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.
PARISH EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS: ‘ADORE WHAT YOU RECEIVE’
Wednesday 10am Opening Mass of the Congress
6.30pm Rosary & Benediction
Thursday 8am, 10am Masses
6.30pm Devotions to the Sacred Heart & Benediction
Friday 10am School Jubilee Mass for Children
6.30pm Special Closing Mass for the Parish, followed by BBQ
WESTMINSTER WAY - WALKING PILGRIMAGE
Fr Tom will be leading a walking pilgrimage on the Westminster Way on Saturday 5th July. The pilgrimage is a special Jubilee journey through London, visiting shrines and churches in our own city. We will leave the parish car park at 9.30am. Please sign up on the form in the porch, or ask Fr Tom for more details.
BAPTISM
The next Baptism application evening will be on Monday 7th July at 6.30pm.
NEXT SUNDAY
Next weekend we will celebrate the solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. There will be a second collection at all Masses for Peter’s Pence.
DARIA COUTINHO RIP
The Funeral Mass will take place on Tuesday 8th July at 10am. RIP.
THOMAS O’LEARY RIP
The Funeral Mass will take place on Thursday 10th July at 10am. RIP.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL SUMMER FAYRE
Saturday 28th June 1pm - 4pm. Come along and enjoy a range of stalls as well as a BBQ, arts and crafts , penalty shootout, homemade cakes, raffle and much more!
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Pat and Brian Hunt who celebrated 60 years of marriage, their Diamond Wedding Anniversary, on 19th June.
FAIR TRADE
The Fair Trade stall after all Masses this weekend, June 21st and 22nd, should have several popular items back in stock, like honey, which have been in short supply.
SUMMER ORDINATIONS
Please pray for Sean Power and James Boyle who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Westminster on Saturday 28th June at 10.30 am in Westminster Cathedral. Please also pray for all the seminarians.
POPE FRANCIS: ‘DILEXIT NOS’
Before the heart of Jesus, living and present, our mind, enlightened by the Spirit, grows in the understanding of his words, and our will is moved to put them into practice. This could easily remain on the level of a kind of self-reliant moralism. However, hearing and tasting the Lord, and paying him due honour, is a matter of the heart. Only the heart is capable of setting our other powers and passions, and our entire person, in a stance of reverence and loving obedience before the Lord. It is only by starting from the heart that our communities will succeed in uniting and reconciling differing minds and wills, so that the Spirit can guide us in unity as brothers and sisters. Reconciliation and peace are also born of the heart. The heart of Christ is ‘ecstasy’, openness, gift and encounter. In that heart, we learn to relate to one another in wholesome and happy ways, and to build up in this world God’s kingdom of love and justice. Our hearts, united with the heart of Christ, are capable of working this social miracle.