LITURGY |
Scripture
Readings For The Sundays Of June |
Eleventh
Sunday In Ordinary Time 15th June |
| Exodus
19:2-6
Psalm
99
Romans
5:6-11
Matthew
9:36-10:8
Each
one of us has been called by God, personally, for his own kind
purposes (Eph 1:5) and he has promised us that he will count us
a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation. We have been rescued
from faithlessness and hopelessness, for in Jesus Christ we have
already gained our reconciliation And since we have received without
charge we are obliged to give without charge. We too have the
power to do good as the apostles had, if only we believed in Jesus’
presence in us and in his power working through us. The kingdom
of heaven is indeed close at hand, if only we could discern it
in ourselves and in those around us. |
Twelth
Sunday In Ordinary Time 22nd June |
| Jeremiah
20:10-13
Psalm
68
Romans
5:12-15
Matthew
10:26-33
In
our missionary task we are not to be afraid or discouraged, but
are to speak the truth, welcome or unwelcome. For at all times
God is walking beside us and living with us in his Spirit, and
, as Jesus promised the apostles, the Spirit will teach you everything
and remind you of all I have said to you’(Jn 14:26). We
may not be called to the ultimate configuration with the crucified
Christ in martyrdom, but we offer ourselves with that sacrifice
at every Mass, and we are all called to be his martyres, his witnesses
in our world in out time, seeking to make it his world and his
time. |
SS
Peter & Paul 28th 29th June |
| Vigil
Acts
3:1-10
Psalm
18
Galatians
1:11-20
John
21:15-19
Morning
Acts
12:1-11
Psalm
33
Timothy
4:6-8, 17-18
Matthew
16:13-19
Although
we rightly honour these two great apostles, the readings show
them to be not ‘great’ in worldly terms, but chosen
and made great by God’s inscrutable choice. It is all God’s
work. Both hotheaded men by nature, they learned through humility
of the power of the God who had chosen them. The Lord stood by
me and gave me power….it was not flesh and blood that reveled
this to you but my Father in heaven. It is for their response
to the grace of God – not without doubts and hesitations
– that we give thanks today. |
Fourteenth
Sunday In Ordinary Time 6th July |
| Zechariah
9:9-10
Psalm
144
Romans
8:9, 11-13
Matthew
11:25-30
If
we regard religion as burdensome, then somehow we have missed
the wood for the trees. Jesus’ statement yes, my yoke is
easy and my burden light was intended to contrast with the ‘yoke
of the Law’ a common Jewish saying. Faith in Jesus Christ
is not the observance of rules and regulations. Jesus promises
‘rest’ to those who, like children, will simply entrust
themselves to him. We have to learn from him – ‘disciple’
means learner. For that to be possible we must copy his gentleness
and humility of heart so that ‘the mysteries of the kingdom
of heaven’ may be revealed to us.(Mt 13:11) |
Fifteenth
Sunday In Ordinary Time 13th July |
| Isaiah
55:10-11
Psalm
64
Romans
8:18-23
Matthew
13:1-23
Continuing
from last weeks gospel we learn how to listen to God’s Word
– and indeed this is a lesson in liturgy, for we might well
ask ourselves how, week after week, we dispose ourselves to listen
to the Word of God being proclaimed to us. Could the prophecy
of Isiah quoted by Matthew be said of us – that we are dull
of hearing.. that we listen and listen again but do not understand?
How can we prepare our ears and our hearts to be rich in soil
so that we can produce a worthy harvest? Much is expected of those
to whom the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been revealed.
Reflections
taken from Music and Liturgy Spring 2008
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Devotions |
| During
The nine days leading up to the 27th June the parish will be promoting
a Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour/Help as part of its
preparation for the celebration of the Feast of the patron of
the Diocese of Hallam.
Novena
of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour/Help
Thursday
19th June until Friday 27th June 2008 |
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