Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

17 th Sunday in Ordinary Time  Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm  Next 7.30pm Low Mass in the Ordinariate Use Thursday 1 August Next 12 Noon Sunday Sung Mass in the Ordinariate Use 4th August  followed by Summer Lunch on the Presbytery Lawn __________________________________________  SCOTT HAHN REFLECTS ON SUNDAY'S READINGS    Readings: Genesis 18:20–32 Psalm 138:1–3 , 6–8 Colossians 2:12–14 Luke 11:1–13 Though we be “but dust and ashes,” we can presume to draw near and speak boldly to our Lord, as Abraham dares in this week’s First Reading. But even Abraham—the friend of God (see Isaiah 41:8 ), our father in the faith (see Romans 4:12 )—did not know the intimacy that we know as children of Abraham, heirs of the blessings promised to his descendants (see Galatians 3:7 , 29 ). The mystery of prayer, as Jesus reveals to His disciples in this week’s Gospel, is the living relationship of beloved sons and daughters with their he

    14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Morning Masses 8.30 & 10.15am Evening 6pm Next 7.30pm Low Mass in the Ordinariate Use  Thursday 18th July Next 12 Noon Sunday Sung Mass in the Ordinariate Use 4th August   __________________________________________________________ SCOTT HAHN REFLECTS ON SUNDAY'S READINGS  Duccio, The Appearance behind Locked Doors, 1308-1311 Readings: Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalm 66:1-7 , 16 , 20 Galatians 6:14-18 Luke 10:1-12 , 17-20 Jesus has a vision in this week’s Gospel—Satan falling like lightning from the sky, the enemy vanquished by the missionary preaching of His Church. Sent out by Jesus to begin gathering the nations into the harvest of divine judgment (see Isaiah 27:12–13 ; Joel 4:13 ), the 70 are a sign of the continuing mission of the Church. Carrying out the work of the 70, the Church proclaims the coming of God’s kingdom, offers His blessings of peace and mercy to every household on earth—“every town and pla