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Granville
Catholic Church Record
Vol. 7. No. 2 January 9, 2022 Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
The Official Bulletin of Holy Cross Parish
With the feast today of the our sins, in particular, original
Baptism of the Lord we mark sin. Our Lord, however,
the close of Christmastide and despite being fully human, like
the beginning of Ordinary us in all things, was free of sin,
Time—the thirty-four weeks in so it is argued that there was
which the Church celebrates no need for Him to be
the mystery of Christ in all baptised. But the Lord sought
aspects. to be baptised because He
In Advent we prepared identi ed completely with the
ourselves for the coming of human condition; He felt our
Christ, remembering His birth struggle with pain and
two-thousand years ago and in suffering and death, our
expectation of His coming alienation from God and from
again. At Christmas we each other and the isolation
celebrated the glory of God and loneliness we so often
made incarnate—the feel. He, as God, desired to
revelation of God in Jesus share our life and our death
Christ. At Epiphany we with us so that by His utter
celebrated the revelation of reliance on His father, we
God to the Gentiles—to the might share in His divinity just
people of all the world as as He shared in our humanity.
imaged in the Magi or three Through His Baptism by
wise men. At the Baptism of St. John the Baptist in the
the Lord the manifestation of waters of the Jordan River He
God on earth and the accepted His human condition
beginning of His mission to so that we might accept our
draw all men and women back condition and so become
to Himself is ful lled. completely and wholly reliant
Each of these three events on the grace of God as we
—Christmas, Epiphany, and were intended to from the
the Baptism—is a theophany beginning. In part it was the
or the realisation of God’s in- way that God sought to restore
breaking into human history. us to our original condition, to
First with the birth of God as a t h e l i f e H e h a d a l w ay s
child, second with the star that intended for us to live—in
led the Magi to the infant peace, in joy, and without
Christ, and with the Baptism death.
by the voice from heaven and The Lord’s acceptance of
the showing of the Holy Spirit Baptism was His acceptance
in the shape of a dove. These of the human condition, which
things tell us of the intimacy of
God and His absolute desire to
THE BAPTISM by His life, passion and death
wa s t r a n s f o r m e d by t h e
live with us so that we might resurrection—the moment
live with Him.
We believe that we are
baptised for the remission of
of CHRIST when God showed Himself to
be greater than all things, even
death itself.
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THE PARISH OFFICE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Address Holy Mass Holy Mass
200 The Trongate, Tuesday, 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
South Granville, N.S.W. 2142 Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 8:15 a.m.
T 0497 190 444 Thursday, 9:15 a.m. Thursday, 8:15 a.m.
E granville@parracatholic.org Friday, 9:15 a.m. Friday, 8:15 a.m.
Saturday, 9:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m Saturday, 8:15 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 5:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Parish Priest Confessions Confessions
Rev. Fr. Andrew Bass PP Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Business and Projects Manager Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament First Friday of the month, 6:15 p.m.
John Portelli Holy Mass and Adoration
Director of Music Holy Rosary Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. of the Blessed Sacrament
John Portelli First Friday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
Catechist Co-ordinator Rosters Holy Mass in Latin
Lana Leatherby First Thursday of the month, 6:00 p.m.
Altar Society Group 7: A. Manu,
Sacraments and T.Y.M. Co-ordinator Ghanaian Chaplaincy Mass
Rosette Chidiac Second and last Sunday of the month,
Online and Social Media Co-ordinators 11:30 a.m.
Readers
Rosette Chidiac Vietnamese Chaplaincy Mass
8:30 a.m.
