Our Lady Seat of Wisdom

Catholic Church, Oyarifa

The Church
Sunday Mass Reading
1st Reading - Is 25:6-10a
Bulletin
Sunday, October 15, 2023 Vol. 6/Iss. 54

Psalm - Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

2nd Reading - Phil 4:12-14, 19-20
Gospel - Mt 22:1-14 or Mt 22:1-10
Summary of Scripture Lessons
Responsorial Psalm
I shall live in the house of the Lord all 28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME OF YEAR A
the days of my life.
Anthony Kadavil
MASS SCHEDULES In the rst reading, Isaiah the Heavenly Banquet given to
Sundays describes the Messianic banquet them through God’s Own Son,
1st Mass - 06:30 am on the Lord’s mountain in the Himself. They have rejected the
2nd Mass - 09:00am Holy City of Jerusalem, which invitation by not listening to the
Weekday Mass Schedules Yahweh is preparing for His Good News preached by Jesus
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6am people. The “Good News” is that and by not reforming their lives.
Wednesdays and Fridays 7pm it is a great feast of “rich food and This invitation was repeatedly
Saturdays choice wines.” But, for the extended to Israel through the
children of Israel, the “bad news” prophets, including John the
Adoration 6:00am
is that Yahweh invites all people, Baptist. But the leadership
Holy Mass 6:30am
including Gentiles, to the contemporary with Jesus rejected
Hour of Grace banquet. the reality that Jesus was the
Every rst Sunday of the fulllment of all prophecy,
month; Time: 6 - 7 pm In the second reading, St. Paul refused to accept God’s invitation
Infant Baptism advises the Philippians to put to righteous living given through
once every quarter of the year their trust in the power and John the Baptist and through
Confessions goodness of a providing God, Jesus, and now planned to kill
Fridays: 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Who, in Jesus, has given His God’s own Son, Jesus. Hence, God
Church everything His followers is inviting the sinners and Gentiles
Saturdays: 7:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
will need to participate in the to His banquet, and that is why
or any day by appointment.
Heavenly Banquet. Jesus is keeping the company of
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 MEETINGS
1. Christian Mother’s Association have their general 15. Trinity Northern Society meets every 3rd Sunday of
meeting on 1st Sundays of the month after Mass. New the month after rst Mass. New members are welcome
members are welcome.
16. St. Joseph Ewe Society meets every 2nd Sunday of
2. Christian Daughters Association meets after Mass the month after rst Mass. New members are welcome
every 1st Sunday of the month. New members are
welcome.

3. St Theresa of the child Jesus society will be having 1st Oct. CMA
their monthly general meeting on 2nd Sunday of 8th Oct. KLM
every month. New members are welcome
15th Oct. KSJI&LA
4. The Youth have their general meeting on 3rd 22nd Oct. Saturday
Sundays of the month after Mass. New members are
welcome. 29th Oct. Sunday
5th Nov. Monday
5. The Church Choir meets as follows:
12th Nov. STCJ
Tuesdays - 7pm
Thursdays - 7pm 19th Nov. Trinity Northern Society
Saturdays - 7pm 26th Nov. Tuesday
6. KNOLTA meets as follows: 3rd Dec. Wednesday
Saturdays - 3:00pm
Sundays after Mass. 10th Dec. St. Joseph Ewe Society
7. Sacred Heart Confraternity meets after rst Mass on 17th Dec. Youth
the third Sunday of every month. First Friday devotion 24th Dec. Thursday
is at 5am every month at the church.
New members are welcome 31st Dec. Friday
8. Catholic Charismatic Renewal meets for prayer
meeting and intercessions as follows: Sundays -
5:00pm and Mondays - 6:00pm
9. Welfare Committee meets every Second Sunday of Saints of the Week
the month after Mass. Tuesday
10. All parishioners who have not registered should Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch,
pick registration forms and ll for their names to be Bishop and Martyr
captured in the Day-Group Welfare list.
11. Lectors meet on Saturdays at 6:00pm
Wednesday
12. Church Pastoral Council meets after rst Mass on Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi
the second Sunday of the month
13. Knights of St. John International have their
general meeting on 2nd Saturdays of the month. New Thursday
members are welcome. Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and
14. CYO meets at 2pm on Sundays. Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions,
Martyrs
New members are welcome

DAILY READINGS
Fri- Rom 4:1-8; Ps 32:1b-2, 5, 11;
Mon - Rom 1:1-7; Ps 98:1bcde, 2-3ab, 3cd-4;
Lk 12:1-7
Lk 11:29-32 Sat - Rom 4:13, 16-18; PS 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43;
Tue - Rom 1:16-25; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Lk 12:8-12
Lk 11:37-41 Sun - Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10;
Wed - 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13, 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21
17-18; Lk 10:1-9
Thu - Rom 3:21-30; Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab;
Lk 11:47-54

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 ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE P CTICE OF 1. MADINA DEANERY EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
Date: 23-26 November 2023
CATHOLICISM AND Theme: I am the Living Bread ( Jn 6:51)

