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St Bernadette's Catholic Church Carlton

Phone: +61 2 9587 4246

Address: 10 Argyle Street 2218 Carlton, NSW, Australia

Website: https://stbernadettescarlton.org.au/

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25.01.2022 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 27 September 2020 READINGS......Continue reading

24.01.2022 Monday, 5 Sept 2020 SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS READINGS......Continue reading

22.01.2022 JESUS, the DESTROYER of Satan & his minions (devils/demons) 31 January 2021 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time...Continue reading

19.01.2022 Never Give Up on Another; no one is without hope. February 1, 2021 ~ Monday...Continue reading

17.01.2022 30 September 2020, Wednesday Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS ...Continue reading

16.01.2022 Tuesday, 29 September 2020 Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS ...Continue reading

15.01.2022 Christ All Around Us February 3, 2021 ~Wednesday Gospel: Mark 6:1-6 ...Continue reading

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11.01.2022 Saturday, 26 September '20 SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS READINGS ...... First reading: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8 Remember your creator in the days of your youth. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89(90):3-6,12-14,17 O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next. Gospel: Luke 9:43-45 At a time when everyone was full of admiration for all he did, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘For your part, you must have these words constantly in your mind: The Son of Man is going to be handed over into the power of men.’ But they did not understand him when he said this; it was hidden from them so that they should not see the meaning of it, and they were afraid to ask him about what he had just said. REFLECTION (Catholic Daily Reflections): So why was the meaning of this hidden from them? Interesting. Here Jesus tells them to pay attention to what I am telling you. And then begins to explain He will suffer and die. But they did not get it. They did not understand what He meant and they were afraid to ask Him about what he had just said. The truth is that Jesus was not offended by their lack of understanding. He realized that they would not immediately understand. But this did not stop Him from telling them anyway. Why? Because He knew that they would come to understand in time. But, at first, the Apostles just listened in a bit of confusion. When did the Apostles come to understand? They understood once the Holy Spirit descended upon them leading them into all Truth. It took the workings of the Holy Spirit to understand such deep mysteries. The same is true with us. When we face the mystery of Jesus’ sufferings, and when we face the reality of suffering in our own lives or the lives of those we love, we can often be confused at first. It takes a gift from the Holy Spirit to open our minds to understand. Suffering is most often inevitable. We all endure it. And if we do not allow the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, suffering will lead us to confusion and despair. But if we allow the Holy Spirit to open our minds, we will begin to understand how God can work in us through our sufferings just as He brought salvation to the world through the sufferings of Christ. Reflect, today, upon how well you understand both Jesus’ sufferings and your own. Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the meaning and even the value of suffering? Say a prayer to the Holy Spirit asking for this grace and let God lead you into this profound mystery of our faith. Lord, I know You suffered and died for my salvation. I know that my own suffering can take on new meaning in Your Cross. Help me to more fully see and understand this great mystery and to find even greater value in Your Cross as well as mine. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.

10.01.2022 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Oct 4, 2020) READINGS... First reading : Isaiah 5:1-7 ...Continue reading

09.01.2022 Saturday, October 3, 2020 Holiness of Life READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS...Continue reading

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08.01.2022 The Culmination of a Life of Faith Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Presentation of the LordFeast...Continue reading

08.01.2022 23 November '20, Monday SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTIONS AT MASS READINGS......Continue reading

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05.01.2022 1 October '20, Thursday Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS ...Continue reading

05.01.2022 28 September, Monday SCRIPTURE READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS READINGS...... First reading: Job 1:6-22 The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back: blessed be the name of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16(17):1-3,6-7 Turn your ear to me, O Lord; hear my words. Gospel: Luke 9:46-50 An argument started between the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child and set him by his side and then said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the least among you all, that is the one who is great.’ John spoke up. ‘Master,’ he said ‘we saw a man casting out devils in your name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you.’ REFLECTION: In the first reading, we see how Job is afflicted by Satan who wanted to prove a point to God. Job represents all those who serve the Lord faithfully & yet endure suffering in their lives. Despite his great misfortunes, Job still praises God & refuses to do or say anything wrong. In the Gospel the disciples have been arguing about who is the greatest but Christ tells them that the greatest is actually the least. In the last part of the Gospel, John explains that he & other disciples tried to prevent someone who is doing good in His name, but Jesus told them, Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you. In other words Jesus is telling them not to be quick to judge other’s motive. Give them the benefit of the doubt & wait to see what their work produces. He said in Mathew 7:16, By their fruits you will know them. He is also telling His disciples & us not to be jealous or envious when we see someone doing something that is successful or bearing good fruit. We are challenged today to be humble people & to accept everything that comes our way whether we see it as good or bad with dignity & with praise for God. Dear Jesus our Lord & Friend, help & teach us to remain humble, not to judge others & not to be envious. Jesus, I trust in you. Amen.

