Sunday 26th April 2015
4th Sunday of Easter
GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY
10.30am. Ordinariate Mass at Hockley
Celebrant & Preacher Fr. Jeff Woolnough
GOD CALLING ?
The celebration of Good Shepherd Sunday is an opportunity to
pray that the Lord will raise up more people to inspire the Church as priests
and consecrated women and men. This is a moment of prayer for these specific
vocations and these resources are offered to help you foster that prayer.
The focus this year is on how a vocation to be a religious
or a priest changes not only the life of the person called but also the life of
those to whom they will minister. Above all, this is a moment to invite
everyone to be involved in the process of changing lives through their prayer
for vocations. Coupled with the nurturing atmosphere in their homes, parishes
and schools this will enable those who are called to respond to such a
vocation.
Everybody is involved in the work of this Sunday, a time of
grace for all the faithful as we pray together that the Lord will change lives
by raising up more ordained and consecrated people.
WHEN A PERSON ACCEPTS
THE CALL OF CHRIST to be a priest or a religious, their life is changed.
But so are the lives of thousands of people who will be touched through their
ministry. Lives are changed through the preaching of a priest, through the care
of a religious sister or brother, through the prayers offered by enclosed nuns
and monks. In these ways, a life changed in turn changes many lives. Completing
this virtuous circle is the prayer of lay people for vocations to the
priesthood and religious life, combined with the encouragement of those they
know who are considering such a vocation. This too can change a life.
Find out more by visiting http://www.ukvocation.org/vocations-sunday-2015
Happy Good Shepherd
Sunday
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