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FR DAVID WRITES
I hope that everyone had a good start to the new term at school or college this week. Welcome back if you have returned recently from your summer holidays. Last week, we welcomed back the 11.15am Music Group, and today the Choir returns to the 9.45am Mass. Thank you singers and musicians for your contribution to the liturgy.
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FR TOM WRITES
At the heart of our readings this week is humility; the soil in which Christian virtue grows. Humility is not weakness or self-abasement but recognising all that we are comes from God. To humble oneself is to acknowledge our dependence on God, to see the dignity of those around us, and to serve without grasping for recognition. Let us pray for humble hearts, so Christ may increase in us and joyfully live for God and for those around us.
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BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY
Tomorrow (Monday) is the August Bank Holiday. Mass will be at 10 am. Please note that the parish office and the parish centre will be closed all day on Monday.
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ASSUMPTION
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day, is on Friday. Masses here will be celebrated at 8 am, 10 am, and 7 pm. The car park will be open for all Masses.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Welcome to the summer holidays! I hope the end of term went well for everyone involved and that everyone is able to enjoy some rest and relaxation insofar as this is possible. Whether you are going away or staying at home, summer is a special time for everyone to experience a change in the usually frenetic way of life. I would like to thank everyone who sent me kind wishes, prayers and cards for my recent birthday. Many thanks and best wishes to Fr Johnson who returned home on Friday morning. May God bless us all in these summer days.
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FR TOM WRITES
This Sunday, the Feast of St Joachim and St Anne, we celebrate the World Day for Grandparents. The day is a joyful encounter between young and old, emphasizing the importance of grandparents and the elderly in families and communities. At times we take grandparents for granted, or we leave it too late to recognise how important they are in our lives; this Sunday let us give thanks for all we receive through our grandparents, and pray that those who have gone before us may now be enjoying their eternal reward in Heaven. In turn, we pray that grandparents may continue to form the younger generations in the knowledge and love of God.
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FR TOM WRITES
It is in our nature to want to “do”. We have a good natural desire to want things to be better, and to have a positive impact on the world in which we live. However, Christ’s encounter with Martha and Mary in the Gospel this Sunday invites us to question how we live. Christ does not tell Martha, who has worked hard to prepare his visit, that she is wrong to do this work, but he does point her towards the simplicity of Mary’s welcome. We, like Martha, are anxious and troubled by so many things, but only one is necessary; to have a relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord, and allow him to day-by-day transform our lives into images of love.
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FR TOM WRITES
This Sunday’s Gospel of the Good Samaritan should always pose a serious question to our own attitudes and behaviours in front of those we see suffering around us. The call to serve the poor and the sick is one that has been taken up by a number of significant saints, such as St Vincent de Paul, St Mother Teresa and St Francis of Assisi who stated, "When one serves the poor, he serves Christ Himself." Many times we do not know how to become saints or think it is something very complicated. This week let us return to simplicity and can begin by asking the God to enlighten our eyes, that we may see Christ in those around us.
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FR DAVID WRITES
After Lent, Eastertime, and many feasts, we now return to the season of ordinary time which will take us through the summer. Despite its name, there is nothing merely ‘ordinary’ about this time. In fact, the name itself comes from the ordinal numbers by which the Sundays are counted. Green vestments are used because the colour represents growth and maturity, which can happen in the heart just as it occurs in the growth of the natural world. Let us embrace this time of growth in our friendship with God and the many opportunities it represents. The Gospels and readings at Mass will be our guide! May God bless us all in the coming week.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the solemnity of the apostles Peter and Paul, the patrons of the City and the Church of Rome. Today we give thanks for their life and witness. We also give thanks for the election of the new Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, the successor of Peter. Congratulations to Sheila Clerkin and Daniel Clancy who were married here on Saturday afternoon. Have a great day today and a blessed week.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the solemnity of Corpus Christi (the Body and Blood of Christ) when we celebrate and give thanks for the gift of the Risen Christ who is truly present in the Holy Eucharist. The Eucharist is the dynamic presence of the Risen One among us, his gift as our way to the Cross and our salvation. Friday is the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart, a beautiful day which celebrates the love of Christ for us in his broken heart. Our special Mass here will be at 6.30pm, followed by the barbecue. Please join us this week in our Eucharistic Congress as a way to celebrate and to receive the manifold graces of the Holy Year.