(back of) newlsetter 20th September 2015

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:  The Lord upholds my life.

IMPULSES FOR PRAYER: Lk 22: 24-27;   Jn 13: 12-20;   Gal 1: 6-10

MEDITATION:

The disciples did not understand and they were too afraid to ask. Afraid, perhaps, because this was not their idea of God. So do not be troubled if the thought comes to you that the God you once believed in does not exist. If I no longer believe in the God I believed in before, this comes from the fact that there was something wrong with my belief and it is a sign of growth. There is nothing new about it, for when our ancestors first ceased to believe in their pagan wooden gods, this did not mean that there was no God, but only that the true God is not made of wood. God is so much more than we will ever understand and we have a lifetime to explore what this means, but in the person of Jesus we have a privileged glimpse into this mystery. Jesus gave us a vision of God where others could only speak about it. Anon

           

MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday 19^th September, 6pm:

Sunday 20th September, 10am: Dorothy Ellis, RIP         11.30am: Stella Murray, RIP

Tuesday 22nd September, 10am:

Wednesday 23rd September, St Pius of Pietrelcina,10am:

Thursday 24th September, Our Lady of Walsingham,10am: Mr&Mrs Raymundo Ramos,RIP

Friday 25^th September, 10am: Funeral Mass: Norma Batty, RIP

Saturday 26^th September,10am:

SCAFFOLDING IN CAR PARK

Please could car drivers be careful to avoid the scaffolding in the church car park.

COMMUNITY CLUB

In the hall on Mondays from 10.30am till 12 noon. Coffee/tea and biscuits 50p.

Annual subs: £3. All are warmly welcome.

SEPTEMBER PROGRAMME 21st: Family History: illustrated talk by Paul Cabban  28th: Coffee and chat

CHARISMATIC PRAYER GROUP

Tuesdays from 8pm to 9pm in the Day Chapel in the presbytery. All are warmly welcome. We follow a simple format: Inviting the Holy Spirit, prayer for protection, thanksgiving, praise, silence/stillness in the presence of the Lord, intercessions, the Our Father and blessing.

STANDING UP FOR LIFE

Thanks to prayer and the many letters they received from constituents, a large majority of MPs voted against the proposed bill to allow assisted dying. Please keep up the prayers, letter-writing and petition-signing. It is well-known that evil can flourish when good people do nothing to prevent it.

Do watch this excellent testimony from abortion survivor Gianna Jessen on two videos at

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/planned-parenthood-supporter-calls-dismemberment-abortions-humane-during-co (Scroll down for the second video.)

See also Holly O’Donnell describing the kinds of procedures she was expected to do at Planned Parenthood at http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/19/planned-parenthood-cut-through-babys-face-to-get-his-intact-brain/

When you have watched, do take a moment to sign the petition to defund Planned Parenthood (which performs 327,000 abortions a year and sells aborted babies’ organs as well as intact aborted babies for futile and dubious research, including transplanting human fetal brain cells extracted from babies who are still alive into mice’s brains to see whether the mice become more intelligent) at

//www.gopetition.com/petitions/congress-must-de-fund-planned-parenthood-immediately.html

You do not have to be a USA citizen to sign the petition.

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