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Sunday 31 March 2019

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2019    Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm LAETARE SUNDAY ______________________________     Thursday 4th March Evening Mass 7.30pm in the Ordinariate Use    NB: FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH SUNG ORDINARIATE USE MASS 12 NOON  __________________________________________________________ Found Alive Again: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday of Lent The Return of the Prodigal Son, Unknown artist (Neapolitan), c. 1630 Readings: Joshua 5:9–12 Psalm 34:2–7 2 Corinthians 5:17–21 Luke 15:1–3 ,  11–32 In today’s First Reading, God forgives “the reproach” of the generations who grumbled against Him after the Exodus. On the threshold of the promised land, Israel can with a clean heart celebrate the Passover, the feast of God’s firstborn son (see  Joshua 5:6–7 ;  Exodus 4:22 ;  12:12–13 ). Reconciliation is also at the heart of the story Jesus tells in today’s Gospel. The story of the Prodigal Son is the story of Israel and

Sunday 24th March 2019

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THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT 2019   Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________   Evening Mass of the Annunciation Monday7.30pm Thursday 28th March Evening Mass 7.30pm in the Ordinariate Use   NB: FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH SUNG ORDINARIATE USE MASS 12 NOON  ____________________________________________________________ Fruits of the Fig:  Scott Hahn Reflects on the  Third Sunday of Lent Exodus 3:1–8 , 13–15 Psalm 103:1–4 , 6–8 , 11 1 Corinthians 10:1–6 , 10–12 Luke 13:1–9 In the Church, we are made children of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God who makes known His name and His ways to Moses in today’s First Reading. Mindful of His covenant with Abraham (see Exodus 2:24 ), God came down to rescue His people from the slave drivers of Egypt. Faithful to that same covenant (see Luke 1:54–55 , 72–73 ), He sent Jesus to redeem all lives from destruction, as today’s Psalm tells us. Paul says in toda

Sunday 17 March 2019

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  SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT 2019   Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm We welcome our Mission Priest colleague- Fr Lee Bennett at the 10.15am Mass  ______________________________   Ecumenical Stations of the Cross at St James the Great - Monday 7pm No Thursday Evening Mass this week   NB: FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH SUNG ORDINARIATE USE MASS 12 NOON  ____________________________________________________________ The Glory in Sight: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday of Lent     Readings: Genesis 15:5–12 , 17–18 Psalm 27:1 , 7–9 , 13–14 Philippians 3:17–4:1 Luke 9:28–36 In today’s Gospel, we go up to the mountain with Peter, John, and James. There we see Jesus “transfigured,” speaking with Moses and Elijah about His “exodus.” The Greek word “exodus” means “departure.” But the word is chosen deliberately here to stir our remembrance of the Israelites’ flight from Egypt. By His death and resurrection, Jesus will

Sunday 10 March 2019

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FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 2019   Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________   Ecumenical Stations of the Cross at St Peter's Monday 7pm Holy Mass from the Ordinariate Missal -  Divine Worship Thursday evening - 7.30pm   NB: FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH (FROM MARCH 3rd) SUNG ORDINARIATE USE MASS 12 NOON ________________________________________________ Forty Days: Scott Hahn Reflects on the  First Sunday of Lent   The Temptation by the Devil, Gustave DorĂ©, 1865 Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4–10 Psalm 91:1–2 , 10–15 Romans 10:8–13 Luke 4:1–13 In today’s epic Gospel scene, Jesus relives in His flesh the history of Israel. We’ve already seen that, like Israel, Jesus has passed through water and been called God’s beloved Son (see Luke 3:22 ; Exodus 4:22 ). Now, as Israel was tested for forty years in the wilderness, Jesus is led into the desert to be tested for forty days and nights (se

Sunday 3 March

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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time   Morning Masses  8.30am  10.15am   12 Noon ORDINARIATE US E   6pm Evening Mass ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal -  NO EVENING MASS THIS COMING WEEK   NB: FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH (FROM MARCH 3rd) SUNG ORDINARIATE USE MASS Quinquagesima 12 NOON      ________________________________________________________________________   Heart and Mouth: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Fruit Trees in a Garden, from British Library MS Royal 6 E IX f. 15v, c. 1335 Readings: Sirach 27:4–7 Psalm 92:2–3 , 13–16 1 Corinthians 15:54–58 Luke 6:39–45 In today’s readings we hear Jesus speaking in Galilee as well as a Jewish sage named Sirach writing in Jerusalem more than a century earlier. The two of them touch upon a single truth: The words that come out of us make known the hidden thoughts within us. Speech reveals the