John Portelli Sunday, 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Piety Shop
Claudette Takchi
Annette Wirz SOCIAL MEDIA Rosters
Missionary Sisters of Mary, Church Cleaning Group 3: Mary Dao
Queen of the World — Australia and the Vietnamese community
holycrossgranville.org.au
Sr. Justina Pham ⎜ T (02) 9637-1827
Readers
Principal of Holy Family School HolyCrossGranville Vigil Racquel La Rosa, Rosette Chidiac
Cheryl Fortini 10:00 a.m. Ingrid Bifulco,
Acting Principal of Holy Trinity School Pierre Mariasson, Belinda Martin
Holy Cross Parish App
Shauna Nash
Acting Principal of Delany College
@holycrossgranville
Shauna Nash
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK IN MEMORIAM
Janelle Allan, John Anjoul, Marlene Ashton, John Augustus, Rev. Fr. Les Campion, Rev. Fr. James Stack, Pius Ari,
Frank Azzopardi, Ann Blesson, Vincenzo Colosimo, Lucy Lorenza Attwill, Miklina Azzopardi, Vic Azzopardi, Betty
Farrugia, Carmel Galea, Evangeline Grabato, John Borg, Kathleen Bradbery, Paul Bradbery, Charles Bugeja,
Graham, Thomas Hayek, Elizabeth Hicks, Peter Higgins, Dick Cahill, Gwen Cahill, Vince Cahill, Christine Derwin,
Therese Khalil, Kay King, Ruth La Rosa, Jacob Lee, Carmelo Galea, Carmen Galea, Maria Gambin, Maureen
Gardiner, Joseph Gibrine, John Graham, Joe Grech, Mary
Josephine Magro, Ester Matos, Sid Morgan, Scott Moulton,
Grech, Sam Grech, Simon Haddad, Keegan family,
Tony Moussa, Ben Nursoo, Haydee Nursoo, Sarah-Joy
Nouhad Khoury, Betty McGrath, Jack McIntyre, Giovanni
O’Connor, Flory Pinto, Don Provest, Anna Saunig, Therese Molinaro, Sam Moussa, Samantha Moussa, Des Miller,
Smeal, Ricardo Tognini, Lorraine Vella, Sam Wardan. Neville O’Sullivan, Doris Pickering, Emmanuel Tabone,
✠ Phil Thompson, Francis Tran, Peter Doan Van Tran, Peter
Lord Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, Tuu Van Tran, Bernadette Ulbrich, Joseph Vella, Miriam
by the grace of your Holy Spirit Welangoda, Dib Zaiter.
cure the weaknesses of your servants, ✠
and mercifully restore them to full health. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
St. Raphael the Archangel, pray for us. and let perpetual light shine upon them.
N O T I C E S
First Collection Security at N.S.W. Government Public
and Second Collection Holy Family Church Health Restrictions
Contributions from 15 December
As many of you are aware,
With the current situation we rubbish is illegally dumped on the On Wednesday, 15 December,
are unable to take up our usual grounds of Holy Family Church the N.S.W. Government amended
collections during Mass. Because of regularly. In addition to this, rose public health restrictions
this, we have placed two boxes by bushes have been repeatedly Please use hand sanitiser and
the doors of the church for the rst removed from the garden and note that face masks are
collection and the second deliveries of packages stolen from mandatory. Checking-in by use of
collection. Your support of these outside of the presbytery. the government QR code or by
collections is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately, many parishes manually completing the sign-in
The money raised in the rst are subjected to these problems sheets is also compulsory as it is for
collection supports some of the and they have sought to do their other places in order to assist with
works of the diocese. The money best to protect their properties by noti cations of case alerts and
raised in the second collection different means available. contact tracing when necessary.
directly supports the works of the It is important that the churches Please be aware that if you do
parish and helps us to meet our and the buildings of the parish are not check-in on arrival that the
expenses and to continue to meet properly protected and secured. N.S.W. Government can impose
the costs and expenses of operating In order to address these issues, nes on individuals.
the parish. Thank you, especially, to we will be looking into the best N.S.W. Police and N.S.W.
those who are a part of the planned measures available to offer security Health of cials may conduct spot
giving programme and use their to the church. These include the checks on individuals to ensure
envelopes to contribute each week possibility of security fencing or compliance.
