The Catholic Diaspora- St. Joseph's Parish Joensuu Finland

Ilmoitus:

Haluamme ilmoittaa seurakuntalaisillemme ja Facebook sivumme seuraajille, että pääsiäis-sunnuntai messua lukuunottamatta, kaikki pyhän viikon liturgiat kiirastorstaista alkaen vietetään Kuopiossa, Pyhän Joosefin seurakunnassa.

Seuraava messu Joensuussa on siis sunnuntaina klo 10

Pahoittelemme aiemmin tällä sivulla annettua virheellistä tietoa liturgioita koskien.

Announcement

We wish to inform our parishioners and Facebook followers that all Holy week activities starting from Thursday (18.04) will be celebrated in Pyhän Joosefin seurakunta kuopio (St. Joseph catholic church Kuopio)

However, we will celebrate Easter Sunday mass in Joensuu parish.

We apology for publishing wrong schedule earlier on this page.

Inspirational quote

"Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints - they are your public."
-St. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney

In you, O Lord, I take refuge.

Happy birthday, Pope Emeritus!

Gospel reading for Tuesday April 16, 2019
-John 13:21-33, 36-38

Having said this, Jesus was deeply disturbed and declared, 'In all truth I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.'

The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he meant.

The disciple Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus;

Simon Peter signed to him and said, 'Ask who it is he means,'

so leaning back close to Jesus' chest he said, 'Who is it, Lord?'

Jesus answered, 'It is the one to whom I give the piece of bread that I dip in the dish.' And when he had dipped the piece of bread he gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.

At that instant, after Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. Jesus then said, 'What you are going to do, do quickly.'

None of the others at table understood why he said this.

Since Judas had charge of the common fund, some of them thought Jesus was telling him, 'Buy what we need for the festival,' or telling him to give something to the poor.

As soon as Judas had taken the piece of bread he went out. It was night.

When he had gone, Jesus said: Now has the Son of man been glorified, and in him God has been glorified.

If God has been glorified in him, God will in turn glorify him in himself, and will glorify him very soon.

Little children, I shall be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and, as I told the Jews, where I am going, you cannot come.

Simon Peter said, 'Lord, where are you going?' Jesus replied, 'Now you cannot follow me where I am going, but later you shall follow me.'

Peter said to him, 'Why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.'

'Lay down your life for me?' answered Jesus. 'In all truth I tell you, before the c**k crows you will have disowned me three times.'

INSPIRING QUOTE FOR TODAY

"Nothing great is ever achieved without enduring much.” -St. Catherine of Siena

"Mitään suurta ei ikinä saavuteta ilman, että kestetään (kärsitään) paljon" -- Pyhä Katariina Sienalainen

Gospel reading for Thursday, April 11th, 2019
-John 8:51-59

In all truth I tell you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.

The Jews said, 'Now we know that you are possessed. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead, and yet you say, "Whoever keeps my word will never know the taste of death."

Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets are dead too. Who are you claiming to be?'

Jesus answered: If I were to seek my own glory my glory would be worth nothing; in fact, my glory is conferred by the Father, by the one of whom you say, 'He is our God,'

although you do not know him. But I know him, and if I were to say, 'I do not know him,' I should be a liar, as you yourselves are. But I do know him, and I keep his word.

Your father Abraham rejoiced to think that he would see my Day; he saw it and was glad.

The Jews then said, 'You are not fifty yet, and you have seen Abraham!'

Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, before Abraham ever was, I am.

At this they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself and left the Temple

St. Stanislaus, pray for us, that we always may have the courage to fight for Christian freedom!

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Gospel reading for Wednesday April 10, 2019
-John 8:31-42

To the Jews who believed in him Jesus said: If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples;

you will come to know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

They answered, 'We are descended from Abraham and we have never been the slaves of anyone; what do you mean, "You will be set free?" '

Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave.

Now a slave has no permanent standing in the household, but a son belongs to it for ever.

So if the Son sets you free, you will indeed be free.

I know that you are descended from Abraham; but you want to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

What I speak of is what I have seen at my Father's side, and you too put into action the lessons you have learnt from your father.

They repeated, 'Our father is Abraham.' Jesus said to them: If you are Abraham's children, do as Abraham did.

As it is, you want to kill me, a man who has told you the truth as I have learnt it from God; that is not what Abraham did.

You are doing your father's work. They replied, 'We were not born illegitimate, the only father we have is God.'

Jesus answered: If God were your father, you would love me, since I have my origin in God and have come from him; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.

Inspirational quote

"Älä sano, "Kuinka suuria asioita pyhät tekevätkään", vaan "Kuinka suuria asioita Jumala tekeekään pyhissään"— Pyhä. Philip

"Never say, 'What great things the saints do,' but, 'what great things God does in His saints.'"
— St. Philip

Gospel reading for Saturday April 6, 2019
-John 7:40-53

Some of the crowd who had been listening said, 'He is indeed the prophet,'

and some said, 'He is the Christ,' but others said, 'Would the Christ come from Galilee?

Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was?'

So the people could not agree about him.

Some wanted to arrest him, but no one actually laid a hand on him.

The guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees who said to them, 'Why haven't you brought him?'

The guards replied, 'No one has ever spoken like this man.'

'So,' the Pharisees answered, 'you, too, have been led astray?

Have any of the authorities come to believe in him? Any of the Pharisees?

This rabble knows nothing about the Law -- they are damned.'

One of them, Nicodemus -- the same man who had come to Jesus earlier -- said to them,

'But surely our Law does not allow us to pass judgement on anyone without first giving him a hearing and discovering what he is doing?'

To this they answered, 'Are you a Galilean too? Go into the matter, and see for yourself: prophets do not arise in Galilee.'

They all went home,

Lord, help us think first of You in all we do.

Gospel reading for Thursday, April 4th, 2019

John 5:31-47

Were I to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be true;

but there is another witness who speaks on my behalf, and I know that his testimony is true.

You sent messengers to John, and he gave his testimony to the truth-

not that I depend on human testimony; no, it is for your salvation that I mention it.

John was a lamp lit and shining and for a time you were content to enjoy the light that he gave.

But my testimony is greater than John's: the deeds my Father has given me to perform, these same deeds of mine testify that the Father has sent me.

Besides, the Father who sent me bears witness to me himself. You have never heard his voice, you have never seen his shape,

and his word finds no home in you because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.

You pore over the scriptures, believing that in them you can find eternal life; it is these scriptures that testify to me,

and yet you refuse to come to me to receive life!
Human glory means nothing to me.

Besides, I know you too well: you have no love of God in you.

I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him.

How can you believe, since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with the glory that comes from the one God?

Do not imagine that I am going to accuse you before the Father: you have placed your hopes on Moses, and Moses will be the one who accuses you.

from this great saint. If you haven't been to confession in a while, the Lord is calling for you! St. Isidore, pray for us!

Paaston aikana voimme valmistautua pääsiäiseen rukoilemalla ja paastoamalla. Meillä katolilaisilla on parhaita työkaluja hengellistä uudistumista varten; rippi, eukaristia, rukous, paasto ja almujen antaminen ja muut laupeuden työt.

On hyvä myös rukoilla ristin tien - hartaus viikoittain. Ohjeita tähän hartauteen löytyy helposti Internetistä.

Lent is a time to pray and fast in preparation for Easter. As Catholics, the best way to prepare for our spiritual renewal is to go for confession, receive holy communion, pray, fast and almsgiving/charity work.

Endeavor to pray your weekly stations of the cross. Copies and videos on how to pray the stations of the cross can be downloaded online.

Gospel reading for Thursday, March 28th, 2019
-Luke 11:14-23

He was driving out a devil and it was dumb; and it happened that when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed.

But some of them said, 'It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.'

Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven;

but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, 'Any kingdom which is divided against itself is heading for ruin, and house collapses against house.

So, too, with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? - since you claim that it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out.

Now if it is through Beelzebul that I drive devils out, through whom do your own sons drive them out? They shall be your judges, then.

But if it is through the finger of God that I drive devils out, then the kingdom of God has indeed caught you unawares.

So long as a strong man fully armed guards his own home, his goods are undisturbed;

but when someone stronger than himself attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil.

'Anyone who is not with me is against me; and anyone who does not gather in with me throws away.

Korinttolaiskirje 13:7-
kaikki se peittää, kaikki se uskoo, kaikki se toivoo, kaikki se kärsii.

1 Corinthians 13:7-
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Gospel reading for Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
-Matthew 5:17-19

'Do not imagine that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete them.

In truth I tell you, till heaven and earth disappear, not one dot, not one little stroke, is to disappear from the Law until all its purpose is achieved.

Therefore, anyone who infringes even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered the least in the kingdom of Heaven; but the person who keeps them and teaches them will be considered great in the kingdom of Heaven.

Today, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, let us remember that God uses the smallest, humblest, and seemingly most insignificant among us to accomplish His will.

Gospel reading for Monday, March 25th, 2019
-Luke 1:26-38

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

He went in and said to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.'

29 She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean,

but the angel said to her, 'Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favour.

Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.

He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David;

he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.'

Mary said to the angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?'

The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God.

And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month,

for nothing is impossible to God.'

Mary said, 'You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said.' And the angel left her.

Inspirational quote

Sananlaskut 22: 4- "Nöyryyden ja Herran pelon palkka on rikkaus, kunnia ja elämä."

Proverbs 22:4- "True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honor, and long life."

Gospel reading for Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
-Luke 2:41-51

Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.

When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual.

When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it.

They assumed he was somewhere in the party, and it was only after a day's journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances.

When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.

It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions;

and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies.

They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, 'My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.'

He replied, 'Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?'

But they did not understand what he meant.

He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart.

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Raamattu fil 4:6-7

Älkää mistään murehtiko, vaan kaikessa saattakaa pyyntönne rukouksella ja anomisella kiitoksen kanssa Jumalalle tiettäväksi, 7 ja Jumalan rauha, joka on kaikkea ymmärrystä ylempi, on varjeleva teidän sydämenne ja ajatuksenne Kristuksessa Jeesuksessa

Philippians 4:6-7 New International Version (NIV)

6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.