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14 May 2017
5th Sunday of Easter

Acts of the Apostles 6: 1-7
Psalm 32: 1-2, 4-5, 18-19
1 Peter 2: 4-9
The Gospel of John  14:1-12
To have seen me is to have seen the Father

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’

Jesus said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you know me, you know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.’

Philip said, ‘Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied’. ‘Have I been with you all this time, Philip,’ said Jesus to him ‘and you still do not know me?’ ‘To have seen me is to have seen the, Father, so how can you say, “Let us see the Father”? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak as from myself: it is the Father, living in me, who is doing this work. You must believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; believe it on the evidence of this work, if for no other reason.

‘I tell you most solemnly, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, he will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father.’

Consubstantial with the Father (Creed)

Philip, because he had seen the Son with his bodily eye, wished to see the Father in the same way … Our Lord does not reply that he asked an impossible thing, but that he had not seen the Son to begin with, for if he had seen Him, he would have seen the Father: Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known Me? He does not say, not seen Me, but, not known Me; not known that the Son, being what the Father is, does in Himself fitly show the Father. Then dividing the Persons, He says, He that has seen Me has seen the Father; that none might maintain that He was both the Father and the Son. Showing (also) His consubstantiality with the Father … If Christ had been of another substance from the Father, He would never have said, “He that has seen Me, has seen the Father.”
St. John Chrysostom (Catena Aurea)

Saints of the week
Wed 17 All Holy Bishops of Jerusalem (in our diocese)
Thur 18 Saint John I, Pope, Martyr 
Sat 20 Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest

Psalter Week I

Next Sunday’s Readings
Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17
Psalm 65: 1-7, 16, 20
1 Peter 3: 15-18
John 14: 15-21

The Prayers of Fatima

During the famous apparitions in Portugal, 100 years ago, an angel and the Mother of God herself, not only revealed many things to three children, but they also taught them some prayers which are very important for us Catholics living in these times of brazen impiety. Here are the prayers:

• The Fatima Prayer: “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.”
• The Sacrifice Prayer: “O Jesus, (I offer this) for the love of Thee, in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and for the conversion of poor sinners.”
• The Eucharistic Prayer: “Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.”
• The Pardon Prayer: “My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee! I beg pardon for all those that do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee.”
• The Angel’s Prayer: “O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary I beg the conversion of poor sinners.”

News

Passion of the Lord 2017 short video Ask Fr. Fernando for a digital copy of the movie and some pics (bring your flash drive). Donations are welcomed to help with our next Passion of the Lord.

CARITAS PAPHOS: We need nοn-perishable food to help the poor in the Paphos area. Prayers and Donations welcomed.

Catenian Meeting Thurs 18 May, 7:30pm at Boo-Tea-Licious followed by Two Course Set Dinner at 8.00, €20 includes drink. Special diets let us know ahead. Call Richard 99282385, richardinpeyia@gmail.com

Sundowner Party at the Tala Amphitheatre Café Wed 24 May, 6:30pm, €2.50 tall glass of wine. Entrance €3 donation. Book signing by Sir Foxley-Fox co-author Andrew Lauder, royalties from book sales worldwide will be donated to SMHC. Contact Michele 99528943.

Archangel Michael Hospice: Volunteers needed in the areas of reception, nursing assistants and cafeteria. Contact Mona 99494140

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