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Date |
Time |
Service |
Intention |
Sunday 11 April |
Mass 9.15 |
Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday |
Parishioners |
Monday 12 April |
Mass 10.00 |
Monday of 2nd Week of Easter |
Assunta Gelder |
Tuesday 13 April |
Mass 10.00 |
Tuesday of 2nd Week of Easter St Martin 1, Pope |
Bill Nunn |
Wednesday 14 April |
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Wednesday of 2nd Week of Easter |
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Thursday 15 April |
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Thursday of 2nd week of Easter |
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Friday 16 April |
Mass 10.00 |
Friday of 2nd week of Easter |
Prince Philip |
Saturday 17 April |
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Saturday of 2nd week of Easter St Stephen Harding |
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Sunday 18 April |
Mass 9.15 |
Third Sunday of Easter |
Parishioners |
Regina Coeli Traditionally said after Compline in the Easter season
Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia!
For he whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia,
Has risen as he said, alleluia!
Pray for us to God alleluia!
Wilf McSherry from our sister parish in Market Drayton has now received, after a long journey, confirmation from Bishop Mark that he will be ordained as a Permanent Deacon on 24 July at 12 noon. The event will take place at the largest church in the diocese – St Michael & All Angels, Birkenhead CH49 5LB to allow for any Covid-19 restrictions still in place at that time. Further details will follow. Wilf would like to thank you for all your prayers and support during his time of formation.
Saint of the Week St Stephen Harding
Stephen was born at Sherborne in Dorset, and died on 28 March, 1134. He was educated at Sherborne, Paris and Rome. Much impressed by the holiness of Robert of Molesmes he joined that community, where he practised great austerities, became one of St. Robert’s chief supporters and was one of the band of twenty-one monks who, by authority of Hugh, Archbishop of Lyon, retired to Cîteaux to institute a reform in the new foundation there. He became Prior, and later Abbot. Stephen, however, insisted on retaining the original strict observance of the Cistercians and was even forced to beg alms from door to door. It seemed as if the foundation were doomed to die out when in 1112 St. Bernard with thirty companions joined the community. This proved the beginning of extraordinary prosperity, and Stephen founded 13 more monasteries. In the Roman calendar his feast is 17 April, but the Cistercians themselves keep it on 15 July, with an octave, regarding him as the true founder of the order. Insisting on simplicity in all aspects of monastic life, Stephen was largely responsible for the severity of Cistercian architecture. The nearest Cistercian Abbey is Mount St Bernard’s Abbey, Coalville, Leicestershire, which was featured in the recent BBC 4 documentary Brotherhood.
Continued …
Gospel John 20:19-31 Eight days later, Jesus came again and stood among them
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace be with you’, and showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Lord, and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.
‘As the Father sent me, so am I sending you.’ After saying this he breathed on them and said: ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. For those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you
retain, they are retained.’
Commentary The readings today radiate life and joy, and the response to the Psalm God’s love has no end justifies the name of Divine Mercy Sunday. The Gospel takes us back to the times of the Resurrection itself. This was the moment that the disciples (except one) saw Jesus. Previously in John, Peter and the beloved disciple had seen the empty tomb and believed, and only Mary of Magdala had seen the Lord. Thomas was not there and still needed to be convinced that the Lord was alive., actually saying I refuse to believe. Eight days later Jesus appears again and this time Thomas believes in him. Jesus remarks Happy are those who have not seen and yet believe, but he does not rebuke Thomas. Faith is an encounter and a gift from Jesus, such generosity in the face of our reluctance is indeed divine. Decani Liturgy
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