Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

SIXTH SUNDAY of  EASTER   +     Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am - Evening 6pm  Mass in the Ordinariate Tuesday evening 28 May 7.30pm  Ascension Day Thursday 30th May Masses 9.30am & 7.30pm   __________________________________________________________________ Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixth Sunday of Easter     Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles, Duccio, 1308-1311   Readings: Acts 15:1–2 , 22–29 Psalm 67:2–3 , 5–6 , 8 Revelation 21:10–14 , 22–23 John 14:23–29 The first Church council, the Council of Jerusalem we hear about in today’s First Reading, decided the shape of the Church as we know it. Some Jewish Christians had wanted Gentile converts to be circumcised and obey all the complex ritual and purity laws of the Jews. The council called this a heresy, again showing us that the Church in the divine plan is meant to be a worldwide family of God, no longer a covenant with just one nation. Today’s Liturgy gives us a profound meditati

  FIFTH SUNDAY of  EASTER  +        Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm Our Confirmandi will be Confirmed  this Morning By the Bishop of Brentwood at the 11.30am Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Leigh on Sea    PLEASE NOTE: No Ordinariate Evening Mass this Thursday     ________________________________________________________________    New For All Ages: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifth Sunday of Easter  Readings: Acts 14:21-27 Psalm 145:8-13 Revelation 21:1-5 John 13:31-35 By God’s goodness and compassion, the doors of His kingdom have been opened to all who have faith, Jew or Gentile. That’s the good news Paul and Barnabas proclaim in today’s First Reading. With the coming of the Church—the new Jerusalem John sees in today’s Second Reading—God is “making all things new.” In His Church, the “old order” of death is passing away and God for all time is making His dwelling with the human race, so that all peoples “will be His people and God

FOURTH SUNDAY of  EASTER  + Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY - Please pray for Vocations!   Thursday May 16th 7.30pm Low Mass Ordinariate Use  _____________________________________ Shepherd and the Lamb: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday of Easter Download Audio File Adoration of the Lamb, Bible historiale of Jean de Berry, c. 1405 Readings: Acts 13:14 ,  43–52 Psalm 100:1–3 ,  5 Revelation 7:9 ,  14–17 John 10:27–30 Israel’s mission—to be God’s instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth (see  Isaiah 49:6 )—is fulfilled in the Church. By the “Word of God” that Paul and Barnabas preach in today’s First Reading, a new covenant people is being born, a people who glorify the God of Israel as the Father of them all. The Church for all generations remains faithful to the grace of God given to the Apostles and continues their saving work. Through the Church the peoples of every land hear the Shepherd’s voice and follow Him

THIRD SUNDAY of  EASTER  + Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm 12 Noon  SUNG MASS    IN THE ORDINARIATE USE  Thursday May 9th 7.30pm Low Mass Ordinariate Use _____________________________________ Fire of Love: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 5:27–32 , 40–41 Psalm 30:2 , 4–6 , 11–13 Revelation 5:11–14 John 21:1–19 There are two places in Scripture where the curious detail of a “charcoal fire” is mentioned. One is in today’s Gospel, where the Apostles return from fishing to find bread and fish warming on the fire. The other is in the scene in the High Priest’s courtyard on Holy Thursday, where Peter and some guards and slaves warm themselves while Jesus is being interrogated inside (see John 18:18 ). At the first fire, Peter denied knowing Jesus three times, as Jesus had predicted (see John 13:38 ; 18:15–18 , 25–27 ). Today’s charcoal fire becomes the scene of Peter’s repentance, as three times Jesus ask