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3 churches newsletter, 8 November 2015
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Mass times
On the weekend of Sunday 22nd November, the Feast of Christ the King, we will move from our summer schedule to our new permanent timetable for weekend Masses.
- Saturday 6.00pm at Christ the King
- Sunday 9.00am at St Paul
- Sunday 9.00am Christ the King
- Sunday 11.00am at St Brigid
- Sunday 6.00pm at St Brigid
As you see, the times are an adjusted version of the summer schedule. I am enormously grateful to all those who have shared their thoughts on this matter, and I am aware, of course, that there may be some disappointments. Be assured that this decision has involved much prayer as well as listening. Some brief reflections:
Saturday 6.00pm – seems a better time to balance people’s afternoon and evening commitments. Sunday 9.00am – we are constrained by the availability of Fr Gareth Leyshon to help us. To keep Christ the King at 8.30 seems too early for one Sunday Mass.
Sunday 11.00am – moved from 10.30 as it is increasingly difficult for me to get from St Paul’s or Christ the King in time, and give due pastoral time at those churches plus appropriate Mass preparation at St Brigid’s. This Mass will be developed over coming weeks and months, involving cooperation between our 3 Churches in areas such as Children’s Liturgy and music. We can, I’m sure, work together to celebrate a truly alive liturgy, that will bring together, among others, families, children and young people in particular. To mark this new beginning, our primary school will this year join us at St Brigid’s at 11am on their feast day of Christ the King, Sunday 22nd November.
So that is the date to remember – Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd November, the Feast of Christ the King, the days that the new Mass times come in. Again, many thanks for your prayers and cooperation over the past weeks.
Fr Matthew
November
This weekend we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, which is an inspiring occasion in itself, but which also marks the beginning of the month of November. This is quickly followed on Monday by All Souls, properly known as the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed. The coming together of the two feasts takes us beyond seeing November as simply “the month of the Holy Souls”, and points to that wonderful part of our faith that we call “the communion of the saints”. This is telling us that we all belong, past and present, alive and dead. We are bound together by our faith, our hope and our love.
In each church you will find a Book of Commemoration where you can write the names of your loved ones. Please enter your names, and also take a look at it from time to time in the month and offer those people to God in your prayers. All those named will be remembered in one or more “Altar List” Masses celebrated each week during the month.
Next Saturday 7th November we celebrate our annual Mass of Memories 10.00am. in Christ the King. I always enjoy this Mass, if “enjoy” is the right word. It really underlines that “communion” I just mentioned. Not only are we one in our bereavement, one with our loved ones, but we are also one with each other on our pilgrimage helping to carry our crosses. We especially name and remember those who have died over the last twelve months.
The annual Requiem for Deceased Clergy this year takes place at St Peter’s in Roath on Tuesday 10th November at 3.00pm.
Fr Matthew
Christ the King bidding prayers, 1 November 2015 (All saints day)
Feast of All Saints – Prayer of the Faithful
Priest As we pray for our needs let us also remember on this feast of All Saints the great cloud of witnesses who have walked in the ways of God.
The response is ………..Lord graciously hear us
We pray for the Church as the Synod on the Family ends. May the Holy Spirit guide us to become a more listening and consultative church.
PAUSE
Lord hear us ………
We pray for the gentle, for those who mourn, for the merciful and for the overburdened. May they find rest in Christ.
PAUSE
Lord hear us………
We pray for Thomas Jack Goddard who will be baptised this weekend. As he begins his journey of faith may he be supported by his family and the church community.
PAUSE
Lord hear us ………
Let us pray for the virtue of hope, which can be a beacon of light to guide us through times of difficulty and confusion.
PAUSE
Lord hear us………..
We pray quietly for our own needs
LONGER PAUSE
We ask Mary to be our counsellor and comforter as we say Hail Mary……….
Priest Heavenly Father we make our prayers to you trusting in your Son and the Holy Spirit for ever
Amen
Christ the King bidding prayers, 25 October 2015
Priest: God, our Father, confident in your loving care, we bring to you all our needs.
Reader: The response to our prayers is: Hear our prayer
May we come to recognise the times when we are blind to Your promptings, and may we seek Your healing.
Pause
Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer
As the Synod on the Family reaches its conclusions this weekend, we pray that they will bring hope and welcome to those who feel excluded by the Church.
Pause
Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer
We pray that, as we go forward with our consultation on Mass times and other pastoral care, we keep in mind the bigger picture of the needs of the whole Archdiocese, and find a way forward that does not deprive others, and which includes compassion for all our priests as their numbers decline, and they still seek to respond to all our varying needs.
Pause
Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer
As the political party conference season continues, and we see the first signs of campaigning for the Assembly elections, may all the parties incorporate Christian values into their policies, and into their style of campaigning.
Pause
Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer
We ask you to receive into your kingdom all those killed in the coach accident in France, and to comfort their grieving families.
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Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer
We pray for all those children and teachers killed in random shootings, and for their families: may our schools continue to be places where no young people feel excluded, and where vulnerability is met by understanding and help. May the initiatives to identify and help teenage depression, and other mental illness, be successful, so that no teenager feels they have to face that situation alone.
Pause
Lord in your mercy: Hear our prayer
In the silence of our hearts we pray for all our other needs.
Longer Pause
We ask Mary, our loving mother, to join our prayers to her own as we say: Hail Mary…….
Priest: Heavenly Father, we ask You to hear our prayers and to look with mercy on our troubled world, bringing us healing, and reconciliation with You and with each other. We ask this through Your Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
Amen