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Catholic Church of Christ the King
LEAVEN
the
OUR WEEKLY PARISH BULLETIN
christtheking.com.sg 6459 9958 parishoffice@christtheking.com.sg
facebook.com/ctksg 6552 7998 2221 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, SG569809
OUR SHEPHERDS 10 JANUARY 2021 | THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (B)
Isaiah 55:1-11 | 1 John 5:1-9 | Mark 1:7-11
PARISH PRIEST
Rev Fr John Sim true identity for all to see as He
Tel: 6459 9958 prepares to begin His public
frjohnsim@christtheking.com.sg ministry.
Second, by His baptism, Jesus’
ASSISTANT PRIEST incredible humility is made
Rev Fr John Khoo manifest. He is the Second Person
Tel: 6459 9956 of the Most Holy Trinity, but He
frjohnkhoo@christtheking.com.sg allows Himself to become
identified with sinners. By sharing
ASSISTANT PRIEST in an act that was focused upon
Rev Fr Paul Lim repentance, Jesus speaks volumes
Tel: 6459 9958 through His action of baptism. He
I
frpaullim@christtheking.com.sg came to unite Himself with us
t happened in those days that Jesus
sinners, to enter our sin and to enter into
came from Nazareth of Galilee and
our death. By entering the water, He
was baptized in the Jordan by John.
MASS TIMINGS On coming up out of the water he
symbolically enters into death itself,
which is the result of our sin, and rises
saw the heavens being torn open and
Register and book at www.myCatholic.sg triumphantly, allowing us to also rise
the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon
*WEEKEND MASSES with Him to new life. For this reason,
him. And a voice came from the heavens,
Sat: 5pm (sunset) Jesus’ baptism was a way of Him
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am
Sun: 7am, 8.30am (Mandarin), 10am, “baptizing” the waters, so to speak, so
well pleased.” Mark 1:9–11
11.30am, 5pm that water itself, from that moment
The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord onward, would be endowed with His
*WEEKDAY MASSES concludes for us the Christmas Season divine presence and could be
(No limit, on first-come-first-served basis) and transitions us into the beginning of communicated to all who are baptized
Mon-Fri: 6pm Ordinary Time. From a Scriptural point of after Him. Therefore, sinful humanity is
Sat: 7.30am view, this event in Jesus’ life is also a now able to meet divinity through
transitional moment from His hidden life baptism.
*SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION in Nazareth to the beginning of His
Lastly, when we share in this new
Sun: 3pm-5pm | Fri: 4.30pm-6pm public ministry. As we commemorate
baptism, through water that has now
this glorious event, it’s important to
been sanctified by our divine Lord, we
Each session is 5 minutes. It will be on an ponder a simple question: Why was
see in Jesus’ baptism a revelation of who
appointment basis and prior booking is Jesus baptized? Recall that John’s
we become in Him. Just as the Father
required at https://calendly.com/ baptism was one of repentance, an act
spoke and declared Him as His Son, and
ctksg2/confession by which he invited his followers to turn
just as the Holy Spirit descended upon
from sin and to turn to God. But Jesus
Him, so also in our baptism we become
*Only open to persons who have was sinless, so what was the reason for
the adopted children of the Father and
registered “Church of Christ the King” as His Baptism?
are filled with the Holy Spirit. Thus, Jesus’
parish at www.myCatholic.sg First of all, we see in the quoted passage baptism gives clarity as to whom we
to prevent risk of cross-contamination. above that Jesus’ true identity was made become in Christian baptism.
manifest through His humble act of
Lord, I thank You for Your humble act of
baptism. “You are my beloved Son; with
baptism by which You opened the
VISIT TO COLUMBARIUM you I am well pleased,” spoke the voice
Heavens to all who are sinners. May I
of the Father in Heaven. Furthermore, we
open my heart to the unfathomable
Opening Hours Sundays 3pm-5pm are told that the Spirit descended upon
grace of my own baptism each and
Him in the form of a dove. Thus, Jesus’
Visits are limited to 15 minutes for a every day and more fully live with You as
baptism is in part a public declaration of
maximum of 5 persons per group. a child of the Father, filled with the Holy
Who He is. He is the Son of God, a divine
Prior booking is required at Spirit. Jesus, I trust in You.
Person Who is one with the Father and
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columbarium an “epiphany”, a manifestation of His
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT!
The parish continues to appeal for your generous support CTK BULLETIN
for our daily operating needs. Do continue to offer your We have resumed the
generous donations via the options below: distribution of physical
copies of the bulletin.
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into the Donation Box your bank’s app or website. Mass.
outside the Parish Office. • Key in the Parish UEN:
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Ave 8, S569809.
