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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Second Sunday of Advent. In the Gospel we meet St John the Baptist who appeared in the wilderness preaching a message of repentance. John is the link between the hope of Israel and the dawn of Christ’s coming. His message also comes to us as we look for Christ’s presence and prepare to celebrate the mystery of his holy birth at Christmas. May God bless you all in this coming Advent week.

FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the beginning of the Advent season. During Advent, the liturgy invites us to prepare for Christ’s coming at the end of time, and also to prepare to celebrate the feast of his holy birth at Christmas. Let us ask the Lord to renew within us his gifts of faith, hope, joy and love. Please take an Advent sheet from the church porch.

TODAY: OUR CHRISTMAS MARKET
Please make a special effort to come into the hall today after all Masses for our Christmas Market event to support the parish and especially the work in the church. We have all kinds of fancy goods, gifts, cakes, a grand raffle, and so on. It promises to be a lovely weekend! Thank you to Janet and our volunteers for their time, energy and generosity.

NEXT WEEKEND: ADVENT
Next weekend is the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new year in the Church’s calendar. We will begin Year C in the liturgical cycle, and we will also see the introduction of the new Lectionary for Mass. New Mass books will be available at the back of church for use at Mass.

FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, the penultimate of the year. Next weekend we will celebrate Christ the King, the final Sunday in the Church’s calendar. Next Saturday at 6 pm Mass, our new choir for young people will sing for the first time. Thank you to our readers who came to the formation session which was on Saturday morning. Please pray for me on Friday as I will mark the sixteenth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood.   I only have another thirty years to go until I qualify for the Retired Priests’ Fund! Please do be generous this weekend to the priests who have served us so well for so long. May God bless you all this coming week and beyond.

FR TOM WRITES
On Saturday 16th November the Church commemorates St Edmund Abingdon, the 12th Century Archbishop of Canterbury. Whenever the feasts of British saints arise, it is a fantastic opportunity to pray for all the people who live on this island, especially those who have abandoned their faith in Jesus Christ.

FR DAVID WRITES
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate the Feast of All Saints and then All Souls Day so well. May God bless you all. We hope everyone had a good half-term break, and wish you all well for the coming half-term which will lead us through November and Advent. Have a wonderful week ahead.

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Prayer Intentions

Those who are unwell, including:  
Margaret O’Garra, Angela Mangan, John Quattromini, Cedric Arbreu, Andrea Jordan,  Dermot Ryan, Ifte Alam, Nadim Alam, Sheila Casey, Emma Lake, Guido Fichera, James Brady, Theresa Dillon,  Lawrence Robinson, Luisa Busandri, Martin Donoghue, Kath Joyce, Lucy Jones, Megan O’Brien, Hannah Fennell, Alison Hughes, Phyliss Morgan-Fann and Kay Heery.

All those who have died recently, including:
Ramnir Doshi, Alan Hanley, John Hackett, Stella Bulaitis, Chris Byrne, John Cummins, James Welsh, William Beisty, and Mary O’Connell.