St Benedict's, St Mary's and St Oswald's Warrington

Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time

September 7th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 8 September 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church:

Mass Sheet (Sunday 23B) 2024 Download

Bidding Prayers:

Bidding Prayers (23B) 2024 Download

Reflections on the Readings:

prego-sunday-otb-23-2024 Download

Anniversary of the Consecration of St Benedict’s Church:

Anniversary of Consecration Sheet 2024 Download

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God bless,

Fr Dave

Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

August 31st, 2024 by Dave Heywood

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – 1 September 2024

World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Mass Sheet we will be using in church:

Mass Sheet (Sunday 22B) 2024 Download

Bidding Prayers:

Bidding Prayers (22B) 2024 Download

Reflection on the Readings

prego-sunday-otb-22-2024 Download

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God bless,

Fr Dave

Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

August 25th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 25 August 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church:

Mass Sheet (Sunday 21B) 2024 Download

Bidding Prayers:

Bidding Prayers (21B) 2024 Download

Reflection on the Readings:

prego-sunday-otb-21-2024 Download

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God bless,
Fr Dave

Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

August 17th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 18 August 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church: Mass Sheet (Sunday 20B) 2024

Bidding Prayers: Bidding Prayers (20B) 2024

Reflection on the Readings: prego-sunday-otb-20-2024

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God bless,
Fr Dave

Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

August 10th, 2024 by Dave Heywood

Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary – 15 August 2024

Today, we keep the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. We celebrate the day Mary was welcomed into the glory of heaven at the end of her life on earth. Where she has gone, we hope one day to follow.

Masses

Wednesday 14 August: 7.00 pm Vigil Mass at St Oswald’s.
Thursday 15 August: 11.00 am Mass at St Benedict’s.

Mass Sheet we will be using in church: Assumption Mass Sheet 2024

Bidding Prayers: Bidding Prayers (Assumption) 2024

Tuesday 13 August 2024

Funeral Arrangements for Fr Malcolm Prince

Vigil Mass at St Joseph’s, Penketh, today (Tuesday) at 7.30 pm, preceded by Evening Prayer at 7.00 pm.
Funeral Mass at St Joseph’s, Penketh, on Wednesday at 12.15 pm.

All are welcome.

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 11 August 2024

Mass Sheet we will be using in church: Mass Sheet (Sunday 19B) 2024

Bidding Prayers: Bidding Prayers (19B) 2024

Reflection on the Readings: prego-sunday-19-otb-2024

Prayer of St Francis of Assisi for Peace

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God bless,
Fr Dave

Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

August 3rd, 2024 by Dave Heywood

Wednesday 7 August 2024

A Prayer for Peace

Lord, Prince of Peace,
we appeal to your boundless love and mercy.

In the face of violence and turmoil in our country,
strengthen our resolve to work for reconciliation and peace
within our communities.

Help us not to harden our hearts,
to redouble our efforts to welcome the stranger
and to reach out to those in need.

Change the hearts and minds of those who seek to fuel unrest
and bring us all to live in your kingdom of justice, peace and love.

We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.

By Fr Jonathan Stewart, Diocese of Plymouth

FEAST OF ST OSWALD, KING & MARTYR
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – 4 August 2024

Picture of St Oswald, King & Martyr, at St Oswald’s Church, Padgate, Warrington, painted by Kevin Holt

Mass Sheet we will be using in church: Feast of St Oswald Mass Sheet 2024

Bidding Prayers: Bidding Prayers (18B) 2024

Reflection on the Readings: prego-sunday-otb-18-2024

A Prayer for Southport

Gracious God,
words alone cannot express our sadness and disbelief,
our heartbreak and anguish,
when such precious lives are so brutally stolen.
We offer to you the cries of our own hearts
and pray for those families whose grief and loss
is impossible to comprehend.

Help us all to cling to hope
even amidst this senseless brutality.
Be close to all whose lives have been so cruelly scarred:
surround them with your love,
hold them fast in their sorrow,
and grant them strength amidst their unbearable pain.

We cannot escape our anger and devastation,
but choose to seek hope even amidst this darkness.
For all its horror, may it spur us even more
to never surrender to despair,
but build a world where peace, hope and love prevail.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer of St Francis of Assisi for Peace

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