Praying for Our Dead - A spiritual Work of Mercy “Many modern Catholics don’t know what purgatory is anymore,” said Father Longenecker. “They’ve bought into the idea that sin has no consequences, that everyone goes to heaven because God is too nice to send anyone anywhere else.” The Church’s doctrine on purgatory, however, proclaims the opposite. It reminds us that sin does have consequences — eternal ones — and that while God is Love, he still honours the free choices made by men and women. “That’s the terrifying compliment God pays the creature,” said Dr. Regis Martin, professor of theology at Franciscan University. “He takes seriously the freedom we exercise, even if it carries us straight into hell.” That being said, he continued, “While hopefully few of us are so wicked that we would choose to be wretched forever without God, not many of us are so pure that we can be catapulted straight into the arms of God. Most of us are somewhere in between.” Hence the need for purgatory — the final purification of those who die in friendship with God but who haven’t fully broken their attachment to sin or atoned for wrongs done in this life. “When we stand before Christ the Judge, all the compromises we’ve made, all the gray areas into which our choices led us, have to be accounted for,” said Martin. “We’ve got to square accounts with the Judge.”

How can you help the souls in purgatory? 1. Pray the Rosary for departed friends, relatives and the most forgotten souls.

2. Daily, recite this simple prayer: “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and

let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed,

through the mercy of God, rest in peace.”

3. Visit a loved one’s grave and say a brief prayer for them.

4. Have a Mass celebrated for loved ones on the anniversary of their death. Excerpt from “9 truths about purgatory What Catholics need to know about the ‘anteroom of heaven’ Emily Stimpson ChapmanOSV Newsweekly”

Remembrance Day 1918-2018

Remembrance is a golden chain death tries to break, but

all in vain.

To have, to love, and then to part is the greatest sorrow of

one's heart.

The years may wipe out many things but some they wipe

out never.

Like memories of those happy times when we were all together. ~ anon

O God, by whose mercy the faithful departed find rest, look kindly on your departed

veterans who gave their lives in the service of their country. Grant that through the

passion, death, and resurrection of your Son they may share in the joy of your heav-

enly kingdom and rejoice in you with your saints forever. We ask this through Christ

our Lord.

Pastoral Associate: Br Denis Devcich | Acolyte: Denis Golden Phone: 02 6043 2222 | thurgoonacatholicpar ish@hotmail.com Fax: 02 6043 2224 | www.thurgoonacatholicpar ish.com Address: 20 Har tigan St, Thurgoona 2640 | PO Box 110, Lavington 2641

Parish Notices

Parish 20th Anniversary preparations! Here is the email address to rsvp your intention to attend. 20IHM2018@gmail.com Fr. John is appealing to parishioners for willing hands for the Saturday working bees (9am-11am) through November in preparation for Dec. 8th. Parish 20th. Anniversary Meeting: Tuesday 13th. 7.30pm Preparations for our parish's 20th anniversary are well underway and we welcome as much support as you can give to make this occasion successful. It is hoped that in recalling the extraordinary graces God has bestowed on our parish during the pioneering years, we will continue to go boldly forward in our lives honouring our Heavenly Mother. The Liturgy & Church Music meeting for our musicians will coincide with the already above mentioned 20th Anniversary meeting. The meeting will cover music for both 8th Dec. & 25th Dec. We welcome all who wish to be involved!

50th Anniversary Humanae Vitae:Seminar:Holy Spirit Parish Hall,17 Nov. 9am Australian Family Association: ‘Transgender: One Shade of Grey’ - Book Launch by Patrick Byrne, 16th Nov. 7:30PM Commercial Club Dean St.

Immaculate Heart f Mary Parish

Thurgoona

Show me your faith apart from your works and I by my works will show you my faith. James 2:18

Parish Priest: Fr. John Fowles

Mass Times

Saturday: - (Vigil) 6pm Sunday: - 9:30am & 5:30pm Monday - 8am Tuesday - 10am, Mass of Mercy 2nd Tues of month-Anointing of the sick, Wednesday - 8am Thursday- 7pm, Mass & Family Novena Friday - 8am 1st Saturday of Month only:-8am- with devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary Working Bee: Sat - 9am to 11am

Sacraments and Devotions

Adoration - Fr i 8:30am to 10:30am Precious Blood - Fri 10am Rosaries - Thurs 6:30pm and Sun 9am Reconciliation - Thursday after Novena Sat 5:30 to 5:50pm before Vigil, Sun 9 to 9.20am & 5.00 to 5:20pm Baptism and Marriage -By appointment

Legion of Mary Praesidia : Mon 9:30am - Mystical Rose Wed 8:30am - Mary Immaculate Mary’s Mantle - 1st Sunday of the month after 9.30am Mass

32nd. Sunday in Ordinary Time 11th November, 2018 Collect: Almighty and merciful God, graciously keep from us all adversity, so that, unhindered in mind and body alike, we may pursue in freedom of heart the things that are Yours.

