A selection of photos from today’s 3 churches mass at Corpus Christi High School, ‘Living Stones’.
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Christ the King, bidding prayers, 6 July 2014
PRAYER of the FAITHFUL – 14th Sunday of the Year 2014
Note to Reader: Please pause as directed between the Intention and the Response. Please read the response all the way through with the congregation especially where it is longer than usual.
P. Today’s readings assure us again of the Father’s care and compassion for us. Therefore, with total trust we place our petitions before Him
R. Our response today is:
“Father, bring us the joy that never ends”
R. Let us pray for the Universal Church and especially for our family of Three Churches as we celebrate a Joint Mass together tomorrow. May it bring many blessings on our parishes and on our efforts to walk in the light of the Lord
Pause
R. We pray
Father bring us the joy that never ends
R. At the Three Churches Mass tomorrow Sebastian, son of Max and Ceri Davies will join our Christian family in the Sacrament of Baptism. We pray now for him, his parents and godparents, who will be his first teachers, as he starts his pilgrim journey
Pause
R We pray
Father, bring us the joy that never ends
R. Let us pray for peace in the Middle East and remember especially the parents of the young Cardiff men who have been drawn into the war. May the young men be kept safe and return to their families at some time
Pause
R. We pray
Father, bring us the joy that never ends
R. Let us give thanks to the Lord for our two excellent schools and ask for guidance for those who must select headteachers for both schools over the coming months
Pause
R. We pray
Father bring us the joy that never ends
R. We pray now for the sick, the lonely, the bereaved, the depressed and the worried of our community and ask the Lord to comfort and console them in their time of need
Pause
R. We pray
Father, bring us the joy that never ends
R. In the quiet of our hearts let us listen to the voice of the Father
LONGER PAUSE
R. We ask Mary our mother to help us to pray saying HAIL MARY…etc.
P. Loving Father hear and grant our petitions through Jesus your beloved Son
Amen
3-2-1 after 10 years
As we have previously announced, September sees the 50th anniversary of the opening of the present St Brigid’s Church. Today’s 3 Churches Mass reminds me that September also marks another, if shorter, anniversary – the tenth year of the 3 Churches working together. Yes, it will be ten years since Archbishop Peter Smith asked me to move from St Cadoc’s to be parish priest of St Brigid’s with St Paul’s, and Christ the King.
I remember him telling me that they were to remain two parishes – Christ the King on the one hand, and St Brigid’s/St Paul’s on the other. However, I quickly realised that perils lay ahead if such distinctions were allowed to dominate things. If this was to work it would have to be three churches, rather than two parishes, hence our website motto: “three churches, two parishes, one family”. Parishes are like individuals and families, they have their own “story”, and stories here had been quite different, in terms of traditions, leadership styles and so on.
I also quickly realised that it would be good to have a project to get people working together in a practical way. 2005 was to be the Year of the Eucharist, and so our 3 Churches Mass was born. The aim was, of course, principally to mark that special Year, but also to put people in touch with each other, to collaborate and cooperate in the planning and celebration of the Mass. This still remains the case. I am enormously grateful to all those many, many folks who help and have helped in the past to mark this annual occasion. I am especially grateful to those from all three churches who have worked with me over these ten years in the Working Group that plans and organises the day.
So let’s all enjoy our special Mass and celebration today – our tenth, including a few on Maundy Thursdays. Let’s continue to work ever more closely together, because that is what being Catholic means – not my church or my parish, but we, us, all together, one family in Christ, bound together by our shared faith, our bonds through the bishops of the world – and, as we mark in a particular way this year, the journey of the Sacraments that starts with Baptism.
Fr Matthew
3 churches newsletter – 6 July 2014
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Christ the King bidding prayers, 29 June 2014
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL FOR THE FEAST OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
PRIEST – Heavenly Father we place before you our petitions for the needs of the church and of the world with confidence in your love and mercy
READER – the response to our prayers is – Hear our prayer
As we celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, we pray for our Holy Father, Francis, and all church leaders that, guided by the Holy Spirit, they may continually speak out against the inequality and injustice which is so widespread in our world today …………pause
Heavenly Father, in your loving mercy……….
Mankind is incapable alone of finding a way to end hostilities and enmity between peoples, we pray that the Holy Spirit will guide those in positions of power and authority to work towards achieving this goal…………..pause
Heavenly Father, in your loving mercy………….
We pray for eternal rest for the souls of all who have died, both those who are known to us and those who have died through war violence or disaster ……………..pause
Heavenly Father, in your loving mercy…………
We pray for all who are ill, infirm or disabled in any way and all who are suffering loneliness as a result of being house bound that they may have healing, comfort and compassionate care………….pause
Heavenly Father, in your loving mercy………..
We pray that our 3 churches may be successful in reaching out to the wider community by the efforts and example of individual parishioners and by initiatives like the Phone Link service……………pause
Heavenly Father, in your loving mercy………..
We pray for all who are seeking the consolation of the love of God that they find it…………pause
Heavenly Father, in your loving mercy…….
In a few moments of silence we bring our own petitions before our Heavenly Father………..
We ask Mary, our Mother, to join her prayers to ours as we say….Hail Mary………..
PRIEST – Heavenly Father, we make all our prayers through your Son, Jesus Christ….. Amen
3 churches newsletter – 29 June 2014
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