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3 Strangways Street, Curtin ACT 2605
Fr James T Antony CMI
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The 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Law is in your Heart

Love is the core and meaning of life; it is also the summit of the commandments. We know this. But the question is: how genuine and deep is our love? The test will be how far we are willing to be inconvenienced by it, to ‘lose’ time for it, to go out of our way for it, and to have a heart for strangers and misfits too. Jesus is with us here: he was moved with compassion at the sight of sinners, the sick and the suffering. Let us ask him, the first Good Samaritan, to make us good neighbours to all who need us.


 

 Marivoet, Fr. Camilo J. (2000).  Liturgy Alive Models of Celebration (Year C).  Quezon City, Claretian Publications

 

 

Fr James T Antony CMI

SACRAMENT OF FIRST EUCHARIST

The Sacrament of First Eucharist

Children in Year 4 or above who have celebrated their First Reconciliation may now be enrolled in the Parish’s Family-Based Sacramental Program for First Eucharist. 

 

Please enrol by Friday 25 July using the Qkr! App. SelectNorth Woden Transfiguration Parish’; and follow links to ‘Sacrament of First Eucharist’ Complete the form and make your online payment.

Important dates and information are included in QKR

Any questions contact Peter at the Parish Office 6281 335178 wodennorth@cg.org.au

 

Being neighbourly 13 July, 2025 15th Sunday Year C Luke 10:25-37

The late Pope Francis reflected on the Parable of the Good Samaritan as a “ray of light” for our contemporary world where people too often fail to respond to the needs of the poor and vulnerable. Francis presented the Samaritan – whom he called “a stranger on the road” – as a symbol of fraternity and social friendship creating “a culture of encounter” that builds bridges of love among all people [“Fratelli Tutti”, No. 2].

 

We need to recall that Jesus tells this story of the “stranger on the road” in answer to some questions put to him by a Jewish lawyer. Wanting to know what the greatest commandment is, Jesus tells him “to love God and your neighbour”. Then he wants to know who his neighbour is? Jesus notes that neither the priest nor the Levite respond with love and care for the victim, most likely a fellow Jew.

 

We might miss a major point of this story if we fail to note how much Jews and Samaritans hated each other. Yet here we have the much-despised Samaritan being put to the Jewish lawyer as the pinnacle of human behaviour. So, when Jesus asks him which of the three – priest, Levite or Samaritan – was most neighbourly to the victim, he could but only reply “the one who shows him mercy”. Jesus then is quick to tell him: “Go and do likewise”!

 

In other words, Jesus tells his fellow Jew that he needs to become more like the non-Jewish Samaritan! In further reflection on this parable, Pope Francis challenged us all to become true neighbours to one another by actively engaging in the forming of positive relationships with people across age, race, nationality, ethnicity or religion. We are all called to build community at local and concrete levels especially with the poor, the suffering and those on the margins of society.

 

In other words, for Francis the parable of the Good Samaritan – or story of “the stranger on the road” – was much more than an example of someone who is kind and caring of a wounded victim. Rather, it is the parable and story that calls upon all human beings to overcome their selfish interests, myopic views and personal prejudices that pit us against others. In particular, as human beings and especially as Christians, we are called to lift up the lowly, care for those who suffer and even place our own lives on the line to protect innocent victims of corruption, selfishness and greed.

 

For Pope Francis, part of our love of neighbour was also reflected in our love and respect for our natural environment on planet earth. While nations that pollute the world are becoming increasingly wealthy, poorer countries are the major victims of climate change.

 

This is clearly evident in our own part of the world in the Southern Pacific. Let us stop, reflect and change our behaviour in order that all the world’s peoples become more neighbourly in respect of one another and the natural environment.

 

Gerard Hall SM

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SACRAMENTAL PROGRAM FOR 2025

CLAIM THE DATES - In anticipation of your diaries filling up with appointments for the coming year, please note the following dates for the Sacraments of Initiation in 2025:

Term 1 – First Reconciliation

Parent Information Night – Sacrament of First Reconciliation - Tuesday, 11 February, 6pm via MS Teams

Presentation Masses – Saturday, 1 March, 6pm OR Sunday, 2 March 9.30am and 5.30pm, Holy Trinity Church

Reconciliation Retreat – Friday, 28 March, 9.30am-2.30pm, Holy Trinity School Hall

Sacramental Celebration – Tuesday, 8 April, 6pm, Holy Trinity Church

Term 2 – Confirmation

Parent Information Night – Sacrament of Confirmation – Tuesday, 6 May, 6pm via MS Teams

Presentation Masses – Saturday, 24 May, 6pm OR Sunday, 25 May 9.30am and 5.30pm, Holy Trinity Church

Stole Night (parent and child) – Thursday, 5 June, 5.30pm, Sts Peter and Paul School Hall, Garran

Confirmation Retreat – Friday, 20 June, 9am-2.15pm, Holy Trinity School Hall

Sacramental Celebration – Tuesday, 24 June, 6pm, Holy Trinity Church

Term 3 – First Eucharist

QKR enrolments close Friday 25 Jul 2025

Parent Information Night – Sacrament of First Eucharist - Tuesday, 29 July, 6pm via MS Teams

Presentation Masses – Saturday, 23 August, 6pm OR Sunday, 24 August 9.30am and 5.30pm, Holy Trinity Church

First Eucharist Retreat – Friday, 12 September, 9am-2.15pm, Holy Trinity School Hall

Sacramental Celebration – Saturday, 20 September, 6pm, and Sunday, 21 September, 9.30am and 5.30pm, Holy Trinity Church

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.


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