CHURCH BULLETIN FOR DECEMBER 2012 & JANUARY 2013

CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY REDEEMER, (Jalan Rumah Rehat, 35900 , Tanjong Malim, Perak.)	CHAPEL OF ST. ANTHONY, ( Jalan KTM, Slim River, Perak)
PARISH PRIEST: FR. ANTHONY PILLAI.                           Tel: 012 – 5105190.      Fax: 05 – 4594794.         e-mail: rev.pillai@gmail.com ( Call or SMS to make appointment )
THEME OF THE MONTHS:(DEC) Telling the Story of Jesus….. JESUS IS THE STORY                                                           The greatness of the incarnate Son of God ( Heb 1: 1-3 )

BULLETIN FOR DECEMBER, 2012.     

Week	DATE	MASS /ACTIVITY	Lit Prep	T.Malim	S.River
I	1ST DEC   (SAT) 2ND DEC  (SUN) Tues 4th – Thur 6th 5TH DEC   ( WED)	1ST SUN OF ADVENT – PILGRIMS MASS  MASS – with Pilgrims from Penang    PARISH MASS Sch Hol Camp for Post-Pre Communion. CHRISTMAS CONFESSIONS	Assump, P.Jaya   Slim Lit Team  Diane & Victoria Formation Team    5 PRIESTS	6 PM            -              5 PM    9am – 2 pm         7 PM	-     10 AM        -        -         -
II	9TH DEC  ( SUN )  Mon 10th – Fri 14th	2ND SUNDAY OF ADVENT Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Christmas Carol Practices in all BECs	John  & Monica	10 AM 11.30 am	-         -
III	16TH DEC ( SUN ) Mon 17th – Fri 21st Sat, 22nd Sat	3rd SUNDAY IN ADVENT     PARISH MASS Christmas Carollers visit  ALL BECs Christmas Choir Practice	Dolly Memorial John Meri & Tina	-             5 PM       6 -  11 pm         3 PM	10 AM         -    6 – 11 pm
IV	23rd DEC ( SUN ) 24TH DEC ( MON) 25th DEC ( TUES ) 28TH DEC ( FRI) 29th DEC ( SAT)	4TH SUNDAY IN ADVENT Christmas Vigil Mass ( 1st Communion for 7 children from Sg. Lembing ). Nativity Play & Mass of the Nativity. Christmas Day Mass ( Bahasa/English) Feast of Holy Innocents (Blessing of children)    Wedding Mass: John Agastien (T.Malim)                                  & Annie Devadass (Bidor)	Nora / Daisy  Slim  Lit Team   Upsi / Lit Team   UPSI              John & Annie	10 AM            -             9 PM          10 AM          7 PM        5.30 PM	-    6 PM          -           -       -      -
V	30TH DEC ( SUN) 31ST DEC ( MON ) 1st JAN 2013(Tue)	FEAST OF HOLY FAMILY New Year Eve Mass New Year Eve Mass Solemnity of BVM Mother of God.	LITURGY TEAM Slim Lit Team Liturgy Team Upsi	10  AM           -           9 PM        10 AM	-         6 PM        -        -
I	5TH JAN ( SAT ) 6TH JAN  (SUN  )	THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Mass Beginning of RCIA Class.	Diane & Victoria Slim Lit Team Fr. Pillai	6  PM             -          5 pm	10 AM
II	13th JAN   (SUN)	BAPTISM OF THE LORD RCIA CLASS  2	John & Monica	10 AM          5 PM	-
III	20th JAN  (SUN)	2nd  SUN OF ORDINARY TIME ( C ) Mass	Slim Lit Team John Meri & Tina	5 PM	10 AM
IV	27TH JAN  (SUN)	3RD  SUN OF ORDINARY TIME Mass	Nora & Shirley   Cutes Upsi	10 AM  5 PM ( B/E)	-            -

                                                                                     

                                                                               NEWS- NEW-NEWS.    

Please buy the Liturgical  Calender  and  the  Liturgical Daily Readings

( God’s Word ) for 2013 before it goes out of stock.

MERRY  CHRISTMAS  &  HAPPY  NEW  YEAR !!!

                                                                                                       FR.  PILLAI.

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Convocation Mass for UPSI Graduates

There will be a Convocation Mass for UPSI Graduates. This is the first Convocation Mass ever held for UPSI students. Catholic graduates are encouraged to bring their robe in order to participate in the procession as the mass begin. Please come along with family and friends to this mass.

Date: 28 July 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 8.00 PM

Mass of The Installation of the new Parish Priest

The Bishop of Penang rt. Rev. Antony Selvanayagam will appoint Rev. Fr. Anthony Pillai in the Mass of The Installation of the new Parish Priest, as follows:

Date: 10 April 2011
Time: 10.00 am

First Sunday of Lent

Reading 1

Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7

The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground
and blew into his nostrils the breath of life,
and so man became a living being.

Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east,
and placed there the man whom he had formed.
Out of the ground the LORD God made various trees grow
that were delightful to look at and good for food,
with the tree of life in the middle of the garden
and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals
that the LORD God had made.
The serpent asked the woman,
“Did God really tell you not to eat
from any of the trees in the garden?”
The woman answered the serpent:
“We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;
it is only about the fruit of the tree
in the middle of the garden that God said,
‘You shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.’”
But the serpent said to the woman:
“You certainly will not die!
No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it
your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods
who know what is good and what is evil.”
The woman saw that the tree was good for food,
pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom.
So she took some of its fruit and ate it;
and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her,
and he ate it.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they realized that they were naked;
so they sewed fig leaves together
and made loincloths for themselves.

Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17

Responsorial Psalm

R. (cf. 3a) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
“Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight.”
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
R, Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19

Reading 2

Brothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world,
and through sin, death,
and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned—
for up to the time of the law, sin was in the world,
though sin is not accounted when there is no law.
But death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over those who did not sin
after the pattern of the trespass of Adam,
who is the type of the one who was to come.
But the gift is not like the transgression.
For if by the transgression of the one, the many died,
how much more did the grace of God
and the gracious gift of the one man Jesus Christ
overflow for the many.
And the gift is not like the result of the one who sinned.
For after one sin there was the judgment that brought condemnation;
but the gift, after many transgressions, brought acquittal.
For if, by the transgression of the one,
death came to reign through that one,
how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace
and of the gift of justification
come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, just as through one transgression
condemnation came upon all,
so, through one righteous act,
acquittal and life came to all.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man
the many were made sinners,
so, through the obedience of the one,
the many will be made righteous.

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Brothers and sisters:
Through one man sin entered the world,
and through sin, death,
and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned.

For if, by the transgression of the one,
death came to reign through that one,
how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace
and of the gift of justification
come to reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.
In conclusion, just as through one transgression
condemnation came upon all,
so, through one righteous act,
acquittal and life came to all.
For just as through the disobedience of the one man
the many were made sinners,
so, through the obedience of the one,
the many will be made righteous.

Mt 4:1-11

Gospel

At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert
to be tempted by the devil.
He fasted for forty days and forty nights,
and afterwards he was hungry.
The tempter approached and said to him,
“If you are the Son of God,
command that these stones become loaves of bread.”
He said in reply,
“It is written:
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth
from the mouth of God.”

Then the devil took him to the holy city,
and made him stand on the parapet of the temple,
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down.
For it is written:
He will command his angels concerning you
and with their hands they will support you,
lest you dash your foot against a stone.”
Jesus answered him,
“Again it is written,
You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.”
Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain,
and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence,
and he said to him, "All these I shall give to you,
if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.”
At this, Jesus said to him,
“Get away, Satan!
It is written:
The Lord, your God, shall you worship
and him alone shall you serve.”

Then the devil left him and, behold,
angels came and ministered to him.

Ash Wednesday

Reading 1

Jl 2:12-18

Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment.
Perhaps he will again relent
and leave behind him a blessing,
Offerings and libations
for the LORD, your God.

Blow the trumpet in Zion!
proclaim a fast,
call an assembly;
Gather the people,
notify the congregation;
Assemble the elders,
gather the children
and the infants at the breast;
Let the bridegroom quit his room
and the bride her chamber.
Between the porch and the altar
let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep,
And say, “Spare, O LORD, your people,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
with the nations ruling over them!
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

Then the LORD was stirred to concern for his land
and took pity on his people.

Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13, 14 and 17

Responsorial Psalm

R. (see 3a) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.
R. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
“Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight.”
R. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
R. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.
Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
R. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

2 Cor 5:20-6:2

Reading 2

Brothers and sisters:
We are ambassadors for Christ,
as if God were appealing through us.
We implore you on behalf of Christ,
be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin,
so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Working together, then,
we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
For he says:

In an acceptable time I heard you,
and on the day of salvation I helped you.

Behold, now is a very acceptable time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.

Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

Gospel

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms,
do not blow a trumpet before you,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
to win the praise of others.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their reward.
But when you give alms,
do not let your left hand know what your right is doing,
so that your almsgiving may be secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

“When you pray,
do not be like the hypocrites,
who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners
so that others may see them.
Amen, I say to you,
they have received their reward.
But when you pray, go to your inner room,
close the door, and pray to your Father in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

“When you fast,
do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.
They neglect their appearance,
so that they may appear to others to be fasting.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
But when you fast,
anoint your head and wash your face,
so that you may not appear to be fasting,
except to your Father who is hidden.
And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.”