Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

First Sunday of Advent 2016 Sung Mass 10.15 am . at St. Peter's Catholic Church SS9 4BX Celebrant Fr Bob White -Preacher Deacon Richard Cerson   Said Masses at 8.30am and 6pm.   In a Dark Hour: Scott Hahn Reflects on the First Sunday in Advent                                                               Download Audio File Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Psalm 122:1-9 Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:37-44 Jesus exaggerates in today's Gospel when He claims not to know the day or the hour when He will come again. He occasionally makes such overstatements to drive home a point we might otherwise miss (see Matthew 5:34 ; 23:9 ; Luke 14:26 ). His point here is that the exact "hour" is not important. What is crucial is that we not postpone our repentance, that we be ready for Him—spiritually and morally—when He comes. For He will surely come, He tells us—like a thi

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. 10.15am. Sung Mass concluding with Benediction Saint Peter's Catholic Church Parish of Eastwood Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Celebrant Fr Jeff Woolnough - Parish Priest & Group Pastor Kingdom of the Son Scott Hahn Reflects on the Solemnity of Christ the King                                                             Download Audio File Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Psalm 122:1-5 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43 Week by week the Liturgy has been preparing us for the revelation to be made on this, the last Sunday of the Church year. Jesus, we have been shown, is truly the Chosen One, the Messiah of God, the King of Jews. Ironically, in today's Gospel we hear these names on the lips of those who don't believe in Him—Israel's rulers, the soldiers, a criminal dying alongside Him. They can

33 rd in Ordinary Time REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 10.15 am . Solemn Mass of Requiem for the War Dead   Masses of the Ordinary Sunday 8.30am & 6pm.       ‘Today’ is the Day... Scott Hahn Reflects on the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                              https://stpaulcenter.com/ Download Audio File Readings: Malachi 3:19-20 Psalm 98:5-9 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 Luke 21:5-19 It is the age between our Lord's first coming and His last. We live in the new world begun by His life, death, Resurrection and Ascension, by the sending of His Spirit upon the Church. But we await the day when He will come again in glory. "Lo, the day is coming," Malachi warns in today's First Reading. The prophets taught Israel to look for the Day of the Lord, when He would gather the nations for judgment (see Zephaniah 3:8 ; Isaiah 3:9 ;

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 10.15 am. Sung Concelebrated Mass at St. Peter's, Eastwood Parish. Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Celebrant: Fr. Michael Halsall - Preacher: Deacon Richard Cerson Also Masses at 8.30am & 6pm   To Rise Again: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time                                                              Download Audio File Readings: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2 , 9-14 Psalm 17:1 , 5-6 , 8 , 15 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5 Luke 20:27-38 With their riddle about seven brothers and a childless widow, the Sadducees in today's Gospel mock the faith for which seven brothers and their mother die in the First Reading. The Maccabean martyrs chose death—tortured limb by limb, burned alive—rather than betray God's Law. Their story is given to us in these last weeks of the Church year to strengthen us for endurance—that