RESPONSORIAL
PSALM: O that today you would listen to his voice!
Harden not your hearts.
IMPULSES
FOR PRAYER:
1
Kings 18:17-40; Galatians 3:23-29; 1 John 1:1-4
MEDITATION:
At
the heart of catechesis we find, in essence, a Person, the Person of Jesus of
Nazareth, the only Son from the Father, Jesus who suffered and died for us and
who now, after rising, is living with us for ever. Catechesis aims at putting
people in communion with Jesus Christ: only he can lead us to the love of the Father
in the Spirit and make us share in the life of the Holy Trinity.
In
catechesis it is Christ alone who teaches – anyone else teaches to the extent
that he is Christ’s spokesman, enabling Christ to teach with his lips … Every
catechist should be able to apply to himself the mysterious words of Jesus: ‘My
teaching is not my own, but his who sent me’.
Catechism of the Catholic Church
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
To join the rota of those who serve teas and
coffees after the 10am Mass on
Sunday mornings. We also need volunteers to
join our church cleaning crew.
Please speak to Fr Seamus if you can join
one of these vital ministries.
Mass Intentions for Week 3 in Ordinary Time
Saturday 31st January, 6pm: Special intention
Sunday 1st February, 10am: Anne Hayes
Sunday 1st February, 11.30am: Ron Collins, RIP
Monday 2nd February, The Presentation of the
Lord, 10am: Miceal & Eamon Joyce, RIP
Tuesday 3rd February, St Blaise, 10am: Walsingham
Association
Wednesday 4th February, 10am: Pauline Forrest
intention
Thursday 5th February, St Agatha,10am:
Friday 6th February, St Paul Miki and Companions,
10am:
Saturday 7th February, Blessed Virgin Mary on
Saturday, 10am:
If you would like a Mass to be celebrated for your
intentions or for the repose of the soul of friends or family, just come into
the presbytery after Mass to book it.
PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB
in the hall, Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon.
All welcome. (non-members 50p
entrance to talks and demonstrations). Coffee/tea,
biscuit 50p.
DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS ON MONDAYS IN THE
PRESBYTERY AT 2.30pm:
Do join us on 2nd February, 16th
February, 2nd March and 16th March
PLEASE
SIGN THE PETITION AGAINST LEGALISING
GENETIC MODIFICATION OF HUMANS
Genetically Modified (GM) Babies: what does
this mean? The Government announced just before Christmas that it is shortly
going to ask Parliament to legalise the production of human beings who, in
order to eliminate some rare but very serious diseases, have had part of the
ova (their mother’s eggs) from which they themselves came replaced by material
taken from other ova. These re-constructed ova would have then been fertilised
artificially (i.e. by In vitro fertilisation - IVF - in laboratories) and
inserted into their birth-mothers’ wombs. So these children would effectively
have three parents. This would be something we have never before dared to do –
or been allowed to do - to human beings. It is genetic modification (GM).
Parliament banned this in 2008. But the Government is trying to pull wool over
our eyes by calling it genetic ‘donation’. And they hope to smuggle it past
Parliament without it reaching ‘the floor of the House’, i.e. being debated and
voted on by all MPs and then the Lords. They plan to send it via a small
committee of MPs which meets in a back room. They say that what they propose is
not GM and is therefore not unlawful. If it were already lawful there would be
no need to ask Parliament to approve these regulations. GM could have all sorts
of very serious side-effects because it is tampering with the basic
constituents of human beings. It could cause new congenital abnormalities in
not just the children themselves but their descendants. GM experiments using
animals have had some horrifying results. Most countries are holding back. The
US Food and Drugs Administration, for example, has recommended extreme caution.
Britain is rushing ahead. GM will not cure any diseases. Rather, it could take
away the incentive to conquer them. And it will inevitably result in ever more
use of the technique. It’s a slippery slope.
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