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RESPONSORIAL PSALM:  O that today you would listen to his voice!

Harden not your hearts.

 

Impulses for prayer: Ps 41 (42);   Jn 3:1-21

 

Meditations:

Oh lamps of fiery blaze

To whose refulgent fuel

The deepest caverns of my soul grow bright,

Late blind with gloom and haze,

But in this strange renewal

Giving to the beloved both heat and light.

St John of the Cross (d 1591)

 

DIVINE MERCY GROUP WELCOMES

you to join us in the presbytery at 2.30pm  on the following Mondays: 20^th March and 3^rd April. There will be no Divine Mercy group on

Monday 17^th April.

MASS INTENTIONS:

19^th March, Third Sunday of Lent: 6pm (Saturday): Paul Murphy RIP

                                                        10am: In thanksgiving St Anthony

                                                        11.30am: Reginald Harding RIP, 2nd anniversary

21^st March, 10am: In thanksgiving Mary Oliver

22^nd March, 10am: For the parishioners

23^rd March, 10am: James Sweeney RIP

24^th March, 10am: Dawn McGrath RIP

25^th March, 10am: Annunciation of the Lord: Mr and Mrs Boyle RIP

 

BAPTISM COURSE

in the presbytery on Saturday 8^th April from 10.30am till 12 noon. Parents requesting Baptism for babies or toddlers in the 3 months from 8^th April are required to attend. Babies and children are welcome to come with you. The easiest entrance for buggies/ pushchairs/ prams is the car park entrance at the back.

 

THE KNIGHTS OF ST COLUMBA

 is a national organisation for Catholic men. We meet, in this Deanery, every third Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the John Fisher room at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Magdalen Road, St. Leonard's. We actively raise funds for charities, hold mornings of reflection, go on pilgrimages and enjoy social activities together with our families. Anyone interested in joining should contact our membership secretary on 01424 772887.

PARISH COMMUNITY CLUB

In the Crypt. Entrance via The Bourne. Mondays 10.30am to 12 noon. 

March Programme:

20^th: Coffee & chat with armchair exercises.

27^th: Musical quiz by Richard Pollard.

Annual subscription: £3. Non-members welcome: 50p for talks. Coffee/tea & biscuit/ cake: 50p.

Always something going on, so give us a try.

PRAYER

Dear God, in the battle that goes on in life,

I ask for a field that is fair.

A chance that is equal in all of the strife,

A chance to do and to dare.

And if I should win, let it be by the code,

With my heart and my honour held high;

But if I should lose, let me stand by the road,

And cheer as the winners pass by.