1st December- 8th December 2024 |
First Week of Advent |
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First Sunday of Advent 1st December Jr 33:14-16 1Th 3:12-4:2 Lk 21:25-28,34-36 9.00am Mass Norah Donnelly RIP 11.00am Mass John King OBE 6.00pm Mass People of the parish Exit Collection :SCJ Missions |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, Advent begins today: Fr.Jan Nowotnik who led our parish reflection on Synod in February will speak to us at all masses, and will happily chat with people after masses in the parish hall. On Advent Thursdays we’ll have evening reflections in the Friary lounge on Pope Francis’ new message on the Sacred Heart of Jesus: Dilexit Nos. Fr. Austin will share over 3 Thursdays the Pope’s message for church & world. For Pope Francis this devotion is key in reaching a world that’s very successful in technology but has lost its heart. St.Francis Xavier (Tuesday) a Jesuit, was a close friend of Ignatius the founder. He began missions in many eastern countries including India, Sri Lanka & Japan, and is deservedly popular there. St.John Damascene (Wednesday) was a quiet monk in 8th century Palestine who became a popular preacher & theologian defending the honour given to Our Lady as well as the use of pictures & statues as aids to prayer. He was the first theologian to try to understand Islam….. a century after its birth. St.Nicholas (the original Santa Claus) is celebrated on Friday. He was a 4th century bishop of Patara (Turkey) who (according to legend) secretly supported a poor family who could not afford to pay for their daughter’s wedding. St.Ambrose (Saturday) was bishop of Milan after the Roman Empire became Christian. A top civil servant before his conversion he wrestled with the moral issues facing the church after the change in status from an underground protest movement to a body with civic duties. Bible Sunday December 8: next Sunday we ask Readers to renew their commitment. The Immaculate Conception feast is deferred to Monday December 9.
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Monday 2nd December Is 2:1-5 Mt 8:5-11 07.30 Mass Pauline Crouch 10.15 John M (recovery) |
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Tuesday 3rd December St.Francis Xavier Is 11:1-10 Lk 10:21-24 10.15 Mass Communion Service 7.00 –8.00pm Adoration Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday 4th December St.John of Damascus Is 25:6-10 Mt 15:29-37 7.30 Mass– Francis & Nora McGreal RIP 10.15 Mass Margaret Hughes 11.00 Prayer Group (in day chapel) |
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Thursday 5th December 1Co 9:16-19,22-23 Mt 9:35-38 7.30 Mass Peter & Adrian Walford 10.15 Mass Karen Hudson 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament 7.30 Advent reflection (Friary Lounge) |
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Friday 6th December (First Friday) St.Nicholas Is 29:17-24 Mt 9:27-31 7.30 Mass– Jemma Crouch 10.15 Mass Peggy & Patrick Smythe 11.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Saturday 7th December St.Ambrose Is 30:19-21,23-26 Mt 9:35-10:1,6-8 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Linda Kenward RIP |
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Second Sunday of Advent 8th December Ba 5:1-9 Ph 1:3-6,8-11 Lk 3:1-6 9.00am Mass Una & Kevin Bolger RIP 11.00am Mass Norman Foster RIP 6.00pm Mass People of the parish Exit Collection .Poor Parishes Fund |