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phone contact as “CTK News”
Step 2: Send a WhatsApp
message to “CTK News” with
your Full Name & Mobile
JANUARY MASS Number
BOOKINGS SCHEDULE Step 3: Wait for confirmation
that your request has been
Booking of 2nd weekend Mass received!
12 Jan, Tues at 12nn GENTLE REMINDER
Booking of 3rd weekend Mass
19 Jan, Tues at 12nn
Please visit mycatholic.sg to book your slots, subject to
availability. Please be gracious. Book a Mass slot if you are sure
you can attend.
Lunar New Year
MASS SCHEDULE 2021 @ CTK
LUNAR NEW YEAR EVE (11 FEB, THURSDAY) MINISTRIES & NCCs
5pm (INCOME & EXPENDITURE
STATEMENT SUBMISSION
1ST DAY OF LUNAR NEW YEAR (12 FEB, FRIDAY)
Ministries and NCCs are
8am, 9.30am (Mandarin) & 11am reminded to submit your Income
2ND DAY OF LUNAR NEW YEAR (13 FEB, SATURDAY) and Expenditure Statement
7.30am & 5pm ending Dec 2020 to Joyce/Carol
(Parish Office) by 15 Jan 2021.
Mass booking schedule via mycatholic.sg will be
announced on a later date
To announce your events in the bulletin, please email your requests to comms@christtheking.com.sg by Monday every week.
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
GENTLE REMINDER With immediate effect, please remember to
bring your IC and use your TraceTogether App or TraceTogether Token
for SafeEntry to the Church. Please be in church 30 minutes before
Mass starts. The gate will be closed 5 minutes before Mass starts and
there will be strictly no admittance after. Thank you for your understanding
and let’s continue to do our part to keep everyone safe! YOU ARE INVITED!
STEP 1 STEP 2 Join us at 8pm on the first Tuesday
You can use the Alternatively, you can Finally, present of every month, starting Jan 2021.
TraceTogether app for present the QR code printed your IC for identity Come join us as we pray for the
SafeEntry check-in. on your TraceTogether Token verification. 200th anniversary of the Catholic
to be scanned. Faith in Singapore, that God’s love
and grace may ignite our hearts
and lead us to launch a new era of
faith, so that once again we may
be a more vibrant, evangelising
and missionary Church.
Commencing January to end
November 2021, every Tuesday,
from
8pm to
9pm.
SUMMARY OF BIBLE
LECTURES (BY ZOOM)
STARTING IN JANUARY 2021
The Letters of Peter, James and Jude
and the Letter to the Hebrews
by Msgr. Ambrose Vaz
Date: 11 Jan - 3 May (Mon)
8pm - 10pm (16 sessions)
The Wisdom Books
by Fr. Ferdinand Purnomo, OCD
Date: 14 Jan - 27 May (Thurs)
Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm (16 sessions)
The Gospel of Mark by Fr. Eugene Vaz
Date: 12 Jan - 20 Apr (Tues)
Time: 8pm - 10pm (14 sessions)
The Books of Judith, Tobit and Esther
by Msgr. Ambrose Vaz
Date: 13 Jan - 5 May (Tues)
Time: 8pm - 10pm (16 sessions)
The Books of Samuel
by Msgr. Ambrose Vaz
Date: 15 Jan - 14 May (Fri)
Time: 9.30am - 11.30am (16 sessions)
For further details and registration
please visit https://biblicalapostolate.
wordpress.com/
THE LEAVEN, parish bulletin of the Church of Christ the King. 10 January 2021
PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAY 4 LIFE
Will You
Echo
All are invited to pray for our unborn brothers and sisters this weekend.
9 Jan, Sat @ 8.20am
Meet Online @ 8.20am • Rosary @ 8.30am
Zoom photo-taking @ 9am
Zoom Meeting ID: 896 0946 9402 Passcode: 321
More info on our Facebook page: https://fb.me/e/99soBLRC1
His Name?
Artwork by Gwenda (L-24 Catechesis)
INFANT BAPTISM
“Long time ago, some people were
Please note that Infant Baptism is fully chosen by God to speak for God.
booked till September 2021. Starting from Their job, whatever the time period
October 2021, prior booking is required at or tidings, was to accurately
impart His message. Men and
https://tinyurl.com/CTKinfant
women called to this task came
from differing backgrounds,
personalities and levels of social
CATECHISM REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARY 1 status. These people were called
Registration for Primary 1 children is now open. To register, please go to the the PROPHETS.
link at https://forms.gle/LywXEjCU5kd7KoZy6 And now, we through our baptism
For enquiries, please write to ctk.catechists@gmail.com we are also called to be prophets:
to spread God’s message, His love,
REGISTRATION FOR 2021 SECONDARY 1 CATECHISM His justice, to echo His name. To
echo His name means to catechise,
Registration for CC1 catechism classes (children who will be in to hand down the faith, to spread His
Secondary 1 in 2021) is now open. Classes will be on Sundays, from Word. We are reminded of this role
9.30am to 11am. More details will be provided at a later date.
after each and every Mass: “Ite,
Please register your child using the online form at missa est” which free translation is
https://rebrand.ly/2021-CC1-reg or by scanning the QR code. For any other “Go, - you are sent”. The liturgy does
enquiries, please email to ctkseccat@gmail.com
not simply come to an end; those
DEVOTION TO THE DIVINE MERCY assembled are sent forth to bring
the fruits of the Eucharist to the
Pray the Divine Mercy together as a community every day with world.”
