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FR TOM WRITES
In the responsorial Psalm today we proclaim I love you, Lord, strength. These words remind us that God is our refuge and strength, who leads us through every season and situation of life. When in difficulty, he sustains us, and in moments of joy we rejoice in his goodness. This week, may we grow in love of God, from whom we receive the grace and strength to love our neighbour as ourselves.

CLOCKS GO BACK!
If you’re reading this on Saturday, please remember that the clocks go back tonight, reverting to GMT, giving us all an extra hour of sleep.

FR DAVID WRITES
In the Gospel today, Jesus looks at the image or likeness of Caesar on a coin. In the final analysis, there is no real separation in our lives between what is God’s and what is ours. When we contemplate our own image, we discover that we are all made in the image and likeness of God. Everything and everyone, including the future, belong to the Lord alone, who made us all. Our faith should transcend and affect every area of our lives, not just what happens here or in the quiet of our own minds. The Gospel is bursting to break out of us so that its wonderful power can convert the world. 

FR TOM WRITES
This weekend the Eucharistic Congress takes place, including a procession from St George’s Cathedral to Westminster Cathedral. Our devotion can never remain something external, but the true power of the Eucharist can transform our hearts to love like Christ. On Sunday afternoon, after the 12.30 pm Mass, we will have an hour of adoration. Please join us for this time of quiet prayer, ending at 2.15pm with Benediction - our own way to join in this national act of devotion to the Eucharist.

FR DAVID WRITES
October began on Thursday with the Feast of St Therese of Lisieux. As you know, October is the month of the Holy Rosary, and Wednesday this week is Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Please join us on weekday mornings (Monday - Friday) at 9.30am in church to pray the Rosary together. Why not also explore the Rosary on your own during this month? I hope you saw the wonderful pictures of Pope Leo in Lourdes last Sunday, where he joined thousands of the faithful, including the sick, in the torchlight Rosary Procession. 

FR TOM WRITES
This week there has been some media coverage of the ‘September Reset’, a phrase describing how some people see the beginning of the new academic year as an opportunity to make resolutions and re-establish good routines. For Christians, Lent is traditionally a time for this kind of renewal, but we do not have to wait until spring to begin again if we have let some good practices slip over the summer. Perhaps this week you could ask yourself: What have I stopped doing that once helped me follow the Lord more closely? And what might the Holy Spirit be calling me to do to deepen my relationship with God? A new season can be an invitation to begin again.

FR DAVID WRITES
Today in the Gospel, Jesus shatters our human calculations of justice by telling us to forgive ‘seventy-seven times.’ Our first reading reminds us that nursing anger only imprisons our own hearts. Forgiveness is rarely easy but is a personal step towards healing. Let us pray for the grace to let go of grudges and old sins, remember the immense mercy God shows us all daily, and offer that same healing grace to others. 

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Those who are unwell, including:
Pope Leo, Tom Walsh, John Moffat, John Goodall, Margaret Butt, Cruz Kelly, Tommy Sacker, Jennifer Iles, Patricia Dellevoet, Helen McGrath, Mary Fahey, Giuliano Cardosi, Nora Mitchell, Mary Gilbride, Veronica Keville, Marie & Jonny Coutinho, Ifte Alam, Nadim Alam, Emma Lake, Guido Fichera, Theresa Dillon, Lawrence Robinson, Martin Donoghue, Lucy, Megan O’Brien, Alison Hughes, Silveria Vieira Papel, Joe Heaney, Rubina Dean, Runa Da Costa, David Woodhead, Kay Heery, Tina Mitchell, Tom Healy, Adrienne Gross, Elena Campari, and Claudia Gonzavles. 
 
All those who have died recently, including: 
Luciano Preti, Maria Jasionowicz, Manuel Perez, Evelyn McManamon, Roger Hambrook and John Gallagher.