Transfiguration of the Lord
Dear Friends in Christ
The cycle of the Ordinary Sundays is interrupted this weekend as we celebrate The Transfiguration of the Lord on 6th August. Twice during the liturgical year we remember the Transfiguration in a special way.
Dear Friends in Christ
The cycle of the Ordinary Sundays is interrupted this weekend as we celebrate The Transfiguration of the Lord on 6th August. Twice during the liturgical year we remember the Transfiguration in a special way. First, on the Second Sunday of Lent, to affirm the divinity of Christ before we commemorate the Passion. And Second, today, as we recall the exaltation of Christ in anticipation of His eternal glory. This revelation prefigured the splendour of Heaven where we will see God face to face. Through grace, we acquire the seed of eternal life during our present existence and begin to participate to a certain extent in the promise of salvation even now.
By this mystery Jesus desires to strengthen us with the hope of Heaven, especially if at some point the way becomes taxing, and discouragement causes us to falter. Thinking about the life of Heaven will help us be strong and to persevere. May we not fail to keep before our eyes the final destination prepared for us by our Father God. Each day that passes draws us a little closer to it. For a Christian, the passing of time is in no way a tragedy. On the contrary, it shortens the distance we need to travel before our long-awaited and definitive meeting with God.
God bless you!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Transfiguration of the Lord
Transfiguration of the Lord - Sunday 6th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of the Price & Murphy Families (NB)
9.30am Mass Denise MacDermott, RIP (Anniv) (AC)
11.30am Mass Vincent Glauda, RIP (Anniv) (KC)
NO Extraordinary Form Mass at 4pm
NO Vespers & Benediction
Monday 7 St Sixtus 11, Pope & his Companions, Mm
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (J&CO’B)
Tuesday 8 St Dominic, Pr
9.00am Mass Julia Federmann (Private Intentions) (HF)
Wednesday 9 ST TERESA BENEDICTA OF THE CROSS, V, mM
9.00am Mass Roseleen Armstrong, RIP
Thursday 10 ST LAWRENCE, Deacon, M
9.00am Mass John Kidney, RIP (PM)
Friday 11 St Clare, V
12Noon Mass William Armstrong, RIP
Saturday 12 St Jane Frances de chantal, Rel or MEMORIAL
10.00am Mass Robert Morgan, RIP(Anniv)
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 13th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Diana Underwood, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass The People of the Parish
9.30am Mass Special Intentions of Mrs Leftley & Doreen Harley (PL)
11.30am Mass Edward Hippard, RIP (SH)
5.30pm Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Church Cleaning
If you could volunteer one hour every week to help clean the Church, please leave your name and telephone number in the Parish Office.
Big Tea Party
This popular annual event will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday, 2nd September. Details to follow.
Counters and Folders
Counters: Bob Hall & Eileen Wilson
Folders: Bob Hall & Pauline Jordan
First Holy communion 2018
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2018, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website under Sacraments and return this to the Parish Office no later than Thursday 31st August 2017.
School Admissions
Letters of Practice for admission to Primary School will be issued on a date in October.
Dates for your Diary
11th, 18th & 25th September - Introductory Talks on the Faith
7th October to 15th October - Parish Mission
Please Pray for the Dead on their Anniversaries
Deacon Frederick Wall, Fr Henry Tilley, Fr David Coghlan, Fr Hugh Verity,Fr David Papworth, Pope Paul VI, Jim Collins, John Sandford, Phyllis Burke, Arthur Holdstock, Phylis Glazebrook, Peter Matthews, Clarice Gannon, Margaret Taylor, Sheila Mazzag Teresa Baxter, Lilian Sutton, Andrea Uglietti, Maria Figg, Ethel Morgan, Patrick Blisset, Daran Persaud, Lily Delobel, Maria Robinson, Vincent Glauda, Teresa Booty, Doris Lowe, Leonard Stevenson, Christopher Bariago, William Smith, Joseph Herinckx, Les Smith, Len Murray, James Jones, Dawn Pursey & John Dillon.