Fr John Sim. Encounter the merciful love of God and the desire to Excerpt from : Office for Catechism website;
Concluding Mass – USBC
let that love and mercy flow through your heart towards those in
need of it. The video is available at https://tinyurl.com/CTKClips Would you answer his CALL to
Echo His Name to the future
SACRED HEART DEVOTION generations of young Catholics
in your parish today? And be a
All are welcome to join Fr John Sim as he leads us to Catechist? Please contact
contemplate on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus every ctk.catechists@gmail.com for
Friday. Specially prepared videos for 1st to 5th Fridays of the more information.
month are available at https://tinyurl.com/CTKClips
MASS OFFERINGS/INTENTIONS PAYMENT OPTIONS
Parishioners can continue to offer their Mass Intentions. Payment
can be made via cash, PayNow or cheque. Please submit your CASH • Envelopes available at Parish Office.
intention one week in advance.
CROSSED CHEQUE • Make payable to
1. Mass Offerings (for Souls, Blessings/Well Being, Church of Christ the King and mail to 2221
Speedy Recovery, Thanksgiving or Special Intention) Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Singapore 569809. Please
2. Name (for whom Mass is being offered) also attach details of Offering as above.
3. Date of offering
4. Contributions: $ ($10/person/Mass) PAYNOW • Launch PayNow service. Key in
Parish UEN and enter “T08CC4038L”. Check
5. Requested by (name & contact number entity name: Church of Christ the King, and
Email: parishoffice@christtheking.com.sg key in amount. Lastly, key in ref: Mass
Mail: Church of Christ the King, 2221 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, S(569809) Offering (name of requestor).
To announce your events in the bulletin, please email your requests to comms@christtheking.com.sg by Monday every week.
PARISH FEATURE
12 Quotes
If you look at news from 2020, you’ll see lots of — pandemic or not! We put our lives in God’s
recurring negative words, such as “uncertain,” hands and know that He will guide us home
“difficult,” “worrying,” and “stressful” — a to Him eventually.
from saints to kick off myriad of words that sum up a year that we’re So as we embrace 2021 with continued faith
glad to see the back of. However, there is no
2021 with hope and telling what the new year will bring with
and hope in our hearts, let us look to these
wise words from saints — many of whom
faith in your heart! COVID-19 still going strong. suffered greatly while on earth — and be
These holy men and Thankfully, the real beauty of our faith is that assured that in these “uncertain times,” our
women put everything we can lean on God to guide us through our Heavenly Father’s love is eternally certain.
into perspective. journey on earth, which is always uncertain
“Don’t spend your energies on
“Lay all your cares about the “Anxiety is the greatest evil that things that generate worry, anxiety
future trustingly in God’s hands. can befall a soul, except sin. God and anguish. Only one thing is
Let yourself be guided by the commands you to pray, but He necessary: Lift up your spirit and
Lord, just like a little child.” forbids you to worry.” love God.”
ST. TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS ST. FRANCIS DE SALE ST. PADRE PIO
“Do not have any anxiety about
“Faith is to believe what you do the future. Leave everything in
not see; the reward of this faith is God’s hands for He will take “Life with Christ Is a
to see what you believe.” care of you.” wonderful adventure.”
ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE ST. JOHN PAUL II
“If God sends you many
sufferings, it is a sign that He has “Who except God can give you
“Nothing great is ever achieved great plans for you and certainly peace? Has the world ever been
without enduring much.” wants to make you a saint.” able to satisfy the heart?”
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA ST. GERARD MAJELLA
“Live in faith and hope, though it be
in darkness, for in this darkness
“The secret of happiness is to live God protects the soul. Cast your
moment by moment and to thank care upon God for you are His and
God for all that He, in His “Hold your eyes on God and leave He will not forget you. Do not think
goodness, sends to us day the doing to Him. That is all the that He is leaving you alone, for that
after day.” doing you have to worry about.” would be to wrong Him.”
