Advent and Christmas

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This Tuesday we celebrate our Advent Service at 7pm at St Brigid’s. This will mark this important season in a beautiful and creative way. Please join us in the church or via live-streaming. During Advent we will be seeking support for our Food Market.

Booking is necessary for any of our six Christmas Masses as follows:

St Brigid’s 8pm Vigil Mass – bernicerayer@gmail.com (2062 6829)
St Brigid’s 10.30am Mass – anneburns2021@gmail.com (2076 6318)
St Paul’s 6pm Vigil Mass & 9am Mass – sylvestercf@aol.com (07876 032829)
Christ the King 6pm Vigil Mass & 9am Mass – llanishen@rcadc.org (2075 3945)

Full details for our Advent and Christmas activities are on our 3 Churches Advent and Christmas Info Sheet.

Bidding prayers for the 1st Sunday of Advent (year C) – 28 November 2021

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PRIEST: As we begin our Advent journey and try to ‘stay awake’ and ‘get ready’ for the coming of Jesus let us bring before God our loving Father our prayers for the Church, for the world and for ourselves.

We pray for the Church: that in the coming months we will all take the opportunity to participate positively in the worldwide Synodal process with a spirit of openess and honesty – and hope.
PAUSE FOR SILENT PRAYER
Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us

Let us pray that our political leaders will find a way to help all migrants and asylum seekers with compassion and respect. Let us pray especially for those migrants who drowned last week in their search for a better life in Britain.
PAUSE FOR SILENT PRAYER
Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us

We pray for the wellbeing of doctors, nurses and all who work in the health service as we enter this difficult winter season with Covid still amongst us.
PAUSE FOR SILENT PRAYER
Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us

Let us pray for those for whom this time of year is difficult and anxious – for the homeless, the unemployed, the poor, the sick and the lonely.
PAUSE FOR SILENT PRAYER
Lord hear us Lord graciously hear us

We now spend a few moments in silent prayer, bringing to the Lord our personal needs and intentions.

LONGER PAUSE

Let us now ask Mary, mother of the Church, to intercede for us in our prayers today as we say, Hail Mary….

PRIEST: God our loving Father, as we prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ, your Son, we ask you to hear the prayers of your people and grant what we need. We ask this through your Son, Jesus, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Advent

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Please note these dates for our celebration of the season of Advent and Christmas.

Full details for all of them are on our special 3 Churches Advent and Christmas info sheet.

Tuesday 7 December
7pm – Advent Service at St Brigid’s and live-streamed

Tuesday 21 December
7.30pm – Carol Service at St Brigid’s and live-streamed

Monday/Tuesday 20/21 December
“Bambinelli” – Children’s Christmas Blessing in each church

Christmas Masses

Christmas Eve
6pm – Christ the King and St Paul’s
8pm – St Brigid’s

Christmas Day
9am – Christ the King and St Paul’s
10.30am – St Brigid’s

Booking will be necessary for the Christmas Masses. Contact details will be given next weekend.

Food Market – During Advent we will be seeking support for our outreach to the needy.

Bidding prayers for the faithful feast of Christ the King – Sunday 21 November 2021 (year C)

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CELEBRANT: Father with confidence we place our prayers and needs before you on this special feast day of Christ The King.

READER That we build a Kingdom where justice is upheld. (PAUSE)

READER Lord hear us