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Mansfield Catholic Parish

Locality: Mansfield, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5775 2005

Address: 54 Hunter Street 3722 Mansfied, Victoria, VIC, Australia

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21.01.2022 September 8th - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God A discourse by Saint Andrew of Crete The old has passed away: all things are made new... ‘The fulfilment of the law is Christ himself, who does not so much lead us away from the letter as lift us up to its spirit. For the law’s consummation was this, that the very lawgiver accomplished his work and changed letter into spirit, summing everything up in himself and, though subject to the law, living by grace. He subordinated the law, yet harmoniously united grace with it, not confusing the distinctive characteristics of the one with the other, but effecting the transition in a way most fitting for God. He changed whatever was burdensome, servile and oppressive not what is light and liberating, so that we should be enslaved no longer under the elemental spirits of the world, as the Apostle says, nor held fast as bondservants under the letter of the law. This is the highest, all-embracing benefit that Christ has bestowed on us. This is the revelation of the mystery, this is the emptying out of the divine nature, the union of God and man, and the deification of the manhood that was assumed. This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed a joyful prelude to introduce the great gift of salvation to us. The present festival, the birth of the Mother of God, is the prelude, while the final act is the fore-ordained union of the Word with flesh. Today the Virgin is born, tended and formed and prepared for her role as Mother of God, who is the universal King of the ages. Justly, then, do we celebrate this mystery since it signifies for us a double grace. We are led towards the truth, and we are led away from our condition of slavery to the letter of the law. How can this be? Darkness yields before the coming of the light, and grace exchanges legalism for freedom. But midway between the two stands today’s mystery, at the frontier where types and symbols give way to reality, and the old is replaced by the new. Therefore, let all creation sing and dance and unite to make worthy contribution to the celebration of this day. Let there be one common festival for saints in heaven and men on earth. Let everything, mundane things and those above, join in festive celebration. Today this created world is raised to the dignity of a holy place for him who made all things. The creature is newly prepared to be a divine dwelling place for the Creator. (Courtesy: Universalis)

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20.01.2022 Today 21st September the Church celebrates the Feast of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist He was born in Capernaum, and was working as a tax-collector when Jesus called him. He is believed by some scholars to be the author of an early version of his gospel in Aramaic, a precursor to the Greek version we now have. He is also said to have preached in the East. (Courtesy: Universalis)

19.01.2022 Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

19.01.2022 St Patrick's Bonnie Doon....Zoom get together....

19.01.2022 St Catherine of Alexandria (d. 305) Legends coming from a number of sources say that St Catherine was very outspoken at the time of the persecutions of Christians. She even protested openly to the emperor Maxentius who had her arrested, tortured on the wheel and decapitated in 305. St Catherine’s courage is a great challenge to all African Christians in their struggle for justice and peace. The witness of her life and her readiness to die for the faith encourages us to be... brave witnesses to the Lord and to speak out on behalf of all those who suffer. Saint Colman of Cloyne (522 - 600) Ireland He was a royal bard who in later life became a bishop. He founded several churches, including the church at Cloyne: he is patron saint of the diocese. (Courtesy: Universalis)

18.01.2022 Thursday 1 October 2020 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor -Little Flower of Lisieux / St Thérèse of the Little Way (1873 - 1897) Marie-Françoise-Thérèse Martin was born in Alençon, in France, on 2 January 1873. Her mother, who already had breast cancer, died when Thérèse was four, and the family moved to Lisieux. Thérèse became a nun at the Carmelite convent there at the age of 15, after a long battle against the superior, who insisted that 16, or even 21, ...Continue reading

16.01.2022 Celebrated and Shared the Eucharist with the first group of First Communicants.....God bless our young parishioners who received Jesus in the Eucharist and congratulations to them and their families

15.01.2022 Today 30th September is the celebration of the Memorial of St Jerome (340 - 420) St. Jerome famously said: Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.... He was born in Strido, in Dalmatia. He studied in Rome and was baptized there. He was attracted by the ascetic life and travelled to the East, where he was (unwillingly) ordained a priest. He was recalled to Rome to act as secretary to Pope Damasus, but on the Pope’s death he returned to the East, to Bethlehem, where (with the aid of St Paula and others) he founded a monastery, a hospice, and a school, and settled down to the most important work of his life, the translation of the Bible into Latin, a translation which, with some revisions, is still in use today. He wrote many works of his own, including letters and commentaries on Holy Scripture. When a time of troubles came upon the world, through barbarian invasions, and to the Church, through internal dissension, he helped the refugees and those in need. He died at Bethlehem. (Courtesy: Universalis)