t o t h e p a r i s h . Yo u r r e g u l a r additional security cameras as well
contributions are a great support. as other measures which may be Current Government Public Health
You can also nancially support suggested. Requirements
the parish by arranging a direct In order to assist the parish and
to protect it, please be on the alert 1. Check-in using the QR code.
debit. If you would like to set up a
regular contribution, let us know for any suspicious behaviour or 2. Wear a face mask indoors.
and we will be happy to assist you activity which seems to be out of
3. Maintain social distancing.
with this. Or, if you would like to place. If we are all vigilant we can
be part of the planned giving do our part in ensuring that the Please assist the churches to remain
programme, we will be pleased to churches and the parish buildings open by following these simple
arrange a set of envelopes for you remain protected. requirements which are for our sake
for regular contributions which and for the sake of the common
greatly assist the parish in planning good.
the work we carry out. Holy Trinity Church
Cleaners’ Roster
Revocation of the
Dispensation from the The cleaners’ roster for Holy
Obligation to Attend Mass Trinity Church for January to June of
this year is now available in the
As of Wednesday, 15 December, In a world where we suffer the piety shop.
the Bishop of Parramatta has loss of the sacred and the profane Thank you to all those who
revoked the dispensation from the becomes all too commonplace, we, regularly volunteer to clean the
obligation to attend Mass. The as the faithful of the Church, must church. Your generous service is
dispensation was granted during the ensure that we honour, respect and very much appreciated.
time of public health restrictions, protect all that is given to us by If you would like to volunteer to
but with the lifting of most almighty God as good and sacred. help clean the church once a
restrictions, the obligation to attend From the churches to the parish month either on a Friday or
Mass on Sunday has been re- buildings, to the sacred vessels of Saturday morning, please contact
instated and the Sunday obligation the Holy Mass, to the Sacraments, the parish of ce and we will be
is imposed. and to our very souls. grateful for your support.
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Christmas
APPEAL
Please support the good works
of our parish by your gift this Christmas
so that we can continue to offer to the glory of God
worship and service
for our salvation
and for the salvation of all the world.
The money you give to the second collection each Mass
supports the day to day running costs of the parish
and helps us to meet our repairs and maintenance costs
to look after our churches, our halls, and our other buildings.
Like every family and every organisation the parish has many expenses to meet
including electricity and water, telephone and internet,
office and printing costs, and especially insurance.
These are in addition to the other costs which further support the works of the parish
in public schools and the broader community.
Your gifts are a sign of your love and care
for Our Lord and His holy Church in this place.
Thank you for your continued support of the parish.
Saints CATHOLIC
CATECHISM
&
STUFF
of the
CATHOLIC
Trivia
CHURCH
The Holy Name
of JESUS The Baptism of Christ
THE FAITH
Th e m o n t h o f J a n u a r y i s
1 2 2 3 A l l t h e O l d C ove n a n t
OF A FIGHTER
traditionally dedicated to the Holy
Name of Jesus.
In Philippians 2, St. Paul tells us
pre gurations nd their ful llment
in Christ Jesus. He begins his public
UFC LEGEND
that “At the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of things in
life after having himself baptised by
St. John the Baptist in the Jordan. BAS RUTTEN
After his resurrection Christ gives
heaven, and things in earth, and
this mission to his apostles: “Go
things under the earth; and every For MMA and UFC fans Bas
therefore and make disciples of all
tongue should confess that Jesus Rutten needs no introduction. But
nations, baptising them in the name
Christ is Lord.” for those who may not be familiar
of the Father and of the Son and of
Small wonder, then, that the with the sport, he is one of the
the Holy Spirit.”
