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Cathedral Parish, Bathurst

Locality: Bathurst, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6331 3066

Address: 100 George Street, 2795 Bathurst, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.cathedralparish.org.au

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24.01.2022 WHEN DID WE SEE YOU? +Michael McKenna Bishop of Bathurst Before I came to Bathurst, I was looking after the parish of Fitzroy, in inner Melbourne. It was a place with a varied population: some people were wealthy, some were poor, and some were among the poorest of the poor.... Whenever we had Benediction in our church, there was a beautiful extra line added to the Divine Praises. After Blessed be Jesus in the most holy Sacrament of the Altar, we prayed: Blessed be Jesus in the poorest of the poor. Like St Paul writing to the church of Corinth, we look for Jesus to come again in triumph over sin and death, recreating our broken world in the glory of God’s Kingdom. Although he has already won the victory, we do not yet experience it fully, though we can taste it in faith, hope and love. In the ordinary daily life of our community of Word and Sacrament, his bride the Church, he is with us already. And he is with us in in everyone who is poor or afflicted: hungry, thirsty, alien, exposed, sick, locked up In the judgment scene described by Matthew, both the blessed and the cursed ask the same question: Lord, when did we see you like this? The love that led the blessed to feed and give a drink, to welcome the stranger, clothe the unprotected, visit the sick and the prisoners: led them to Christ. The indifference and neglect of the cursed kept them away from him. Lord, let me see you

22.01.2022 Word&Faith@home will take place several times a week throughout Advent via Zoom and take around 30 minutes. It will commence on 25 November on Wednesdays at 7:0...0pm, Fridays at 11:00am and Saturdays at 2:00pm. Everyone is welcome to take part in these gatherings, which will focus on the upcoming Sunday's readings. Use the QR Code below to join the sessions or go to: https://bthcatholic.zoom.us/j/4582615130 For more information, contact Deacon Josh Clayton on 0458 261 513.

17.01.2022 CONFIRMATION 2020 Read here: https://www.cathedralparish.org.au/confirmation-2020/

15.01.2022 PARISH BULLETIN - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - 11th Oct 2020 Parish Bulletin is now available here: https://www.cathedralparish.org.au//upl/files/bulletin.pdf

15.01.2022 Wishing you a happy and joyful retirement Pauline!

10.01.2022 The people that longs to see your face +Michael McKenna Bishop of Bathurst When the Saints go marching in, it will be a massive crowd, according to the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation (also called the Apocalypse). A huge number, impossible to count.... This should give us some hope, that we could be in that number, if we belong to the people who long to see God’s face, as we are praying today in response to the Psalm. Every year, on All Saints Day, we read the Beatitudes as found in Matthew’s Gospel. (There is a similar, though shorter version in Luke 6). They are both a description of the Kingdom that is to come and an invitation to begin living like that now. They are both a promise and a blessing. The Beatitudes go against the wisdom of the world: they turn it on its head. The wisdom of the world can give us quick gratification, but it will be temporary. The wisdom of the Beatitudes shows the way to fulfilment, giving us hope in that promise if we begin living it today. What has the wisdom of the world brought us? Corruption and injustice; division and war; exploitation and damage to this earth, our common home. The wisdom of the Beatitudes teaches us to acknowledge our poverty; to act gently; to embrace the realism of mourning; to want what is right, not easy; to unclutter our hearts in order to see God’s face; to make peace; to accept persecution and criticism because we follow Christ. Whether they know it or not, all God’s children long to see his face. Until Christ comes in glory, our mission as his Church is to show his face. Lord, I want to be in that number, when the Saints go marching in.

08.01.2022 The Chrism Mass was celebrated on Monday 19th October at St Brigid's Church, Dubbo. Given the Cathedral is currently closed for renovations, Bishop Michael and ...the priests of the Diocese gathered in Dubbo to celebrated the Chrism Mass, postponed from April due to COVID. During this Mass, the Oils of Catechumens and the Sick were blessed and the Chrism Oil was consecrated. These are the oils that will be used in the coming year. The clergy gathered to concelebrate this Mass and during it, they renewed their priestly commitment. Bishop Michael and the priests then attended a celebration dinner to mark priestly jubilees, including Fr Pat Ruane's 60th anniversary since being ordained.

