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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. 

FR TOM WRITES
Thank you to everyone praying for me and the 100 pilgrims I accompanied to Spain. It was a precious opportunity to step away from daily life and allow the Lord to speak to our hearts. With the summer holidays finished, we now return to normality. This Tuesday, the Church celebrates the birthday of Mary, the Mother of Christ and our Mother. What gift can we offer the Queen of Heaven and Earth? Perhaps, like any mother, she desires above all that we simply be with her. I encourage you to honour this feast in her presence, allowing Mary to draw you closer to her Son.

FR DAVID WRITES
Welcome to all parishioners and visitors. We hope that everyone has had a wonderful summer, and we look forward to the beginning of a new term together. In today’s Gospel, Jesus looks to the future and the events of his own Passion and Death. Perhaps like Peter, we are inclined to look away, but the Lord invites us to recognise the reality and to become sharers in the Paschal journey that leads to salvation and new life. With Jesus, there are always new beginnings and new chances – let’s grasp the new opportunities he brings and place our faith in him. God bless.

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Those who are unwell, including:
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:
Maria Jasionowicz, Maria Freschi, Manuel Perez, Evelyn McManamon and John Gallagher.