Sunday 25 June
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses 8.30am Sung at 10.15am Evening 6pm St Peter's Catholic Church SS9 4BX - Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission http://stpetereastwood.org Be Not Afraid: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time https://stpaulcenter.com Download Audio File Readings: Jeremiah 20:10-13 Psalm 69:8-10 , 14 , 17 , 33-35 Romans 5:12-15 Matthew 10:26-33 Our commitment to Christ will be put to the test. We will hear whispered warnings and denunciations, as Jeremiah does in today’s First Reading. Even so-called friends will try to trap and trip us up. For His sake we will bear insults and be made outcasts—even in our own homes, we hear in today’s Psalm. As Jeremiah tells us, we must expect that God will challenge our faith in Him, and probe our minds and hearts, to test the depths of our love. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus assures us three times in today’s Gospel. Though He may permit us to suffer