ST. GIANNA MOLLA ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS
Source: www.aleteia.org
THE LEAVEN, parish bulletin of the Church of Christ the King. 10 January 2021
PARISH FEATURE
FEAST OF THE
BAPTISM OF THE LORD
10 JANUARY
T
he mystery of Christ’s baptism in and represent the truth of the Lord’s grew in natural and supernatural
the Jordan by St John, the incarnation and His manifestation as the perfection. ‘And Jesus increased in
Precursor, proposes the Christ. Jesus’ Baptism is in fact His wisdom, in stature, and in favour with
contemplation of an already adult definitive manifestation as the Messiah God and with men’ (Lk2:52). In Israel at 30
Jesus. This mystery is infinitely linked to or Christ to Israel, and as the Son of the years of age, one reached full maturity
the Solemnities of the Lord’s birth and Father to the entire world. Here we find and therefore could become a master.
the Epiphany that we have just the dimension of the Epiphany which Jesus came of age and the Spirit,
celebrated, as in some ways it takes up was His manifestation to all nations. The descending and remaining on Him,
and represents their significance to us. Father’s voice from heaven shows that definitively consecrated His whole being
At Christmas we have contemplated the Jesus of Nazareth is the eternal Son and as the Christ.
human birth of the Word incarnate by the the descent of the Holy Spirit in the form The same Spirit, that descended on the
Virgin Mary. In the 4th century, the of a dove shows the Trinitarian nature of water of the River Jordan wafted over the
Fathers of the Church deepened the the Christian God. The true and unique waters during the first creation (Gen 1:2).
understanding of the faith with regard to God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, shows Therefore, the Baptism in the Jordan
the Christmas mystery in the light of Himself in Christ, through Him, with Him presents yet another truth: that Jesus
Jesus’ Humanity. They spoke of the and in Him. has started a new creation. He is the
Incarnation of the Word already working The Baptism in the Jordan returns to the second man (1 Cor 15:47) or the last
like the ‘Christification’ of that humanity great Christmas theme of Adam (1 Cor 15:45), that comes to repair
that he had assumed from His mother. ‘Christification,’ Jesus of Nazareth’s the first Adam’s guilt. He does this as the
Or put in simpler terms: Jesus is the spiritual anointing, His presentation as Lamb of God that takes away our sins.
Christ from the first instant of the Anointed One par excellence, the ‘Looking at the events in light of the
conception in Mary’s spotless womb Messiah or the One sent by the Father for Cross and Resurrection, the Christian
because He Himself, with His Divine the salvation of mankind. The Spirit that people realised what happened: Jesus
Power, consecrated, anointed and descended on Jesus shows and seals in loaded the burden of all mankind’s guilt
‘Christified’ that human nature with an incontrovertible way the upon His shoulders; he bore it down into
which He became incarnate. ‘Christification’ of Jesus’ humanity that the depths of the Jordan. He inaugurated
In the mystery of the Epiphany, we then the Word had already fulfilled from the his public activity by stepping into the
meditated on Christ’s manifestation to first moment of His miraculous place of sinners’ (Joseph Ratzinger, Jesus
all nations that was represented by the conception by Mary. Jesus, from the very of Nazareth, Bloomsbury 2007, p 18).
Magi, the wise men from the East, who beginning, was always the Lord’s Christ,
came to adore the Child. He was always God. Yet, His one, true
humanity, that which is perfect in every
Now, in the mystery of Christ’s Baptism Source: www.catholicculture.org
way, as the Gospel records, constantly
in the Jordan River, we again encounter
St. Hilary was one of those great Christian Among the foremost defenders of the true
heroes who poured out their lives laboring and faith stood Hilary. He belonged to a
suffering in defense of Christ’s divinity. distinguished family and had received an
Scarcely had the days of bloody persecution excellent education. Though a married man, he
ended (313), when there arose, now within the was made bishop of Poitiers by reason of his
Church, a most dangerous enemy of another exemplary life. It was not long before his
sort, Arianism. The heresy of Arianism denied valiant defense of the faith precipitated his
the divinity of Christ; it was, in fact, hardly exile to Phrygia. Here he composed his great
more than a form of paganism masquerading work on the Blessed Trinity (in twelve books). It
as the Christian Gospel. The smoldering strife is a vigorous defense of the faith, which, he
Saint of the Week soon flared into a mighty conflict endangering said, “triumphs when attacked.” Finally, after
St. Hilary of Poitiers, the whole Church; and its spread was all the four years he was permitted to return to his
bishop and doctor more rapid and powerful because emperors, native land. He continued his efforts, and
13 Jan who called themselves Christian, proved its through prudence and mildness succeeded in
best supporters. Once again countless martyrs ridding Gaul of Arianism. Because of his
Patron: Against sealed in blood their belief in Christ’s divinity; edifying and illustrious writings on behalf of
snakes; backward and orthodox bishops who voiced opposition the true religion, the Church honors him as one
children; snake bites. were forced into exile amid extreme privations. of her doctors.
THE LEAVEN, parish bulletin of the Church of Christ the King. 10 January 2021
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