Church sets aside the rst month of most legendary ghters in the
the year in honour of the Holy 1224 Our Lord voluntarily game, known for his devastating
Name of Jesus. Through this submitted himself to the baptism of strikes, aggressive and versatile
devotion, the Church reminds us of St. John, intended for sinners, in style, and long string of victories.
the power of Christ’s Name and order to “ful l all righteousness.” What many may not realise,
encourages us to pray in His Name. Jesus’ gesture is a manifestation of however, is that Bas Rutten is a
In our society, of course, we hear his self-emptying. The Spirit who devout, daily rosary praying, Mass-
His Name uttered quite often, but had hovered over the waters of the attending Catholic who brings all
all too frequently, it is used in a rst creation descended then on the the intensity of a ghter to his
curse or blasphemy. In the past, Christ as a prelude of the new spiritual life. He prays in Latin just
Christians would often make the creation, and the Father revealed because it makes the demons
Sign of the Cross when they heard Jesus as his “beloved Son.” s q u i r m , q u o t e s S t . Th o m a s
Christ’s Name uttered in such a Aquinas, studies the faith
manner, and that’s a practice that 1225 In his Passover Christ opened constantly, and can’t wait to tell
would be worthwhile to revive. to all men the fountain of Baptism. anyone who will listen about the
This month, why not take a few He had already spoken of his riches the Catholic faith has to
minutes to memorise the Jesus Passion, which he was about to offer.
Prayer, and pray it during those suffer in Jerusalem, as a “Baptism” In a recent interview he said:
moments of the day when you are with which he had to be baptised. “A real man sacri ces himself for
between activities, or travelling, or The blood and water that owed others. Praying right and learning
simply taking a rest? from the pierced side of the about our faith and living right is
Keeping Christ’s Name always cruci ed Jesus are types of Baptism hard work. It is manly.”
on our lips is a good way to ensure and the Eucharist, the sacraments of To read more of his interview
that we draw ever nearer to Him. new life. go to www.catholicgentleman.net.
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Christian kindness to homeless
young mothers and children?
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formula for a young mum parenting and living skills,
and baby. education and employment
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turmoil.
$200 $250
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maternity kit including sleep
and babies fleeing domestic
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pads, and baby clothing.
Your gift today will help homeless young families
to find a place to call home.
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How Early Christians Carefully Protected the Eucharist
Early Church Fathers instructed priests and laypeople
to not let any crumb of the Eucharist fall on the ground.
During the rst few centuries of St. Cyril of Jerusalem in the This tradition is maintained in
the Church, bishops and priests fourth century reiterates this Orthodox churches, where a red
were diligent in their care of the teaching in his “Mystagogical cloth, called a maktron, is held
Eucharist. Many of the Early Church Catecheses”, comparing the care of underneath the each person’s
Fathers insisted that not even a the Eucharist to care of gold-dust: mouth while receiving communion,
crumb should fall on the ground. to catch any crumbs of the
“ Carefully hallow your eyes by
the touch of the sacred Body,
Eucharist .
Similar traditions in the Roman
and then partake, taking care to
Rite were later adopted, such as the
lose no part of It. Such a loss
communion paten that was
would be like a mutilation of
invented in the 19th century.
your own body. Why, if you had
been given gold-dust, would you
not take the utmost care to hold
St. Hippolytus of Rome, a it fast, not letting a grain slip
bishop of the second century, writes through your ngers, lest you be
these instructions in The Apostolic by so much the poorer? How
Tradition: much more carefully, then, will
you guard against losing so
“ But let each of the faithful be
zealous, before he eats anything
much as a crumb of that which
is more precious than gold and
“
else, to receive the Eucharist…
precious stones!
let each one take care that no
unbeliever taste the Eucharist, There is even evidence of a
nor a mouse nor any other special cloth being used to collect
animal, and that nothing of it any pieces of the Eucharist that may
fall or be lost; for the Body of fall from the priest distributing the
Christ is to be eaten by believers Sacrament.
and must not be despised. The
cup, when thou hast given
Th e s e p r a c t i c e s o f e a r l y
thanks in the name of the Lord,
Christians highlight the reality that
thou hast accepted as the image
the bread received at communion is
of the Blood of Christ. Therefore
not ordinary bread, but the Body
let none of it be spilled, so that
and Blood of Jesus Christ.
no strange spirit may lick it up,
as if thou didst despise it; thou Source: written by Philip Kosloski
shalt be guilty of the blood, as if and originally published on Aleteia
thou didst scorn the price with “ (www.aleteia.org) on 7 August
which thou hast been bought. 2021.
