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FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - now also known as the Sunday of the Word of God. If you remembered to bring a bible from home or school, these will be blessed during every Sunday Mass as we mark this new feast celebrated during the Year of the Word. Next Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, known as 'Candlemas'. This feast marks the day when Mary and Joseph presented the baby Jesus in the Temple - it is a celebration of the light entering our darkness. The solemn Mass will be at 9.45am when we will bless the candles to be used in the coming year.
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
We will celebrate our patronal feast on Tuesday 11th February. We are holding a special Mass in the church at 7.30pm, followed by a parish party in the hall afterwards. I do hope as many of you as possible can be there to celebrate our parish feast. (There will be no 10am Mass because we are holding our deanery conference in the morning).
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FR DAVID WRITES
Now we return to the Season of Ordinary Time, although the mysteries of the Nativity and Epiphany continue to shine until the Feast of the Lord's Presentation (Candlemas) on 2nd February. Next weekend sees a brand new feast in the Church's calendar: the Sunday of the Word of God. Last year, in his Apostolic Constitution 'Aperuit illis,' Pope Francis established the new celebration. This is particularly appropriate for us in England given that we are celebrating our 'Year of the Word'. Next weekend, everyone is invited to bring your Bibles from home to be blessed at Mass—please don’t forget!
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Tuesday 24th December - Christmas Eve
8am Mass
10am NO MASS
6.30pm Family Vigil Mass (Carols from 6pm)
11pm Mass in the Holy Night (Carols from 10.30pm)
Wednesday 25th December - Christmas Day
8.30am, 9.45am (Family Mass with music), 11.15am, 12.30pm
Thursday 26th December - Boxing Day
12 noon Mass and Altar Servers' Festival
Weekdays between Christmas and New Year
10 am Masses only
Saturday/Sunday 28th-29th December - Holy Family
All Masses as usual except there is no Sunday 6.30pm Mass
Wednesday 1st January - New Year’s Day
12 noon Mass
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FR ANDREW WRITES
A very Happy New Year to you all. The turning of the year is a wonderful opportunity to take stock of our lives and to look to the future with renewed hope and enthusiasm. Very many of you came to church on the 1st of January to dedicate the new year to Almighty God through the intercession of Mary the Mother of God. That is a great way to begin! This Sunday we celebrate the great feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. Let us resolve as a parish community to put the Word of God made flesh at the centre so our lives may reveal his love to the world.
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FR DAVID WRITES
Today, on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, our attention turns to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and St Joseph. The Angel Gabriel brings a message to Joseph in his dream to become the husband of Mary, the guardian of the baby Jesus and the protector of the Holy Family. Let us thank God for the love that ties us together this Christmas, and remember in our prayers those who are lost or struggling. Please take one of the cards with the Christmas Mass times, or see the note opposite. Please remember that if you are coming to ‘Midnight’ Mass it begins with carols at 10.30pm and Mass at 11pm.
We send our Christmas best wishes to you all—from Fr David, Fr Andrew, Fr Johnson, our Deacons Ian and David, and everyone in the Parish Office. God bless you all.