Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

Fifth Sunday of Easter Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm Rosary on the Coast - Meet at Crowstone Marker at Chalkwell Beach  2.30pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org On the Vine: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday of Easter Download Audio File Christ the True Vine Icon, Greece, 16th c. Readings: Acts 9:26–31 Ps 22:26–28 ,  30–32 1 Jn 3:18–24 Jn 15:1–8 In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that He is the true vine that God intended Israel to be—the source of divine life and wisdom for the nations (see  Sirach 24:17–24 ). In baptism, each of us was joined to Him by the Holy Spirit. As a branch grows from a tree, our souls are to draw life from Him, nourished by His word and the Eucharist. Paul in today’s First

Fourth Sunday of Easter Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm ______________________________ Parish Lunch to Celebrate St. George after the 10.15am Mass _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org The Shepherd’s Voice: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday of Easter Download Audio File The Good Shepherd, Cristóbal García Salmerón, 1640–1650 Readings: Acts 4:8–12 Ps 118:1 ,  8–9 ,  21–23 ,  26 ,  29 1 Jn 3:1–2 Jn 10:11–18 Jesus, in today’s Gospel, says that He is the good shepherd the prophets had promised to Israel. He is the shepherd-prince, the new David—who frees people from bondage to sin and gathers them into one flock, the Church, under a new covenant, made in His blood (see  Ezekiel 34:10–13 ,  23–31 ). His flock includes other sheep, He says, far more than the dispersed children of Israel (see  Isaiah 56:8 ;  Joh

Third Sunday of Easter Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org Understanding the Scriptures: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday of Easter Download Audio File Doubting Thomas, Poul Steffensen (d. 1923) Readings: Acts 3:13–15 ,  17–19 Ps 4:2 ,  4 ,  7–9 1 Jn 2:1–5 Lk 24:35–48 Jesus in today’s Gospel teaches His apostles how to interpret the Scriptures. He tells them that all the Scriptures of what we now call the Old Testament refer to Him. He says that all the promises found in the Old Testament have been fulfilled in His passion, death, and resurrection. And He tells them that these Scriptures foretell the mission of the Church—to preach forgiveness of sins to all the nations, beg

Second Sunday of  Easter   Divine Mercy Sunday Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm Divine Mercy Devotions at Our Lady of Lourdes 2.30 pm _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission www.stpetereastwood.org Please Note :The Tuesday Evening Mass using the Ordinariate Missal is now permanently transferred to Thursday's at 7.30pm The Day the Lord Made: Scott Hahn Reflects on Divine Mercy Sunday Download Audio File Christ Appears to the Disciples, Duccio, 1308 Readings: Acts 4:32–35 Ps 118:2–4 ,  13–15 ,  22–24 1 Jn 5:1–6 Jn 20:19–31 Three times in today’s Psalm we cry out a victory shout: “His mercy endures forever.” Truly we’ve known the everlasting love of God, who has come to us as our Saviour. By the blood and water that flowed from Jesus’ pierced side (see  John 19:34 ), we’ve been made God’s children, as we hear in today’s Epistle.