by Arnold Troeger | Dec 4, 2024 | Assumption Cathedral, News, Upcoming
These are the PDF versions of the Sunday programs. The best way to make use of these is to print them using 2 sided printing in landscape mode.
8 December 2024 2nd Sunday of Advent C
1 December 2024 1st Sunday of Advent C
24 November 2024 Christ the King B
17 November 2024 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time B
10 November 2024 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time B
3 November 2024 All Saints
27 October 2024 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
20 October 2024 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
13 October 2024 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
6 October 2024 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
29 September 2024 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
22 September 2024 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
15 September 2024 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
8 September 2024 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time B
1 September 2024 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time B
25 August 2024 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time B
18 August 2024 Assumption of Our Lady
11 August 2024 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
4 August 2024 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
28 July 2024 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
21 July 2024 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
14 July 2024 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
7 July 2024 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
30 June 2024 Sts. Peter and Paul
23 June 2024 12th Sunday in ordinary time B
16 June 2024 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
9 June 202410th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
2 June 2024 Body and Blood B
26 May 2024 Holy Trinity B
17 May 2024 Pentecost Sunday B
11 May 2024 Ascension of the Lord B
5 May 2024 6th Sunday of Easter B
28 April 2024 5th Sunday of Easter B
21 April 2024 4th Sunday of Easter B
14 April 2024 3rd Sunday of Easter B
7 April 2024 2nd Sunday of Easter B
31 March 2024 Easter Sunday B
24 March 2024 Palm Sunday_B
17 March 2024 5th Sunday of Lent B
10 March 2024 4th Sunday of Lent B
3 March 2024 3rd Sunday of Lent B
25 February 2024 2nd Sunday of Lent B
18 February 2024 1st Sunday of Lent B
11 February 2024 6th Sunday in ordinary time B
4 February 2024 5th Sunday in ordinary time B
28 January 2024 4th Sunday in ordinary time B
21 January 2024 3rd Sunday in ordinary time B
14 January 2024 2nd Sunday in ordinary time B
7 January 2024 Epiphany B
by Arnold Troeger | Nov 24, 2024 | Bible
Luke’s Gospel ‘plus’ Acts is a two-volume work that continues the biblical history of God’s dealings with humanity found in the Old Testament, showing how God’s promises to Israel have been fulfilled in Jesus, and how the salvation promised to Israel and accomplished through Jesus has been extended to the Gentiles. The purpose of the two volumes is to provide certainty about the Christian instruction received. To accomplish this, Luke shows that the preaching and teaching of the early Church are grounded in the preaching and teaching of Jesus, who, during his historical ministry, prepared his chosen followers and commissioned them to be witnesses to his life, death and resurrection. This continuity between the historical ministry of Jesus and the ministry of the Apostles is Luke’s way of guaranteeing the fidelity of the Church’s teaching to the teaching of Jesus.
Luke’s story of Jesus and the Church is dominated by a historical perspective. This history is first of all salvation history. God’s divine plan for human salvation was accomplished during the period of Jesus, who, through the events of his life, fulfilled the Old Testament. This salvation is now extended to all humanity in the period of the Church. This salvation history is firmly placed in human history.
Luke presents Christianity as a legitimate form of worship in the Roman world, being a religion that meets the spiritual needs of a world empire. At the same time, he argues that Christianity is the logical development and proper fulfillment of Judaism.
By presenting the time of the Church as a distinct phase of salvation history, Luke accordingly shifts the early Christian emphasis away from the expectation of an imminent Parousia – the Second Coming – to the day-to-day concerns of the Christian community in the world. Luke is concerned with presenting the words and deeds of Jesus as a guide for Christian disciples in the period – between the Ascension and Jesus’ Second Coming – and with presenting Jesus himself as the model of Christian life.
Luke calls upon the Christian disciple to identify with Jesus, who is caring and tender toward the poor and lowly, the outcast, the sinner, and the afflicted – and toward all those who recognise their dependence on God – but who is critical of the proud and self-righteous, and particularly toward those who place their material wealth before the service of God and his people. No Gospel writer is more concerned with the mercy and compassion of Jesus, and with the role of the Spirit in the life of Jesus and the Christian disciple; with the importance of prayer, or with Jesus’ concern for women. While Jesus calls all humanity to repent, he is particularly demanding of those who would be his disciples.
Luke is identified as a Syrian from Antioch. He is not of the first generation of Christian disciples, being dependent upon what he received from those who were eyewitnesses of Jesus.
by Arnold Troeger | Mar 7, 2024 | schedule
During the coming Sundays of Lent, we will offer the opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross. This is a long-held prayer within the Church. My understanding is that this devotion arose within the Church in the Middle Ages, as a way of allowing the faithful to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, without actually, physically going there. So, for us, the Stations of the Cross are a pilgrimage we can make this Lent in faith.
SCHEDULE FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER 2024Sunday, 24 March 2024 (Palm Sunday) | 8:30 am 10:00 am | Blessing of the Palm Leaves. Blessed Palm Leaves will be distributed at every mass English Mass |
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Thursday, 28 March 2024 (Holy Thursday) | 9:30 am 7:00 pm | Chrism Mass Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper |
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After mass, there will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
(No Daily Mass)Friday, 29 March 2024 (Good Friday) | 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm | The Way of the Cross in English The Way of the Cross in Thai Veneration of the Cross (No Daily Mass) |
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*********** Good Friday is a day of FASTING and ABSTINENCE ***********
The Catholic Church asks that Good Friday be an extra day of sacrifice, including fasting and abstinence from meat. On ordinary Fridays during Lent, the Church asks we undertake some form of sacrifice – prayer, helping the poor, fasting.
For Good Friday, members of the Church, aged between 18 and 59, are obliged to fast – eat less. Abstinence from meat is obligatory for members from age 14. Saturday, 30 March 2024 (Holy Saturday) | 7:00 pm | Easter Vigil Mass (The Vigil of Easter) (No Daily Mass) |
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Sunday, 31 March 2024 (Easter Sunday) | 7:00 am 8:30 am 10:00 am 5:00 pm | Easter Mass in Thai Easter Mass in Thai Easter Mass in English Easter Mass in Thai |
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N.B. The ceremonies on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday will be in Thai. However, English booklets will be made available for the English-speaking community.
by Arnold Troeger | Feb 18, 2024 | Lent
During the coming Sundays of Lent, we will offer the opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross. This is a long-held prayer within the Church. My understanding is that this devotion arose within the Church in the Middle Ages, as a way of allowing the faithful to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, without actually, physically going there. So, for us, the Stations of the Cross are a pilgrimage we can make this Lent in faith.
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