Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 18th  Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea   EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission ______________________________________________ To Belong to Christ: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-sixth Sunday Ordinary Time Download Audio File Moses Elects the Seventy Elders, Jacob de Wit, 1737 Readings: Numbers 11:25–29 Psalm 19:8 , 10 , 12–14 James 5:1–6 Mark 9:38–48 Today’s Gospel begins with a scene that recalls a similar moment in the history of Israel, the episode recalled in today’s First Reading. The seventy elders who receive God’s Spirit through Moses prefigure the ministry of the apostles. Like Joshua in the First Reading, John makes the mistake of presuming that only a select few

Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time HARVEST THANKSGIVING Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm Please bring Non-Perishable Grocery Items for the Homeless of our Town ______________________________ MONDAY 24th SEPTEMBER-THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LADY OF WALSINGHAM SOLEMN MASS from DIVINE WORSHIP-THE MISSAL 7pm Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 17th  Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea   EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Servant of All: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Christ Showing a Little Child as the Emblem of Heaven, Benjamin West, 1790 Readings: Wisdom 2:12 , 17-20 Psalm 54:3-8 James 3:16-4:3 Mark 9:30-37 In today’s First Reading, it’s like we have our ears pressed to the wall and can hear the murderous grumblings of the elders, chief priests, and scribes

Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 16th  Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea   EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission ______________________________________________ Following the Messiah: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles, Duccio, 1308-1311 Readings: Isaiah 50:4-9 Psalm 116:1-6 ,  8-9 James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35 In today’s Gospel, we reach a pivotal moment in our walk with the Lord. After weeks of listening to His words and witnessing His deeds, along with the disciples we’re asked to decide who Jesus truly is. Peter answers for them, and for us, too, when he declares: “You are the Messiah.” Many expected the Messiah to be

Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses    8.30 am     10.15 am       6 pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal-Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm 15 th  Sunday after Trinity _______________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea   EASTWOOD PARISH                                                                                                                                            All Things Well: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Christ Healing the Blind, El Greco, c. 1570 Readings: Isaiah 35:4–7 Psalm 146:7–10 James 2:1–5 Mark 7:31–37 The incident in today’s Gospel is recorded only by Mark. The key line is what the crowd says at the end: “He has done all things well.” In the Greek, this echoes the creation story, recalling that God saw all the things he had done and declared them good (see  Genesis 1:31 ). Mark also deliberate