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Greetings from Surfers Catholic parish!
Please find linked below the latest edition of the Parish weekly Homily and link to the (audio) podcast of the mass, especially produced for those who are unable to be with us at mass.
https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-25c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-383-master/s-QxaXqTA7zRS
Many thanks,
The Parish Team
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, September 18, 2022 (EPISODE- 383)
Readings for Sunday, September 18, 2022 - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C
FIRST READING: Amos 8:4-7
Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8. "Praise the Lord, who lifts up my soul"
SECOND READING: 1 Tim 2:1-7
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13). Alleluia, alleluia! Jesus Christ was rich but he became poor. To make you rich out of his poverty.
GOSPEL: Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C - Sunday, September 18, 2022, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-25c-ordinary-time-2022-episode-383-master/s-QxaXqTA7zRS (EPISODE- 383)
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Prologue: Lk.16:13 lays down the rule that no slave can serve two masters. The master possessed the slave and possessed him exclusively. Nowadays, a servant or a worker can quite easily do two jobs and work for two people. They can do one job and another in their spare time. But a slave had no spare time; every moment of his day, and every ounce of his energy, belonged to his master. He had no time which was his own. So, serving God can never be a part-time or a spare-time job. Once a man chooses to serve God every moment of his time and every atom of his energy belongs to God. God is the most exclusive of masters. We either belong to him totally or not at all.%%
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Homily - Today's parable of the "dishonest steward" would have to be one of the most confounding parable in the gospels. At first glance, Our Lord seems to be praising the dishonesty and unscrupulous behaviour of the manager who gets fired for dodgy practisss. But a closer look shows that Jesus is actually contrasting the behaviour and priorities of people who have a worldly focus with those who have a focus on the Kingdom of God….
A parable that looks initially foreign to us, actually tells us something significant… This initially jarring parable actually has a lot in common with another parable of Jesus… namely… the parable of the rich fool. And also the parable of the rich man and the poor man Lazarus at his gate.
All of these parables are trying to tell us that collecting money and possessions is not the most important thing in life… its establishing significant and lasting relationships with our brothers and sisters around us…. That is - everyone!
"In Jesus' mind, relationships are more important than money and should be served by money rather than the other way around. This is why the master praises the manager—not because he stole his money, but because the manager didn't allow money to distract him from the greater goal of relationships. This is how Jesus views money and calls his followers to view it.
This parable forces the listener to decide what it is they trust."**
"Whether we live for Jesus and his Kingdom forces a moment of decision on us. Will we trust that Jesus is more trustworthy than all the economic structures around us? If those who don't know Jesus cheat one another because they know the value of relationships over money, then how much more should we use the money God has freely given us by God for the benefit of others?"**
{A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (from Barclay)}
In today's parable, the '"dodgy" steward knew that he had lost his job. He, therefore, had a brilliant idea. He falsified the entries in the books so that the debtors were debited with far less than they owed. This would have two effects. First, the debtors would be grateful to him and emotionally owe him in the future; and second, and much more effective, he had involved the debtors in his own misdemeanours, and, if the worst came to the worst, he was now in a strong position to exercise a little judicious blackmail!"%% terrible and dishonest behaviour for sure……
As Jesus says of this parable…..the sons of this world are wiser in their generation than the sons of light. That means that, if only the Christian was as eager and ingenious in their attempts to attain goodness as the people of the world are in their attempts to attain money and comfort, we would be a much better people. If only we would give as much attention to the things which concern our souls as others do to achieve the things which concern their business, we would be very profitable for the kingdom. "Over and over again a person will expend twenty times the amount of time and money and effort on his business endeavours and his pleasure, his hobby, his garden, his sport as he does on his church. Our Christianity will begin to be real and effective only when we spend as much time and effort on the things of God, as we do on our worldly activities.%%
People who are successful in the ways of this earthly world…. Spend days and nights plotting, scheming, working, and planning for things that will produce good profits and material benefits… how much, more importantly, should we spend our time, energy, and planning and honest scheming to produce the fruits of the Kingdom of heaven!!!%%
It is quite clear from these parables and from Jesus' teaching that Our Lord had a very healthy suspicion and aversion to money and material possessions. He knew they were imperfect and tainted. He was a realist. Many people could not totally avoid dealing with money and material goods… but that doesn't mean we should put much trust in them…. It is to be used with caution and with a healthy suspicion for its inadequacy and shallowness….%%
According to Our Lord's teaching, material possessions should be used, if they must be used, to cement the friendships and relationship s wherein the real and permanent value of life lie.%%
The Rabbis had a saying, "The rich help the poor in this world, but the poor help the rich in the world to come." Ambrose, commenting on the rich fool who built bigger barns to store his goods, said, "The bosoms of the poor, the houses of widows, the mouths of children are the barns which last forever." It was a Jewish belief that charity given to poor people would stand to a man's credit in the world to come. A man's true wealth would consist not in what he kept, but in what he gave away.%%
Lukes gospel, we must keep in mind, was written and addressed largely to gentile Christians of Greek backgreound who were people of influence and wealth and social status… So the gospel is clearly teaching them…… "A person can use his wealth selfishly or he can use it to make life easier, not only for himself, but for his friends and his fellow-person. How many a scholar is forever grateful to a rich man who gave or left money to found bursaries and scholarships which made a university career possible! How many people are grateful to a better-off friend who saw them through some time of need in the most practical way! Possessions are not in themselves a sin, but they are a great responsibility, and the person who uses them to help their friends has gone far to discharge that responsibility."%%
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References:
Fr Paul W. Kelly
**https://bibleproject.com/podcast/finding-meaning-in-the-parables/
%%Barclay, W. (1975). The Gospel of Luke. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: St. Andrew Press
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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Year C (Sunday, September 18, 2022) (EPISODE- 383)
The Lord be with you.
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{{Hi}}
My friends in Christ, to worthily celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us first acknowledge our sins.
Lord Jesus, you raise us to new life: Lord, have mercy// //Lord Jesus, you forgive us our sins: Christ, have mercy//Lord Jesus, you feed us with your body and blood: Lord, have mercy//
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Ps 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8. "Praise the Lord, who lifts up my soul"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Luke 16:1-13 or 16:10-13). Alleluia, alleluia! Jesus Christ was rich but he became poor. To make you rich out of his poverty.
Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary V
Eucharistic Prayer III
Communion side:
(theme variation: v2)
(welcome cycle- (welcome 5) Good evening/morning. Welcome to this Eucharist as we celebrate the NNN Sunday in SSSSSS. To all visitors to our parish, you are most welcome and may this be a peaceful and special time for you. Please check to see that your mobile devices are switched off or turned to silent. Our Presider tonight / today is Fr………………………… Please stand as we sing our entrance hymn: "__________" *)
(pre+post variation: v1-short)
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{Bless you all and May God's grace guide you each and every day.}
Go in peace.(glorifying the Lord by your life)
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Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly
Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)
Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)
"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.
Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993) . (Sydney Australia).
Sung "Mass In Honour of St. Ralph Sherwin" - By Jeffrey M. Ostrowski. The Gloria, Copyright © 2011 ccwatershed.org.
- "Faith, Hope and Love" theme hymn - in memory of William John Kelly - Inspired by 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
- "Today I Arise" - For Trisha J Kelly. Original words and music by Paul W. Kelly. Inspired by St Patrick's Prayer. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2019.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - Shure MV5 Digital Condenser (USB)
Editing equipment: NCH software - MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 12.44
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 6 Audio Editor
[Production - KER - 2022]
May God bless and keep you.
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