, of a new way of living: making oneself small and
Beatitudes (cf. Mt 5:1-12a). They show us the path that entrusting oneself to God, instead of prevailing over oth-
leads to the Kingdom of God and to happiness: the path ers; being meek, instead of seeking to impose oneself;
of humility, compassion, meekness, justice and peace. practising mercy, instead of thinking only of oneself; com-
To be a saint is to walk on this road. Let us now focus on mitting oneself to justice and peace, instead of promoting
two aspects of this way of life. Two aspects that are prop- injustice and inequality, even by connivance. Holiness is
er to this saintly way of life: joy and prophecy. accepting and putting into practice, with God’s help, this
Joy. Jesus begins with the word “Blessed” (Mt 5:3). It is prophecy that revolutionises the world. So, we can ask
the principal proclamation, that of an unprecedented hap- ourselves: do I bear witness to the prophecy of Jesus?
piness. Beatitude, holiness, is not a life plan made up Do I express the prophetic spirit I received in Baptism?
only of effort and renunciation, but is above all the joyful Or do I conform to the comforts of life and to my own lazi-
discovery of being God’s beloved sons and daughters. ness, assuming that everything is fine if it is fine with me?
And this fills you with joy. It is not a human achievement, Do I bring to the world the joyful newness of Jesus’
it is a gift we receive: we are holy because God, who is prophecy or the usual complaints about what is wrong?
the Holy One, comes to dwell in our lives. It is He who Questions that are good for us to ask ourselves.
gives holiness to us. For this we are blessed! The joy of May the Holy Virgin give us something of her soul, that
the Christian, then, is not a fleeting emotion or a simple blessed soul that joyfully magnified the Lord, who “has
human optimism, but the certainty of being able to face put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those
every situation under God’s loving gaze, with the courage of low degree” (cf. Lk 1:52).
and strength that come from Him. The saints, even in the __________________________________
midst of many tribulations, have experienced this joy and After the Angelus, the Holy Father continued:
have borne witness to it. Without joy, faith becomes a
rigorous and oppressive exercise, and risks ailing with Dear brothers and sisters,
sadness. Let us consider this word: ailing with sadness. A I warmly greet all of you, Romans and pilgrims. I extend a
desert Father said that sadness is “a worm that burrows special greeting to the participants in the Corsa dei Santi,
into the heart”, which corrodes life (cf. EVAGRIUS PON- the Saints’ Run organised by the Foundation “Don Bosco
TICUS, The Eight Spirits of Evil, XI). Let us ask ourselves in the World”. It is important to promote the educational
this: are we joyful Christians? Am I a joyful Christian or value of sport. Thank you also for your initiative in favour
not? Do we spread joy or are we dull, sad people, with a of the children of Colombia.
funeral face? Remember that there is no holiness without Tomorrow morning, I will go to the French Military Ceme-
joy! tery in Rome: it will be an opportunity to pray for the eter-
The second aspect: prophecy. The Beatitudes are ad- nal repose of all the deceased, especially for the victims
dressed to the poor, the afflicted, those who hunger for of war and violence. In visiting this cemetery, I join spiritu-
justice. It is a message that goes against the grain. In- ally with all those who during these days go to pray at the
deed, the world says that in order to have happiness you tombs of their loved ones, in every part of the world.
must be rich, powerful, always young and strong, and I wish everyone a happy feast of the Saints, in the spiritu-
enjoy fame and success. Jesus overturns these criteria al company of all the Saints. Please do not forget to pray
and makes a prophetic proclamation – and this is the pro- for me. Enjoy your meal and arrivederci!
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