May their Souls & the Souls of all the Faithful Departed rest in peace.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear Friends in Christ
I returned on Friday from our Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes along with a number of others from the Parish Family. It was, as ever, a time of grace and spiritual renewal when we most assuredly prayed for the Church at this time, and for the needs of our Parish here.
Dear Friends in Christ
I returned on Friday from our Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes along with a number of others from the Parish Family. It was, as ever, a time of grace and spiritual renewal when we most assuredly prayed for the Church at this time, and for the needs of our Parish here.
The Gospel this Sunday is a number of short parables or similes of what the kingdom of God is like. They describe the nature of the Church in its make-up which reminds us that the Church exists for the salvation of souls. The Lord teaches this same truth on many other occasions. His Church contains saints as well as sinners, His friends and also those who have abandoned Him. We all belong to Him in different ways. Sinners belong to the Church despite their sins. They still can return to the house of their Father, even if it be at the last moment of life. Having received Baptism, they carry within themselves the hope of reconciliation which not even the most grievous sins can erase. The sins which the Church finds in her children do not belong to her. They belong to her enemy. It is always a great sadness when people judge the Church on what she is not. St Pope John Paul II said: The Church is a Mother, through whom we are born to new life in God. A mother should be loved. She is holy with regard to her Founder, her works and her doctrines, but she is, nevertheless, composed of sinful men. It is our duty to make a positive contribution to the life of the Church to help her progress along the way of faithful renewal. This is not accomplished by negative criticisms.(7.xi.82). Therefore, as devout members of God’s Faithful People, we ask the Lord to increase our desire for personal holiness so that we might be more worthy sons and daughters of the Church and so let the authentic face of Christ be seen in our world.
God bless you all!
Msgr Kevin Hale
Priest@LourdesLeigh.org ✚ 01702 478078
Homily available at LourdesLeigh.org
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 30th July
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil Eva & Arthur Barbarrosa, RIP (Anniv) (RB)
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of Vivien Clancy (SG)
9.30am Mass The People of the Parish
11.30am Mass Eileen & David Gurney - 60th Wedding Anniversary (E&DG)
NO Vespers & Benediction
Monday 31 St Ignatius of Loyola, Pr
9.00am Mass Roman Zakrzewski, RIP (AW)
Tuesday 1 August St Alphonsus liguri, bp, D
9.00am Mass Intentions of Renata & John Butler (MC)
Wednesday 2 St Eusebius of Vercelli, Bp
9.00am Mass Clare Chadwick, RIP (Anniv) (MI)
Thursday 3 Feria
9.00am Mass Maureen Mann, RIP (RM)
Friday 4 St John Vianney (Curé of Ars), Pr
12Noon Mass Intentions of the CWL
Saturday 5 Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major
10.00am Mass Maureen Regan, RIP (CR)
The Holy Rosary is prayed after morning Mass during the week
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 6th August
Saturday 5.30pm Vigil The People of the Parish
6.30pm–7.30pm Exposition & Confession
8.00am Mass Intentions of the Price & Murphy Families (NB)
9.30am Mass Denise MacDermott, RIP (Anniv) (AC)
11.30am Mass Vincent Glauda, RIP (Anniv) (KC)
NO Extraordinary Form Mass at 4pm
NO Vespers & Benediction
The Sacrament of Penance is available on request
Church Cleaning
If you could volunteer one hour every week to help clean the Church, please leave your name and telephone number in the Parish Office.
Big Tea Party - Advance Notice
This popular annual event will take place in the Parish Centre on Saturday, 2nd September. Details to follow.
Counters & Folders
Counters: Mary Cook & Jacky Hoggett
Folders: Amanda Phipps & Clare English
First Holy Communion 2018
If you have a child going into Year 3 in September and you would like them to make their First Holy Communion in 2018, please complete the on-line Registration Form available from the Parish Website under Sacraments and return this to the Parish Office no later than Thursday 31st August 2017.