Programme for Deanery Eucharistic Congress

MODERN IDENTITY Pre-Congress Programmes
1. Within Two Weeks (15,16, 17th of November) to the
by Fr. Justin M. Brophy, OP Congress: 72 hour adorations in all churches in the
Deanery. Programme outlining specific times for
Continued from last week societies and groups to adore the Lord should be
In the pre-modern dispensation, the signs were an developed.
organic part of the traditional framework that 2. 3 Days fasting and Prayers in all churches
constituted the faith. In the modern dispensation, (Monday to Wednesday 20-22 November 2023)
where one adopts the doctrinal framework against
3. Mass Request for the Congress in all churches
no other background but the autonomous two Sundays (12th and 19th November) to the
judgement of the individual; signs are no longer Congress
part of this organic world. They may still serve the
Main Conference
same purpose and hold some of the same meaning 4. Thursday 23rd November 2023: Exposition on the
that they held previously, but they are now largely Theme: I am the Living Bread (John 6:51) by Very Rev.
commandeered by an individual to signal Fr. Dr. Michael Mensah
-Time 6:00pm-9pm with call to adoration with traditional
orthodoxy. catholic hymns

Examples of this are especially prevalent in the 5. Friday 24th November 2023 : Be Still and Know
that I am God (this is to instil silence meditation before
priesthood and religious life where particular the Blessed Sacrament) Psalm 46:10, 1kings 19:10-13)
kinds of clerical garb and liturgical vestments begin by Rev Fr. Prince Emmanuel Adelayitaar
to be freighted with a meaning that they were not -6:00pm-9:00pm with call to adoration with appropriate
songs
originally intended to have. The style of alb one
wears becomes a signal of how closely one adheres 6. 25th November: Saturday
to a supposed doctrinal framework. Receiving a. -Morning session 9-11:30am: The Eucharist,
The Source and Summit of the Christian Life
communion on the tongue and kneeling to receive (CCC 1324-1327) by Rev. Fr. Dr. Michael
the host—time-honored acts of reverence for Our Mensah
Lord—could become radical statements of being Call to adoration
12:00 to 2:30 private adorations, confessions
counter-cultural. The signs and symbols that have
always been a part of Catholic practice often now b. Afternoon session 3:00-4:30pm Eucharistic
become signs of political and ideological division. Procession (commence with Divine mercy
prayers) to led by Very Rev. Fr Nimorious
Domanzing, SMA
They form a brand of Catholic identity politics.
c. Evening Session (Climax): The Eucharist,
Source of Healing and Empowerment: By Most
The Cartesian split between mind and body Rev. John Kobina Louis, Auxiliary Bishop in-
becomes deeply ingrained in those who outwardly charge of Accra East
offer the harshest resistance to modernity. This
7. Sunday, 26th November, Thanksgiving Mass in all
situation becomes even more complex when the the churches
appropriation of signs is paired with a Note: Adorations, Tent of meetings and confessions
romanticization of a mythological past age where it would be accessible in all the days
is believed that the Church held a more central
2. ONLY ONE MASS
position in society. This is a temptation to which On: Sunday, 29th October 2023 Time: 7:00 AM
Taylor is attuned and one which he nds Purpose: Day Born Group Meetings
problematic since such a romanticization fails to Please, no other Group/ Society Meeting on 29th
October 2023
adequately recognize the gap between the City of
God and the city of man.[5] In each case, the 3. Mission Sunday Collection
commandeering of signs is motivated at least in Sunday, 22nd October 2023 is Mission Sunday.
There will be Second Collection for the Missions
part by a drive to create the security of a stable Celebrant: Rev Fr Bernard Asomaning Manu, CSJ
world that no longer exists. (Priest In-Charge, St Charles Borromew, Oyibi)
...to be continued We welcome Fr Manu to OLSW Catholic Church.

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 PRAYERS CORNER
NICENE CREED
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of He ascended into heaven and is seated at the
heaven and earth, of all things visible and right hand of the Father.
invisible. He will come again in glory to judge the
I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, living and the dead and his kingdom will
the Only Begotten Son of God, have no end.
born of the Father before all ages. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver
God from God, Light from Light, true God from of life, who proceeds from the Father and the
true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with Son, who with the Father and the Son is
the Father; through him all things were made. adored and gloried, who has spoken
For us men and for our salvation, he came down through the prophets.
from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate I believe in One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic
of the Virgin Mary, and became man. Church.
For our sake he was crucied under Pontius Pilate, I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of
he suffered death and was buried, and rose again sins and I look forward to the resurrection of
on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. the dead and the life of the world to come.
Amen.

ANIMA CHRISTI
Soul of Christ, sanctify me Suffer me not to be separated from thee
Body of Christ, save me From the malignant enemy defend me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me In the hour of my death call me
Water from the side of Christ, wash me and bid me come unto thee,
Passion of Christ, strengthen me that with thy saints I may praise thee
O good Jesus, hear me forever and ever. Amen.
Within thy wounds, hide me

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