25th Sunday of the Year – 18th Sept 2011
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
• Journey in Faith. Our programme for those who wish to become Catholics, adults who have not yet been confirmed, or any others just wishing to deeper their understanding of the faith has now started, and will continue on Saturdays at 10:30 am in the Annexe. Please invite any people you know who may be interested to come along.
• Retiring Collection: – This weekend we will be making a collection for Fr Hugh’s leaving present.
• Fr Hugh – leaving party – Saturday 24th September, 7:30 pm in Linacre Road, School Hall
Food: Please continue to sign up on the forms provided against the required food items, indicating what food you will bring. Your contribution will need to be brought to the School Hall, Linacre Road School on the Saturday afternoon between 4:00 pm and 6:00pm.
Tickets: Please take tickets, but only if you will be coming. They are free but the number issued will be used to determine the amount of extra food / drink that we need to buy.
Personal messages: This is the last opportunity to write your personal messages in the book at the back of the Church. You will need to find blank spaces to squeeze in your message.
• Re-establishing Friday Penance, from last Friday 16th September.
God took an awful risk when He gave humanity the power to choose between good and evil, and God paid an awful price for that loving decision; the death of his only-begotten Son, Jesus.
We are all sinners, but forgiven sinners. However, we must still fight against the pull of evil in the daily decisions that make up our lives. That struggle against sin and evil in our lives is called penitence. That is why from the beginning, the Church has told us how important are fasting, prayer and almsgiving, ‘which express conversion to oneself, to God and to others’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1434).
From ancient times, Friday was a day of penitence, a reminder of that first Good Friday; so Friday penance is nothing new. But since 1985 we have been free to choose how to observe Friday penance; however, reflecting on the visit of Pope Benedict last year, the Bishops of England and Wales decided that it would be good to call the Catholic community to a public witness of penance by abstaining from meat on Friday. Our obeying this invitation is a sign of our desire for a deeper conversion. If not eating meat is no sacrifice for us, then we could consider marking the Friday in another additional way.
Let us be prudent – if circumstances make it really difficult on occasion to refuse meat on Friday, then be sensible! The important aspect is to make sure that penance is in our lives, especially on Fridays and during Lent. Simple public acts of devotion that show that we are Catholics and love our Faith can be channels of God’s grace in the lives of the people amongst whom we live. (Adapted from the Pastoral letter of Bishop of Wrexham).
• Outside events
A Day with Mary- Saturday 8th Oct Westminster Cathedral 9.45am start.
• Journey in Faith. Our programme for those who wish to become Catholics, adults who have not yet been confirmed, or any others just wishing to deeper their understanding of the faith has now started, and will continue on Saturdays at 10:30 am in the Annexe. Please invite any people you know who may be interested to come along.
• Retiring Collection: – This weekend we will be making a collection for Fr Hugh’s leaving present.
• Fr Hugh – leaving party – Saturday 24th September, 7:30 pm in Linacre Road, School Hall
Food: Please continue to sign up on the forms provided against the required food items, indicating what food you will bring. Your contribution will need to be brought to the School Hall, Linacre Road School on the Saturday afternoon between 4:00 pm and 6:00pm.
Tickets: Please take tickets, but only if you will be coming. They are free but the number issued will be used to determine the amount of extra food / drink that we need to buy.
Personal messages: This is the last opportunity to write your personal messages in the book at the back of the Church. You will need to find blank spaces to squeeze in your message.
• Re-establishing Friday Penance, from last Friday 16th September.
God took an awful risk when He gave humanity the power to choose between good and evil, and God paid an awful price for that loving decision; the death of his only-begotten Son, Jesus.
We are all sinners, but forgiven sinners. However, we must still fight against the pull of evil in the daily decisions that make up our lives. That struggle against sin and evil in our lives is called penitence. That is why from the beginning, the Church has told us how important are fasting, prayer and almsgiving, ‘which express conversion to oneself, to God and to others’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1434).
From ancient times, Friday was a day of penitence, a reminder of that first Good Friday; so Friday penance is nothing new. But since 1985 we have been free to choose how to observe Friday penance; however, reflecting on the visit of Pope Benedict last year, the Bishops of England and Wales decided that it would be good to call the Catholic community to a public witness of penance by abstaining from meat on Friday. Our obeying this invitation is a sign of our desire for a deeper conversion. If not eating meat is no sacrifice for us, then we could consider marking the Friday in another additional way.
Let us be prudent – if circumstances make it really difficult on occasion to refuse meat on Friday, then be sensible! The important aspect is to make sure that penance is in our lives, especially on Fridays and during Lent. Simple public acts of devotion that show that we are Catholics and love our Faith can be channels of God’s grace in the lives of the people amongst whom we live. (Adapted from the Pastoral letter of Bishop of Wrexham).
• Outside events
A Day with Mary- Saturday 8th Oct Westminster Cathedral 9.45am start.
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