Fr. Jeff Woolnough Ordinariate Mission Priest

  Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal -  Divine Worship Tuesday evening 5 February- 7.30pm ________________________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea SS9 4BX EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission ____________________________________________ Prophet to the Nations:  Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Sermon on the Mount, Henrik Olrik, c. 1880 Jeremiah 1:4–5 , 17–19 Psalm 71:1–6 , 15–17 1 Corinthians 12:31–13:13 Luke 4:21–30 God’s words in today’s First Reading point us beyond Jeremiah to Jesus. Like Jeremiah, Jesus was consecrated in the womb and sent as a “prophet to the nations” (see Luke 1:31–33 ). Like the prophets before Him, Jesus too faces hostility. In today’s Gospel, the crowd in His hometown

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal -  Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm ________________________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea   EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission __________________________________________________ New Day Dawns: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Jesus Unrolls the Book in the Synagogue, James Tissot, 1886-1894 Readings: Nehemiah 8:2–6 , 10 Psalms 19:8–10 , 15 1 Corinthians 12:12–30 Luke 1:1–4 , 4:14–21 The meaning of today’s liturgy is subtle and many-layered. We need background to understand what’s happening in today’s First Reading. Babylon having been defeated, King Cyrus of Persia decreed that the exiled Jews could return home to Jerusalem. They rebuilt their ruined temple

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Masses    8.30am    10.15am      6pm ______________________________ Mass from the Ordinariate Missal -  Divine Worship Thursday evening 7.30pm ________________________________________________ St Peter's Catholic Church, Leigh on Sea   EASTWOOD PARISH Home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission _______________________________________________ In the Wedding: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File The Wedding at Cana, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1672 Readings: Isaiah 62:1–5 Psalm 96:1–3 , 7–10 1 Corinthians 12:4–11 John 2:1–12 Think of these first weeks after Christmas as a season of “epiphanies.” The liturgy is showing us who Jesus is and what He has revealed about our relationship with God. Last week and the week before, the imagery was royal and filial—Jesus is the newborn king of the Jews who makes us co-heirs of Israel’s promise, beloved chil