12.01.2022 First Weekend of Advent.....preparation to celebrate the birth of Jesus....

11.01.2022 Monday 14 September 2020 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross - Feast What are these Christians about, exalting an instrument of torture?... First, we rejoice that something so terrible should have been transformed into a means of redemption for the whole human race. Second, we remind ourselves of the fact that Christianity is not an abstract and spiritual religion. It springs from God’s direct intervention in the affairs of the world, a real historical event involving real people and, in the end, a real execution on a real cross. We may theorize and theologize all we like; but all our theorizings and theologizings are nothing without the history on which they are based. Take away that history take away the Cross and Christianity is nonsense. (Courtesy: Universalis)

10.01.2022 Friday 2 October 2020 The Holy Guardian Angels The doctrine that every individual soul has a guardian angel has never been defined by the Church and so is not an article of faith, but is the mind of the Church, as expressed particularly by St Jerome and St Basil. it is present in both the Old and New Testaments. As Jesus says, See that you never despise any of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven always gaze on the face of my Father ...in heaven. Thus even little children have guardian angels, and these angels remain in the presence of God even as they fulfil their mission on earth. Anciently, all angels were celebrated together on the feast of St Michael. A separate feast of the Guardian Angels began in Valencia in 1411. At the reform of the Breviary in the 16th century it was included among the local feasts, and it was raised to the status of a feast in the General Calendar in 1608, placed on the first free day after the feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. One of the benefits of this feast is that it reminds us that God cares for us each, individually. We all know this in theory, but it is easy in times of depression or temptation to convince ourselves that we are too small to matter, for good or ill. Let us use this feast to remind ourselves that each of us has an angel of our very own looking after us; and also to pray to God for our own Guardian Angel. What a bore and a burden to them some of us are. May we one day be a cause of rejoicing for them also. (Courtesy: Universalis)

09.01.2022 Dear Viewers, After 49 1/2 years of broadcasting Mass For You At Home to the people of Australia, it seems that we may no longer be able to broadcast past Janu...ary 2021. Recently, the Archbishop of Melbourne has indicated that he is reconsidering the funding of the program and is considering, instead, a broadcast of Masses from St Patrick's Cathedral on Channel 31. This is a local channel which only broadcasts to some parts of Melbourne. This will mean that televised Mass will no long be available to the nursing homes, hospitals, jails and homes of the elderly, frail, ill or isolated after next January. Other sponsors are still willing to contribute to this vital service of the Australian Church. We would greatly appreciate you emailing the Archbishop to let him know of your experience of Mass For You At Home over the years. We get letters, emails and Facebook posts from you, our viewers, week after week but it is often the case that the Archbishop only receives the few complaints we have. Please do not be impolite in your emails but rather let the Archbishop know how much this program is appreciated around Australia. We still hold hope that he may revise his consideration as this is likely to cause quite a lot of damage among the faithful Catholics of Australia who have come to rely even more heavily on MFYAH since COVID restrictions have come in to place. Once those restrictions have finished we will find that most parishes who are live streaming masses now will go back to normal parish life. Please email: [email protected] and address your thoughts to Your Excellency Archbishop Peter Comensoli or write to PO Box 146 East Melbourne VIC 8002 You may also wish to contact your local bishop to voice your concern about this potential loss of a great Catholic voice in Australia. Please pass this on to other viewers, your parish or local priest so that they may have the opportunity to voice their concerns.

08.01.2022 Monday 23 November 2020 Pope St Clement I Clement was Bishop of Rome after Peter, Linus and Cletus. He lived towards the end of the first century, but nothing is known for certain about his life. Clement’s letter to the Corinthian church has survived. It is the first known Patristic document, and exhorts them to peace and brotherly harmony....Continue reading

08.01.2022 November 24 Saints Andrew Dng-Lc and his Companions, Martyrs The evangelization of Vietnam began in the 16th century and was formally established with the setting up of two Vicariates Apostolic in 1659. There are now about 6 million Catholics in Vietnam, some 10% of the population.... This growth comes partly from the fact that since the earliest times the seed of the Faith has been watered by the blood of the martyrs of Vietnam the missionary clergy, the local clergy and the ordinary Christian people. They have all shared the labour of apostolic work and have together faced death to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel. In the course of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries no less than 53 decrees, signed by the lords and emperors of the country from 1625 to 1886, launched one persecution of Christians after another, each one more savage than the last. Over the whole territory of Vietnam about 130,000 Christians were killed in these persecutions. Over the centuries the names of most of them have been lost, but their memory is still alive in the Catholic community. Since the beginning of the 20th century 117 of these heroes (those whose sufferings were cruellest and best documented) were beatified, in four groups. They were all canonized together by Pope John Paul II on 19 June 1988. Each one of them was a soul individually created and loved by God, with a life and gifts uniquely his or her own; but with such a huge crowd one can only classify. By nationality, there were 96 Vietnamese, 11 Spanish and 10 French. By status, there were 8 bishops, 50 priests, and 59 laymen and women. By mode of death, 75 were beheaded, 22 strangled, 6 burned alive, 5 torn to pieces while still alive, and 9 died of torture in prison. (Courtesy: Universalis)