03.01.2022 St Faustina - Pray for us! Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905 - 1938) Helena Kowalska was born on 25 August 1905 in Gogowiec, near ód in Poland, the third of ten children of a poor and religious family. From an early age she had a religious vocation, and she showed great determination in pursuing it despite the opposition of her parents and rejection by the first few convents to which she applied. Through persistence and hard work she was accepted by the Congregation of the Sis...ters of Our Lady of Mercy, which she entered on 1 August 1925, taking the name Sister Mary Faustina. She lived in the Congregation for the rest of her short life. Her work as cook, gardener and porter revealed nothing of her rich mystical interior life. The mystery of the Mercy of God which forms the centre of St Faustina’s spirituality was revealed to her by Jesus in visions and conversations from early 1931. In choosing an obscure and uneducated young girl as the apostle of devotion to the Divine Mercy, he followed the pattern so often used by God: that his strength is manifested in weakness, and the weak and humble have the power to change the world. Today I am sending you with my mercy to the people of the whole world. I do not want to punish aching mankind, but I desire to heal it, pressing it to my merciful heart. With the help of the nuns’ confessor, Father Michael Sopoko (who prudently started by having Sister Faustina psychiatrically examined to confirm the veracity of the visions), the devotion to the Divine Mercy began. An image of the Divine mercy was painted at Sister Faustina’s instruction (since she could not paint herself); she wrote instructions for a Novena of the Divine Mercy, which was published in the final year of her life. Sister Faustina died (probably of tuberculosis) on 5 October 1938. The devotion to the Divine Mercy spread widely and fast, especially during the Second World War. In 1956 Pope Pius XII blessed an image of the Divine Mercy, but the theorists were harder to convince, and although the process of Faustina’s canonization began in 1965, it was not until 1978 that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith reversed its previous ban on the circulation of her writings: there no longer exists, on the part of this Sacred Congregation, any impediment to the spreading of the devotion to The Divine Mercy. Indeed, on the official Vatican web site some of Faustina’s actual conversations with Jesus are quoted in her biography, and there have been moves to have her declared a Doctor of the Church. Faustina Kowalska was beatified on 18 April 1993 and canonized on 30 April 2000. At the same time the second Sunday of Easter was officially designated as the Sunday of the Divine Mercy. See more

03.01.2022 Thank you very much for those who attended last night's 3-hour First Friday Liturgical activities (Mass, Adoration, Cenacle, Prayer to the Sacred Heart, Recitation of all the decades or Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, Divine Mercy, Confession, Benediction...). We had a good number of attendance, about 90 plus .... God bless us all.

01.01.2022 Friday, 27 November '20 READINGS & REFLECTION AT MASS TODAY READINGS...... First reading: Apocalypse 20:1-4,11-21:2 The book of life was opened, and the dead were judged. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 83(84):3-6,8 Here God lives among men. Gospel: Luke 21:29-33 Jesus told his disciples a parable: ‘Think of the fig tree and indeed every tree. As soon as you see them bud, you know that summer is now near. So with you when you see these things happening: know that the kingdom of God is near. I tell you solemnly, before this generation has passed away all will have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.’ REFLECTION (Cf. Catholic Daily Reflections): know that the Kingdom of God is near. Luke 21:31b We pray for this every time we pray the Our Father prayer. We pray that Thy Kingdom come. Do you mean it when you pray that? In this Gospel passage Jesus states that the Kingdom of God is near. It is near, yet so often it is also very far away. It is near in a twofold sense. First, it is near in that Jesus will be returning in all His splendor and glory and make all things new. Thus, His permanent Kingdom will come to be established. Second, His Kingdom is near in that it is only a prayer away. Jesus longs to come to establish His Kingdom within our hearts, if we only let Him in. Unfortunately, we often do not let Him in. We often keep Him at a distance and go back and forth in our minds and hearts as to whether or not we will fully enter into His holy and perfect will. We are so often hesitant to fully embrace Him and to allow His Kingdom to be established within us. Do you realize how near His Kingdom is? Do you realize it is only a prayer and an act of your will away? Jesus is able to come to us and take over our lives if we but let Him. He is the all-powerful King who is able to transform us into a new creation. He is able to bring perfect peace and harmony to our soul. He is able to do great and beautiful things within our hearts. We only have to say the word, and mean it, and He will come. Reflect, today, upon the desire of the heart of Jesus to come to you and establish His Kingdom in your life. He longs to be your Ruler and King and to govern your soul in perfect harmony and love. Let Him come and establish His Kingdom within you. Lord, I invite You to come and take possession of my soul. I choose You as my Lord and my God. I give up control of my life and freely choose You as my God and divine King. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.