First Reading 1 Kings 17:10-16 Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there

was a widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, ‘Please bring me a little water in a vessel for me to drink.’ She was setting off to bring it when he called after her. ‘Please’ he said ‘bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.’ ‘As

the Lord your God lives,’ she replied ‘I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am just gathering a stick or two to go and prepare this for myself and my son to eat, and then we shall

die.’ But Elijah said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, go and do as you have said; but first make a little scone of it for me and bring it to me, and then make some for yourself and for your son. For thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel:

“Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied, before the day when the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth.” The woman went and did as Elijah told her and they ate the food, she, himself and her son. The jar of meal was not spent nor the jug of oil emptied,

just as the Lord had foretold through Elijah. Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:7-10

Praise the Lord, my soul!

Second Reading Hebrews 9:24-28

It is not as though Christ had entered a man-made sanctuary which was only

modelled on the real one; but it was heaven itself, so that he could appear in the actual presence of God on our behalf. And he does not have to offer himself again and again, like the high priest going into the sanctuary year

after year with the blood that is not his own, or else he would have had to suffer over and over again since the world began. Instead of that, he has made his appearance once and for all, now at the end of the last age, to do away

with sin by sacrificing himself. Since men only die once, and after that comes judgement, so Christ, too, offers himself only once to take the faults of many on himself, and when he appears a second time, it will not be to deal with sin

but to reward with salvation those who are waiting for him. Gospel Acclamation Matthew 5:3

Alleluia, alleluia! Happy the poor in spirit; the kingdom of

heaven is theirs! Alleluia! Gospel Mark 12:38-44 In his teaching Jesus said, ‘Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets; these are the men who swallow the property of widows,

while making a show of lengthy prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.’ He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.’ Communion Antiphon: Psalm 22:1-2 The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where He gives me repose, near restful waters He leads me

Financial Report: cheques payable to Thurgoona Catholic Parish or Direct Debit: BSB 012-708: Ac No. 3546 39223. Include name on transfer. First Collection $357.45 Second Collection (Envelope) $400.00,Direct Debit $320.00,Loose:$269.85

Readers this week: Sat 6pm-Peter Tobin 9.30am-Kieran Williams Readers Roster: 17th. Nov./18th. Nov, 2018 Sat: 6.00 pm –Luke Burton 9.30 am - Magdalene Kaur

Cleaning Roster: Sat.17th. Nov. Vera Galvin

Lord hear our prayers for the Sick: Lou and Helen Quirk, Fr. Jim Victory, Patricia Graham, Noela Corby. For the recently departed: Bob Sharp . Anniversaries : Charles Cox, Bruce Wales, Joan McCook, Michael Galvin, Clem O’Neill, Earngaurt Hauit, Bernice Roach

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

With the walls of the Church growing and pulling on our mea-gre funds, it was time to do something bold. No longer was a chook raffle on the menu, no longer was the chocolate wheel a goer; now a radical fundraising venture was conceived: the Highway to Heaven became a reality. This fund-raiser of a Kenworth Prime Mover

took us out onto the highways with the truckies. All were excit-ed, as we displayed this magnificent prize in road houses across every state and territory. Parishioners, spent days and nights sell-ing raffle tickets, while the office workers were kept busy on the phones taking orders and responding to mail orders for tickets. It

took more than good management though to bring this raffle home successfully; on-ly with the intercession of our heavenly patroness would our hopes be assured. Our Legion of Mary rosary appeal was undertaken and sure enough, Our Lady was with us on every highway leading many a wandering driv-er a little closer to her Son. They all agreed, the cause was good and sent their tickets in. And not just the truckies were getting on board with the Lord on this one; little old ladies and many others, who least of all, wanted to win a whopping Kenworth prime mover! Yes, Our Lady would have her church where her Son Jesus would be loved and adored.