08.01.2022 Choosing The Twelve Fr Mathew Humtsoe As we celebrate the feast of Simon and Jude, it is appropriate to reflect on the choosing of the twelve. It was undoubtedly an important choice. Jesus chose twelve to carry on and continue his saving mission. He would enlighten them, empower them and then commission them to go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News of the Gospel. The choice came after he had filtered it through a whole night of prayer, when he called his discip...les and chose twelve of them to be his apostles. He called them by name, he called them with their strengths and also their weaknesses, as time would tell. We are not one of the twelve apostles but we are all disciples of Jesus and he called us with our strengths and weaknesses. Every baptised Christian has been given power and authority. This is God’s promise, so we have nothing to be afraid of, in spite of our weaknesses. It’s important to know that I am a disciple, a learner, and thus I need to go on learning and not let him down. It’s an important lesson; the choices and decisions we make for ourselves and others must be filtered through prolonged personal prayers. Lord, we see comfort in Peter’s frailty, reassurance that your love and confidence extends to both strong and frail. Grant us the strength of body and of spirit to offer you the sacrifice of our lives, to be worthy disciples. Amen.

06.01.2022 Use it or lose it +Michael McKenna Bishop of Bathurst The parable that Jesus tells in today’s Gospel has given us the word talent. Originally simply a weight measurement of cash, talent has come to mean any gift that a person has been blessed with: an ability they simply have, not one they have earned, though it can be either developed or neglected by them. ... When I was at school, this story was sometimes used to exhort us to work harder; not to let our gifts, whether academic, sporting or artistic, lie idle, but to develop them through application and use. That is reasonable advice, as far as it goes, but I think Jesus is talking about something bigger. I believe that he is talking about the greatest gift a human being can receive: the gift of faith. We cannot earn it, but we can choose whether or not to accept it, and whether to develop or neglect it. This gift is not merely a feeling or a mentality, though both are part of the total experience of faith. It is a reliance on God; a confidence in God; a trusting surrender to God: which enables us to risk acting in his will; and which increases as we use it. A beautiful image of the Church is as the bride of Christ. The picture of the perfect wife we read today from the Book of Proverbs may be a good description of what we as the Church should be looking, through living our faith, to become. Lord, let me see you, not as a hard taskmaster, but as the One who pours blessings on his beloved and desires for me the full riches of the life that only you can offer.

06.01.2022 NAIDOC Week was rescheduled to 8-15 November this year and we encourage all Catholics to take the opportunity to reflect, acknowledge and engage with First Nations Catholics. Resources for NAIDOC Week can be found here: https://www.natsicc.org.au//november-booklet_final_web_red

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01.01.2022 TEAR THE HEAVENS OPEN +Michael McKenna Bishop of Bathurst The great prophet for many Advent readings is Isaiah. The book that bears his name covers the time before, during and after the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people. He speaks directly in the earlier chapters of the book, while the later chapters carry his message through his successors, responding to the developing story.... It is a good book for us to ponder, because we are all exiles. Together with the whole human race, we are exiles from the Garden of Eden, awaiting the Saviour who will bring us back to Paradise. In fact, as Christians we believe that the new relationship with our Creator will be more intimate and complete than it was before the Fall, because the Son of God has entered his own creation as our brother. This is the answer to the impassioned plea in the song of lament and repentance that is today’s first reading: Our Redeemer is your ancient nameO that you would tear the heavens open and come down! The Gospel gives us Jesus, just before the Passion, talking to Peter, James, John and Andrew. He warns them of coming troubles and finishes with a parable about keeping watch. It is a message for all his disciples, including us. Stay awake, yes; but more than that: do what you have been entrusted to, making the house ready for your master’s return. Jesus, fill the longing in our hearts with faith in you, with hope that you are coming, and with love to work at preparing your way.