Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

Second   Sunday of Lent Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm ______________________________________ _ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org Lent Course - Monday evenings in Lent 7.45pm Ordinariate Use Mass Tuesday Evening 7.30pm Wednesday Eve 7pm Ecumenical Stations of the Cross Thursday Evening 7.30pm Lent talk and devotions at Nazareth House Friday evenings in Lent -Stations of the Cross 7pm Bonds Loosed: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday of Lent Download Audio File Readings: Gn 22:1–2 ,  9–13 ,  15–18 Ps 116:10 ,  15–19 Rom 8:31–34 Mk 9:2–10 The Lenten season continues with another story of testing. Last Sunday, we heard the trial of Jesus in the desert. In this week’s First Reading, we hear of how Abraham was put to the test. The Church has always read this story as a sign of God’s love for the world in giving His only begotten son. In today’s Epi

First   Sunday of Lent Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm ______________________________________ _ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org Lent Course - Monday evenings in Lent 7.45pm Friday evenings in Lent -Stations of the Cross 7pm The New Creation: Scott Hahn Reflects on the First Sunday of Lent Download Audio File Readings: Gn 9:8–15 Ps 25:4–9 1 Pt 3:18–22 Mk 1:12–15 Lent bids us to return to the innocence of baptism. As Noah and his family were saved through the waters of the deluge, we were saved through the waters of baptism, Peter reminds us in today’s Epistle. And God’s covenant with Noah in today’s First Reading marked the start of a new world. But it also prefigured a new and greater covenant between God and His creation (see  Hosea 2:20 ;  Isaiah 11:1–9 ). We see that new covenant and that new creation begin in today’s Gospel. Jesus is portrayed a

6 th   Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm ______________________________________ _ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org Made Clean: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Readings: Lv 13:1–2 ,  44–46 Ps 32:1–2 ,  5 ,  11 1 Cor 10:31–11:1 Mk 1:40–45 In the Old Testament, leprosy is depicted as punishment for disobedience of God’s commands (see  Numbers 12:12–15 ;  2 Kings 5:27 ;  15:5 ). Considered “unclean”—unfit to worship or live with the Israelites, lepers are considered “stillborn,” the living dead (see  Numbers 12:12 ). Indeed, the requirements imposed on lepers in today’s First Reading—rent garments, shaven head, covered beard—are signs of death, penance, and mourning (see  Leviticus 10:6 ;  Ezekiel 24:17 ). So there’s more to the story in today’s Gospel than a miraculous healing. When Elisha,

5 th   Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses  8.30 am     10.15 am      6 pm ______________________________________ _ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org Raised to Serve: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Readings: Jb 7:1–4 ,  6–7 Ps 147:1–6 1 Cor 9:16–19 ,  22–23 Mk 1:29–39 In today’s First Reading, Job describes the futility of life before Christ. His lament reminds us of the curse of toil and death placed upon Adam following his original sin (see  Genesis 3:17–19 ). Men and women are like slaves seeking shade, unable to find rest. Their lives are like the wind that comes and goes. But, as we sing in today’s Psalm, He who created the stars promised to heal the brokenhearted and gather those lost in exile from Him (see  Isaiah 11:12 ;  61:1 ). We see this promise fulfilled in today’s Gospel. Simon’s mother-in-law is like Job’s to