Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

Easter Sunday  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 New Morning:   Scott Hahn Reflects on Easter Sunday Download Audio File St. John and St. Peter at Christ’s Tomb, Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, c. 1640 Readings: Acts 10:34 ,  37–43 Ps 118:1–2 ,  16–17 ,  22–23 Col 3:1–4 Jn 20:1–9 The tomb was empty. In the early morning darkness of that first Easter, there was only confusion for Mary Magdalene and the other disciples. But as the daylight spread, they saw the dawning of a new creation. At first they didn’t understand the Scripture, today’s Gospel tells us. We don’t know which precise Scripture texts they were supposed to understand. Perhaps it was the sign of Jonah, who rose from the belly of the great fish after three days (see  Jonah 1:17 ). Or maybe Hosea’s prophecy of Israel’s restorati

HOLY WEEK 2018 St Peter's Catholic Church Eastwood Parish-Leigh on Sea Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Palm Sunday Masses  8.30 am 10.15am  & 6pm NB Clocks go Forward One Hour at 2am on Sunday 25th March Holy Monday   Mass 9.15am Ordinariate Chrism Mass in London 11.30am Temple Tuesday   Masses 9.30am   &   7.30pm - Ordinariate Use                                                    Spy Wednesday 10am   Requiem Mass of the late Teresa O’ Loughlin                         7pm Diocesan Chrism Mass at Brentwood Cathedral THE SACRED TRIDUUM Maundy Thursday 8pm Mass of the Lords Supper Washing of Feet   and watch at the Altar of Repose until Midnight                                                          Good Friday 10am Stations of the Cross 3pm Liturgy of the Passion 6.30pm Maria Desolta  Holy Saturday- 8pm The Easter Vigil

5 th  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 evening 7.45pm Wednesday Eve 7pm Ecumenical Stations of the Cross at St James' Thursday Evening 7.30pm Lent talk and devotions at Nazareth House Friday evening -Stations of the Cross 7pm followed by Deanery Reconciliation Service at St Peter's 8pm The “Hour” Comes: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday of Lent Download Audio File Readings: Jer 31:31–34 Ps 51:3–4 ,  12–13 ,  14–15 Heb 5:7–9 Jn 12:20–33 Our readings today are filled with anticipation. The days are coming, Jeremiah prophesies in today’s First Reading. The hour has come, Jesus says in the Gospel. The new covenant that God promised to Jeremiah is made in the “hour” of Jesus—in His Death, Resurrection, and Ascension to the Father’s righ

4 th Sunday of Lent Laetare ( Mothering) Sunday 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 evening 7.45pm Monday, Deanery Reconciliation Service 7.30 pm at Sacred Heart, Soutchurch Wednesday Eve 7pm Ecumenical Stations of the Cross at St Peter's Thursday Evening 7.30pm Lent talk and devotions at Nazareth House Friday evening -Stations of the Cross 7pm Living in the Light: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday of Lent Download Audio File Readings: 2 Chr 36:14–16 ,  19–23 Ps 137:1–6 Eph 2:4–10 Jn 3:14–21 The Sunday readings in Lent have been showing us the high points of salvation history—God’s covenant with creation in the time of Noah; His promises to Abraham; the law He gave to Israel at Sinai. In today’s First Reading, we hear of the destruction of the kingd

Third S unday 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 at St James Elmsleigh Drive Thursday Evening 7.30pm Lent talk and devotions at Nazareth House Friday evenings in Lent -Stations of the Cross 7pm PLEASE CALL FIRST IN THIS PERIOD OF BAD WEATHER FR. JEFF 07956 801381 Spiritual Sacrifice: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday of Lent Download Audio File Readings: Ex 20:1–17 Ps 19:8–11 1 Cor 1:22–25 Jn 2:13–25 Jesus does not come to destroy the temple, but to fulfill it (see  Matthew 5:17 )—to reveal its true purpose in God’s saving plan. He is the Lord the prophets said would come—to purify the temple, banish the merchants, and make