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St Francis of [Archdiocese of Fr John Sharp www.sfachurch.co.uk 01564 782498 Fifteenth Sunday of the Year (C) 11th July 2010 PARISH LITURGY – MASS TIMES and
INTENTIONS
Saturday Sunday 9.30 am Private Intention Second Collection for Apostleship of the
Sea Monday [Franciscan Martyrs of the English Province]
9.00 am Thomas O’Donnell Tuesday [Feria]
9.00 am Well-being of Tom Sullivan Wednesday [Feria] 9.00 am Private Intention Thursday [St Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church] 9.00 am Private Intention Friday [Our Lady of Mount Carmel] 9.00 am Mary MacNamara
Saturday [Blessed John Sugar, priest, and Blessed Robert Grissold, martyrs] 9.00 am Private Intention Confessions: Saturday,
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Please pray for the sick in our parish and those who have died: Horace Lee; Julia Gwendolen Power; Edith Barth; Jessie Wattrus; Mary MacNamara (anniversaries). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Week’s Collection: £359.21. Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christ is the way; Christ is the door. By Christ we mount, by Christ we are borne, for he is ‘the mercy-seat placed upon the ark of God’, ‘the mystery hidden from all ages’. A man should turn his face to this mercy-seat, should look at Christ hanging on the cross, should look with faith, hope, love, wonder, joy, appreciation, praise and jubilation: for thus will he make his Pasch, that is his pass-over, with him. By the rod of the cross he passes over the Red Sea, he enters from the desert of Egypt to taste the hidden manna, he rests with Christ in the tomb as if dead to all that is without. Yet he hears, so far as is possible to one who is still on his journey, the words Christ spoke from the cross to the thief who took his part: ‘Today you shall be with me in paradise.’ From the treatise of St Bonaventure, The Journey of the Mind to God
Prayer for the Papal Visit God of truth and love, your Son, Jesus Christ, stands as the light to all who seek you with a sincere heart. As we strive with your grace to be faithful in word and deed, may we reflect the kindly light of Christ and offer a witness of hope and peace to all. We pray for Pope Benedict and look forward with joy to his forthcoming visit to our countries. May he be a witness to the unity and hope which is your will for all people. We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Lady, Mother of the Church, pray for us. St Andrew, pray for us. St George, pray for us. St David, pray for us. |
