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Sunday 30 June

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The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Sunday Masses 8.30am. 10.15.am Sung -Drinks after Mass-this is our Feast Day! Evening 6pm The weekday Ordinariate Mass this week is on Thursday  at 7.30pm a Votive Mass of Our Lady of Walsingham   The next Sunday Ordinariate Sung Mass will be at 12 noon August 4th Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles  Saint Peter was born in 1 AD in Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire. He was ordained as the First Pope on AD 33 by Jesus Christ. According to the New Testament, Saint Peter was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, leaders of the early Christian Great Church. He was martyred between AD 64 and 68 (aged 62–67) on Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire. Saint Paul is also known by his native name Saul of Tarsus. He was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of the Christ to the first century world. He was born in AD 5 in Tarsus, Cilicia, Roman Empire. He was mart

Sunday 9th June 2019

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PENTECOST SUNDAY  + Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm Thursday June 13th 7.30pm Low Mass in the Ordinariate Use      _________________________________________________________     A Mighty Wind: Scott Hahn Reflects on Pentecost Sunday Readings: Acts 2:1–11 Psalm 104:1 , 24 , 29–31 , 34 1 Corinthians 12:3–7 , 12–13 John 20:19–23 The giving of the Spirit to the new people of God crowns the mighty acts of the Father in salvation history. The Jewish feast of Pentecost called all devout Jews to Jerusalem to celebrate their birth as God’s chosen people in the covenant Law given to Moses at Sinai (see Leviticus 23:15–21 ; Deuteronomy 16:9–11 ). In today’s First Reading the mysteries prefigured in that feast are fulfilled in the pouring out of the Spirit on Mary and the Apostles (see Acts 1:14 ). The Spirit seals the new law and new covenant brought by Jesus, written not on stone tablets but on the hearts of believers, as the prophets

Sunday 2 June 2019

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  SEVENTH SUNDAY of  EASTER  + Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm 12 Noon  SUNG MASS    IN THE ORDINARIATE USE  Thursday 6 June 7.30pm Low Mass - Ordinariate Use _____________________________________     Martyrdom of St Stephen, Bernardo Cavallino, c. 1645 Perfection as One: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Seventh Sunday of Easter Readings: Acts 7:55–60 Psalm 97:1–2 , 6–7 , 9 Revelation 22:12–14 , 16–17 , 20 John 17:20–26 Jesus is praying for us in today’s Gospel. We are those who have come to believe in Him through the Word of the Apostles, handed on in His Church. Jesus showed the Apostles His glory, and made known the Father’s name and the love He has had for us from “before the foundation of the world.” He revealed that He and the Father are one (see John 14:9 ). Jesus is the “first and the last” (see Isaiah 44:6 ), the root of David (see Isaiah 11:10 ; 2 Samuel 7:12 ), as today’s Second Reading declares. Wrapped in clouds and darkn