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Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year C
The Readings
Introit You take back your spirit, they die,
After the Lord was baptised, the heavens were opened, returning to the dust from which they came.
and the Spirit descended upon him like a dove, You send forth your spirit, they are created;
and the voice of the Father thundered: and you renew the face of the earth. ℟.
This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
Second Reading
First Reading The Letter of St. Paul to Titus (2:11-14; 3:4-7)
The Prophet Isaiah (40:1-5, 9-11) God’s grace has been revealed, and it has made
‘Console my people, console them’ says your God. salvation possible for the whole human race and taught
‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her that her us that what we have to do is to give up everything that
time of service is ended, that her sin is atoned for, that does not lead to God, and all our worldly ambitions; we
she has received from the hand of the Lord double must be self-restrained and live good and religious lives
punishment for all her crimes.’ A voice cries, ‘Prepare in here in this present world, while we are waiting in hope
the wilderness a way for the Lord. Make a straight for the blessing which will come with the Appearing of
highway for our God across the desert. Let every valley the glory of our great God and saviour Christ Jesus. He
be lled in, every mountain and hill be laid low, let every sacri ced himself for us in order to set us free from all
cliff become a plain, and the ridges a valley; then the wickedness and to purify a people so that it could be his
glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall very own and would have no ambition except to do
see it; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.’ Go up on a good.
high mountain, joyful messenger to Zion. Shout with a When the kindness and love of God our saviour for
loud voice, joyful messenger to Jerusalem. Shout without mankind were revealed, it was not because he was
fear, say to the towns of Judah, ‘Here is your God.’ Here concerned with any righteous actions we might have
is the Lord coming with power, his arm subduing all done ourselves; it was for no reason except his own
things to him. The prize of his victory is with him, his compassion that he saved us, by means of the cleansing
trophies all go before him. He is like a shepherd feeding water of rebirth and by renewing us with the Holy Spirit
his ock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus
against his breast and leading to their rest the mother Christ our saviour. He did this so that we should be
ewes. justi ed by his grace, to become heirs looking forward to
inheriting eternal life.
Responsorial Psalm
(Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-30. ℟. see v. 1) Gospel Acclamation (See Lk 3:16)
℟. Oh, bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia, alleluia!
John said: He who is to come is mightier than I;
Lord God, how great you are, he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with re.
clothed in majesty and glory, Alleluia!
wrapped in light as in a robe!
You stretch out the heavens like a tent. ℟. Gospel of Luke (3:15-16, 21-22)
Above the rains you build your dwelling. A feeling of expectancy had grown among the people,
You make the clouds your chariot, who were beginning to think that John might be the
you walk on the wings of the wind, Christ, so John declared before them all, ‘I baptise you
you make the winds your messengers with water, but someone is coming, someone who is
and ashing re your servants. ℟. more powerful than I am, and I am not t to undo the
strap of his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy
How many are your works, O Lord! Spirit and re.’
In wisdom you have made them all. Now when all the people had been baptised and
The earth is full of your riches. while Jesus after his own baptism was at prayer, heaven
There is the sea, vast and wide, opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily
with its moving swarms past counting, shape, like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You
living things great and small. ℟. are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.’
All of these look to you
to give them their food in due season. Communio (Jn 1:32, 34)
You give it, they gather it up: Behold the One of whom John said:
you open your hand, they have their ll. ℟. I have seen and testi ed that this is the Son of God.
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