06.01.2022 Saints Cosmas and Damian's memory is celebrated today 26th September. They are buried at Cyrrhus in Syria, where a basilica was constructed in their honour. In the fifth century their cult spread rapidly through the entire Church. Nothing whatever is known about them, and many extravagant legends have grown up; but despite the fact that many pagan mythological stories have attached themselves to them, it is certain that they did really exist. ... (Courtesy: Universalis) See more

06.01.2022 Happy Father's DayHappy Father's Day

05.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158133220844582&id=31243329581 We hope to receive the banner this week. It will be going up at the churches at Bonnie Doon, Mansfield, Tolmie, Jamieson and Woods Point in our parish

04.01.2022 Open letter of Victorian Catholic Bishops to Victorian Premier Mr Daniel Andrews

03.01.2022 Last Sunday in Ordinary Time - Christ the King The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925, the sixteenth centenary of the Council of Nicaea at which the doctrine of the consubstantiality of Christ with the Father was defined. Its eschatological character was confirmed by its move, in the calendar reforms of the Second Vatican Council, to the final Sunday of the liturgical year. The Pope asserted that the most e...ffective defence against the destructive forces of the age is the recognition of the kingship of Christ; and, furthermore, a feast which is celebrated every year by everyone is a far better way of deploying that defence than any number of books written by learned people. First, we do; then we come to understand what it is that we are doing. Each of us has been anointed with holy oil at baptism, as priest, prophet and king. The feast of Christ the King is thus a good moment to reflect on our kingship and on what king means and how to be one. Understanding the feast makes us understand our own call better. One possible point of entry is in Genesis, where Adam sits in state and God brings him all the animals for him to give them names. To give names to one’s subjects is the act of a king. The responsibility of a king is then to care for his subjects, which is why we are obliged to act as custodians of creation: something no other creature is. How far that responsibility takes one can then be seen in the King of the Universe, who is simultaneously the ruler of all and the servant of all. He rules in triumph; and he rules from the Cross. Perhaps a way into a meditation on all this would be to ask, Over whom am I, personally, king? and hence Whom am I called to serve? (Courtesy: Universalis)

02.01.2022 St Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968) September 23 - Padre Pio He was born in the small village of Pietrelcina in southern Italy, and joined the Capuchin friars at the age of 16. He became a priest seven years later, and spent fifty years at the monastery of San Giovanni Rotondo, where he was very much sought after as a spiritual advisor, confessor, and intercessor. Many miracles were popularly ascribed to him during his lifetime. He died a few days after the fiftieth anniversary... of his receiving the stigmata, and over 100,000 people attended his funeral. (Courtesy: Universalis)

01.01.2022 Tuesday 29 September 2020 Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels - Feast..... Let us seek their intercession for healing and protection during this pandemic.... St Michael is mentioned in the Apocalypse as the leader of the heavenly host. He is a patron of soldiers. St Gabriel appears in the book of Daniel to explain some of the prophet’s visions, and was also the bearer of the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St Raphael - In the Book of Tobit, he is the angel who heals Tobit of his blindness. His name means God heals. A sermon of Pope St Gregory the Great The word "angel" denotes a function rather than a nature You should be aware that the word angel denotes a function rather than a nature. Those holy spirits of heaven have indeed always been spirits. They can only be called angels when they deliver some message. Moreover, those who deliver messages of lesser importance are called angels; and those who proclaim messages of supreme importance are called archangels. And so it was that not merely an angel but the archangel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary. It was only fitting that the highest angel should come to announce the greatest of all messages. Some angels are given proper names to denote the service they are empowered to perform. In that holy city, where perfect knowledge flows from the vision of almighty God, those who have no names may easily be known. But personal names are assigned to some, not because they could not be known without them, but rather to denote their ministry when they came among us. Thus, Michael means Who is like God; Gabriel is The Strength of God; and Raphael is God’s Remedy. Whenever some act of wondrous power must be performed, Michael is sent, so that his action and his name may make it clear that no one can do what God does by his superior power. So also our ancient foe desired in his pride to be like God, saying: I will ascend into heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of heaven; I will be like the Most High. He will be allowed to remain in power until the end of the world when he will be destroyed in the final punishment. Then, he will fight with the archangel Michael, as we are told by John: A battle was fought with Michael the archangel. So too Gabriel, who is called God’s strength, was sent to Mary. He came to announce the One who appeared as a humble man to quell the cosmic powers. Thus God’s strength announced the coming of the Lord of the heavenly powers, mighty in battle. Raphael means, as I have said, God’s remedy, for when he touched Tobit’s eyes in order to cure him, he banished the darkness of his blindness. Thus, since he is to heal, he is rightly called God’s remedy. (Courtesy: Universalis)