THEME
Common good of marriage and the family
Reflection by Pope (St) John Paul II
MARITAL CONSENT defines and consolidates the good that is common for marriage and the family.
“I, N., take you, N., to be my wife/husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.”
COMMUNION OF PERSONS
Marriage is a unique communion of persons, and it is on the basis of this communion that the family is called to become a community of persons. This is a commitment which the bride and groom undertake…
‘COMMON GOOD’ FOR COUPLE …
The words of consent define the common good of the couple and of the family. First, the common good of the spouses: love, fidelity, honour, and the permanence of their union until death—”all the days of my life“.
…AND THE CHILDREN
The good of both, which is at the same time the good of each, must then become the good of the children.
The common good, by its very nature, both unites individual persons and ensures the true good of each. …
SOLEMN PROMISE
It is the spouses who give their consent to each other by a solemn promise – that is by confirming the truth of that consent in the sight of God.
As baptized Christians, they are the ministers of the Sacrament of Matrimony in the Church. Saint Paul teaches that this mutual commitment of theirs is a “great mystery” (Eph 5:32).
COMMON GOOD OF FUTURE FAMILY
The words of consent, then, express what is essential to the common good of the spouses, and they indicate what ought to be the common good of the future family.
ACCEPTING CHILDREN
In order to bring this out, the Church asks the spouses if they are prepared to accept the children God grants them and to raise the children as Christians.
This question calls to mind the common good of the future family unit, evoking the genealogy of persons which is part of the constitution of marriage and of the family itself.
The question about children and their education is profoundly linked to marital consent, with its solemn promise of love, conjugal respect, and fidelity until death.
ACCEPTANCE AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN—two of the primary ends of the family—are conditioned by how that commitment will be fulfilled.
SPIRITUAL PARENTHOOD – ETERNAL GENEALOGY
Fatherhood and motherhood represent a responsibility which is not simply physical but spiritual in nature; indeed, through these realities there passes the genealogy of the person, which has its eternal beginning in God and which must lead back to him.
(St John Paul II, 02.02.1994)
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Masses 28th Week Ordinary Time
October 11th – 19th
Saturday 11th
6.30pm Mass (Lance Campbell, N Rourke)
Sunday 12th
9.00am Mass (For all parishioners)
Monday 13th
9am Mass (Marg. Collins; Maria, John Grech)
Tuesday 14th
9am Mass (Mark Fitzgibbon & family; Francis Ginnivan)
Wednesday 15th St Teresa of Jesus
9am Mass (Frank Griffin, J & N Sultana, A & D Grech)
11.00am Holy Communion to Homes
Thursday 16th
11.40am Novena
12.00 Mass (Sr Pat O’Connor, Bridget Gale)
Friday 17th St Ignatius of Antioch
10am Anoint. Mass in Hall (Sick & Lost ones)
11am Holy Communions to Homes
Saturday 18th St Luke, Evangelist
9am Mass (Phyllis Dick, John & Nell Leahy)
6.30pm Vigil M (Pat Livingston; Hunt Family)
Sunday 19th
9.00am Mass (For all parishioners)
10.45 Coreen Mass
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ADVANCE NOTICE
Funeral for Mercy Sr Pat O’Connor (Sr Gerard) who taught here, planned for 31st October in Albury. Cf. Border Mail for details.
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NOTICES: Meetings / Imp. Dates:
14 Oct. (Tue) 7.30pm Francis Sullivan, CEO Truth, Justice & Healing Council at St Joseph’s Leeton. Presentation & Discussion. RSVP: leetonparish@gmail.com.
16 Oct (Thu) 7.00pm St Mary’s Primary Sch. production of ‘Hoodwinked’ at Memorial Hall. All Welcome.
Wrap with Love: CANCELLED THIS MONDAY 13TH OCT. NEXT SEWING DAY: Mon 27th Oct 9.30am-12. All welcome!
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Roster 18th – 19th October 2014
Gifts:
6.30pmSalmon Fm
9.00am M Drum
Lectors:
6.30pm S Drum I Brooks
9.00am A Campbell P Lemmon
Special Ministers:
6.30pm A Pilgrim M Skehan
9.00am D Collins M Tomlinson
Altar: M Campbell
Welcomers:
6.30pm N Kingston A Pilgrim
9.00am P Hanrahan
Altar Servers:
6.30pm Zac Lassey, Steph Lassey
9.00am Emily Tidd, Lachie Mackenzie
Collection: J Taylor
Counters: L & N Hughes
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URGENT: BISHOP ASKS PRAYERS
Prayer: Middle-East Christians in Iraq suffering beheading of children, torture & exile
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Also Remember in Prayer
Sr Patricia O’Connor (Sr Gerard) RSM, Mark Fitzgibbon, Noel Houlihan, Sr Marie Louise RSM, Aileen Dix, Hunt family, Kevin Elliott, Kerry Plunkett, Jace Whyte, Noreen Rourke, Pat Kelly. Funeral Booklets of recently deceased at: http://stmaryscorowa.org/honour-roll/
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CATHOLIC RADIO – via INTERNET
This week on “The Journey” which airs on 19 October, we will be hearing from our good friend Sr Hilda with her wisdom from the Abbey, Bruce Downes “The Catholic Guy” will be on the show and we will also hear a great message from Fr Dave Callaghan from the Missionaries of God’s Love. Tune in to 98.5 THE LIGHT Albury Wodonga Sun 11am, repeated 9pm or listen in via podcast anytime at: http://www.dow.org.au/news/catholic-radio
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