Paul's Reflections Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

HOMILY –  PAUL KELLY. Thirtieth  Sunday  in  Ordinary Time   Year   A 

 

For this Sunday’s Mission Appeal, we welcome a special guest speaker, Meg Connors. Meg is a Parishioner from St. Patrick’s Church in Gympie.  In 1981-82 Meg and her husband Dave and their 2 children, spent two years working in Zimbabwe as part of Australian Aid Abroad funded by the Federal Govt.  Meg is a volunteer parish office helper and volunteer on the Liturgy Committee and Care and Concern Group in Gympie.

 

World Mission Month DVD

The “Hear My Voice... Believe” DVD takes us to two remote Indigenous communities.  It shows parishioners the work of Catholic Mission here in Australia and around the world and inspires them to hear the voice of Indigenous brothers and sisters. View the “Hear My Voice... Believe” DVD below at this link: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=13Rto-VdxWc

Different ways and projects to be involved in: 

http://www.catholicmission.org.au/about-us/our-programs

 

As we celebrate World Mission Day on Sunday 
23 October 2011 we are encouraged to hear the voice of our Indigenous brothers and sisters in Guatemala and here in Australia – to celebrate their Indigenous Catholic faith; their unique culture, language and spiritual traditions.

This 2011 World Mission Month, Pope Benedict XVI invites all Catholics around the world to go and proclaim the Gospel to all peoples – to stand in solidarity with them as part of the Universal Church.

The 2011 World Mission Month poster features Leon Gilbert and Clare Narburup, two Indigenous children from the Wadeye community in the Northern Territory. The image portrays the joy, dignity and pride of our Indigenous brothers and sisters.

 

·         In the first reading, the voice of God warns not to oppress the alien and the widow and take advantage of the needy. How do we promote the just treatment of the vulnerable?

·         Saint Paul commends the Thessalonians for spreading the Word of the Lord. In what ways does our faith in God go forth?

·         The essence of the law, Jesus teaches, is to love God with everything you are, and to love others as yourself

 

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