Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

January 27th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 28 January 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church:    Mass Sheet (Sunday 4B) 2024

Bidding Prayers:    Bidding Prayers (4B) 2024

Reflection on the Readings:    prego-sunday-4-otb-2024

 

Day of Prayer for Racial Justice

Click on the link below for more information:

Racial Justice Sunday – Catholic Bishops’ Conference (cbcew.org.uk)

 

Some Funnies

 

 

 

God bless,
Fr Dave

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Third Week in Ordinary Time

January 20th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

Wednesday 24 January 2024

Ecumenical Service

A reminder that Churches Together in East Warrington are meeting this evening at 7.00 pm for a time of prayer together at Risley Independent Methodist Church on Fearnhead Lane, Fearnhead.  The service will be about forty minutes followed by some refreshments.  If you’re free, do come along.  These are always special moments – when Christians of different traditions step out of their comfort zones and pray together.  It’s a moment of grace – and you can feel it.

I forgot to post this year’s booklet for the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity.  It’s well worth a read:

WPCU-2024-English-pamphlet-Final.pdf.pagespeed.ce.blzU36L9TX

 

Tuesday 23 January 2024

O Christ, the Light of heaven
And of the world true Light,
You come in all your radiance
To cleave the web of night.

May what is false within us
Before your truth give way,
That we may live untroubled,
With quiet hearts this day.

May steadfast faith sustain us,
And hope made firm in you;
The love that we have wasted,
O God of love, renew.

Blest Trinity we praise you
In whom our quest will cease;
Keep us with you for ever
In happiness and peace.

(c) Stanbrook Abbey Hymnal

 

Monday 22 January 2024

 

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 21 January 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church:    Mass Sheet (Sunday 3B) 2024

Bidding Prayers:    Bidding Prayers (3B) 2024

Reflection on the Readings:    prego-sunday-3-otb-2024

 

Sunday of the Word of God

Click on the links below for more information:

Sunday of the Word of God – Catholic Bishops’ Conference (cbcew.org.uk)

The God Who Speaks

 

Some Funnies

 

 

 

God bless,
Fr Dave

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Second Week in Ordinary Time

January 13th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

Thursday 17 January 2024

 

Wednesday 17 January 2024 – St Anthony of Egypt

The annual Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity begins tomorrow.

You can find full details and resources here:

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Catholic Bishops’ Conference (cbcew.org.uk)

Lord,
look with kindness on your people
and pour out upon us the gifts of your Spirit,
that we may grow in love of truth
and work zealously
for the perfect unity of all Christians.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

 

Tuesday 16 January 2024

 

Monday 15 January 2024

The world needs peace!

“Let us not forget those who suffer the cruelty of war in so many parts of the world, especially in Ukraine, Palestine and Israel. At the beginning of the year, we exchanged wishes of peace, but weapons continue to kill and destroy. Let us pray that those who have power over these conflicts reflect on the fact that war is not the way to resolve them, because it sows death among civilians and destroys cities and infrastructure. In other words, today war is in itself a crime against humanity. Let us not forget this: war is in itself a crime against humanity. Peoples need peace! The world needs peace!

Pope Francis, Angelus, 14 January 2024

 

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 14 January 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church:    Mass Sheet (Sunday 2B) 2024

Bidding Prayers:    Bidding Prayers (2B) 2024

Reflection on the Readings:    prego-sunday-2-otb-2024

 

Peace Sunday

Click on the link below for more information:

Peace Sunday 2024 – Catholic Bishops’ Conference (cbcew.org.uk)

 

Some Funnies

 

 

God bless,
Fr Dave

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First Week in Ordinary Time

January 11th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

Thursday 11 January 2024

“To say that we believe in God, as Jesus revealed God, is to believe that God takes pleasure in loving us, that it gives God delight to be our parent, and that God takes joy in continually offering us forgiveness and love. To believe that God sees us in this way is to make an act of faith in the God that Jesus revealed.”

Fr Ron Rolheiser, OMI

 

Wednesday 10 January 2024

 

Tuesday 9 January 2024

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