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Sunday 26 April 2020

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THIRD SUNDAY of   EASTER   During this period of 'Lockdown' St Peter's remains closed. However, private Masses are offered daily at 11.30am  Live Streams at www.facebook.com/StPeterEastwood Parish Office open for email and telephone business  Mon -Thurs 9am-2pm 01702 522879 please leave messages outside office hours Please do not call during streaming of  Mass-thank you! Emmaus and Us: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday of Easter Christ on the Road Download Audio File                                                                    Readings: Acts 2:14 , 22–28 Psalm 16:1–2 , 5 , 7–11 1 Peter 1:17–21 Luke 24:13–35 We should put ourselves in the shoes of the disciples in today’s Gospel. Downcast and confused, they’re making their way down the road, unable to understand all the things that have occurred. They know what they’ve seen—a prophet mighty in word and deed. They know what they were hoping for—that He would be

Divine Mercy Sunday 19 April 2020

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Second Sunday of Easter - Divine Mercy Due to the Pandemic we are Live Streaming Masses from  St Peter's Eastwood Parish every day at 11.30am Go to www.facebook.com/StPeterEastwood  _______________________   SCOTT HAHN REFLECTS ON THIS SUNDAY'S MASS READINGS  Readings: Acts 2:42–47 Psalm 118:2–4 , 13–15 , 22–24 1 Peter 1:3–9 John 20:19–31 We are children of Jesus’ Resurrection from the dead. Through this wondrous sign of His great mercy, the Father of Jesus has given us new birth, as we hear in today’s Epistle. Today’s First Reading sketches the “family life” of our first ancestors in the household of God (see 1 Peter 4:17 ). We see them doing what we still do—devoting themselves to the Apostles’ teaching, meeting daily to pray and celebrate “the breaking of the bread.” The Apostles saw the Lord. He stood in their midst, showed them His hands and sides. They heard His blessing and received His commission—to extend the Father’s mercy to al