Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses  8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 9th Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Bread Left Over: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File The Feeding of the Multitude, Limbourg Brothers, 1411-1416 Readings: 2 Kings 4:42–44 Psalm 145:10-11 ,  15–18 Ephesians 4:1–6 John 6:1–15 Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people. Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face a crowd of hungry people with only a few “barley” loaves. We hear similar words about how impossible it will be to fe

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses  8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 8th Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission One Flock: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File The Good Shepherd, Catacomb of Priscilla, 3rd-4th c. Readings: Jeremiah 23:1–16 Psalms 23:1–6 Ephesians 2:13–18 Mark 6:30–34 As the Twelve return from their first missionary journey in today’s Gospel, our readings continue to reflect on the authority and mission of the Church. Jeremiah says in the First Reading that Israel’s leaders, through godlessness and fanciful teachings, had misled and scattered God’s people. He promises God will send a shepherd, a king and son of David, to gather the lost sheep and appoint for the

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses  8.30am    10.15am      * 7pm  * Change of time ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 6th Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission The Church’s Mission: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Appearance on the Mountain in Galilee, Duccio, 1308-1311 Readings: Amos 7:12–15 Psalms 85:9–14 Ephesians 1:3–14 Mark 6:7–13 In commissioning the apostles in today’s Gospel, Jesus gives them, and us, a preview of His Church’s mission after the Resurrection. His instructions to the Twelve echo those of God to the twelve tribes of Israel on the eve of their exodus from Egypt. The Israelites likewise were sent out with no bread and only one set of clothes, wearing sandals and carrying a staff

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time-Sea Sunday Masses  8.30am    10.15am     6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 5th Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Son of Mary: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Readings: Ezekiel 2:2-5 Psalm 123:1-4 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Mark 6:1-6 As we've walked with the apostles in the Gospels in recent weeks, we've witnessed Jesus command the wind and sea, and order a little girl to arise from the dead. But He seems to meet His match in His hometown of Nazareth. Today's Gospel is blunt: “He was not able to perform any mighty deed there.” Why not? Because of the people's lack of faith. They acknowledged the wisdom of His words, the power of His works. But they