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FR TOM WRITES
It was truly beautiful to gather on Tuesday evening for the vigil of the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. We came together to commemorate the 1858 apparitions to St Bernadette while giving thanks for the gift of our parish. As we continue to treasure these moments of gratitude, let us pray that we may always deepen our devotion to our Lord and Our Blessed Mother.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Welcome back to Fr Tom after his short break, and welcome to you all to church this weekend. On Tuesday evening at 7 pm we have our Special Mass to celebrate the parish feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. The school Mass will be on Wednesday morning at 10 am. To celebrate the patronal feast of the parish is a great grace and an important day in our shared life together. Please join us in church and afterwards in the hall. Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate the Feasts of Candlemas and St Blaise this past week.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Today, Jesus speaks about the values of God’s kingdom. This reveals something wonderful to us about what God is like. Let us ask for the gift to be both poor and pure in heart so that there may be space for God’s Word to dwell in our hearts.
CANDLEMAS: THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD
Monday is the Feast of the Lord’s Presentation, the fortieth day since the celebration of Christmas. Please join us at 10 am Mass to celebrate this special day which marks the end of the Christmas journey in the liturgy. Candles will be blessed at the start of Mass. If you have any new candles you would like blessed, please bring them with you to Mass.
ST BLAISE, BISHOP & MARTYR
Tuesday is the Feast of St Blaise. There will be the traditional blessing of throats after 10 am Mass on Tuesday, using the newly blessed candles. Please note that the blessing will be immediately after Mass (not all day) so please be there on time.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Thank you for your prayers and presence at the special Mass for Sister Anne last Tuesday. We wish Sister Anne well as she moves to her new home. You can find a special message from Sister Anne printed below. Please make sure to join us on Tuesday 10th February for our parish Mass at 7 pm in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes. Please also note that Ash Wednesday will be on Wednesday 18th February. May the Good Lord bless us all in the new week that lies ahead.
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FR TOM WRITES
With the revelation of Christ’s identity in the feasts of the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord, the Christmas season has drawn to a close. We now enter Ordinary Time, yet the Church continues to invite us to fix our eyes on Jesus and ask a simple question: who is he? This Sunday we encounter John the Baptist, who upon seeing the Lord proclaims, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God’. May we too, led by the spirit, acknowledge the Lord who comes in humility to lead our daily lives in holiness, peace and love. We wish you every blessing for the week ahead, and may we continue to accompany one another in prayer.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, a mystery connected with the Epiphany because of its ‘revelatory’ nature about who Jesus is and how he is manifested as the Christ. We hope you have enjoyed the Christmas season which now draws to a close. We send our thanks and best wishes to you all once again for your generosity and kindness towards us during this festive time that we have shared together. May God bless us all in the coming week.
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FR TOM WRITES
As we step into this new year, may our hearts be full of gratitude for the beautiful Christmas we celebrated in our parish. Everything that took place during this time helped to make the mystery of God’s love present among us. This love is not distant; in Jesus Christ our Lord it has become fully visible, so that we, in turn, may participate in the divine life. In this new year, let us pray that the peace of Christ, welcomed into our hearts this Christmas, may continue to guide our families, strengthen our faith, and renew our commitment to love and serve one another.
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
We celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, a Holy Day of Obligation, on Tuesday 6th January. Mass times are 8am, 10am (with the school) and 7pm.
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FR DAVID WRITES
As we celebrate Christmas 2025, the Jubilee Year reaches its culmination. Fittingly, the Holy Year both begins and ends with the feast of the Incarnation, reminding us that renewal, reconciliation and hope find their source in Christ. At Christmas, we return to the heart of our hope, ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.’ God’s answer to human longing is not an idea or a programme, but a person - Emmanuel, God with us. Although this Christmas marks the 2025th anniversary of Christ’s birth, we do not mark a calculation, but a mystery: the Incarnation as the turning point of history. I pray that this Christmas may seal the graces of the Holy Year in our hearts and renew us with joy and hope in Christ, the centre of time and history. May God bless us all in this wonderful week ahead!
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FR TOM WRITES
This Sunday the Church bids us, in the entrance antiphon, ‘Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice!’ In this penitential season of advent, in which we are full of expectation for the coming of Our Lord, we are invited to lift our hearts with joy. The love of God, seen in Jesus’ nativity, desires to enter our hearts and permeate every aspect of our lives. Let us welcome him with renewed faith in joyful anticipation. Our Christmas Cards are available today in the church porch with the times of Masses and celebrations here at Christmas and New Year. Please take one.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Second Sunday of Advent, but my diary makes me feel like its Christmas already! Although there are many lovely Christmas events, let’s make an effort to keep our prayers and focus at church on the meaning of the Advent journey: waiting, watching and preparing our hearts with the gift of hope. Today we meet John the Baptist: the apostle of hope who came to herald and announce the Advent of Christ. I had a wonderful day on Wednesday with two-thousand school children from across the diocese who joined the Catholic Children’s Society for our carol services. Thank you to everyone in the Bernadette Club for a lovely day on Thursday. May God bless us all in this coming week of Advent.
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FR TOM WRITES
Today we begin the season of Advent—a time filled with hope and expectation. Until December 17th, our focus turns to the Second Coming of Christ, and the Church calls out to each of us: Wake up! We do not know the day or the hour when Christ will return, but He has promised that it will come when we least expect it. May this season shape our hearts and prepare us for the coming of the Lord. Let us turn away from sin and allow ourselves to be transformed into true reflections of His love.