Dear friends and parishioners
Through our Baptism we are all responsible for the life and ministry of the Church. This autumn let’s be thinking about what God has given us that we can share with one another. The number of people who have offered to help with the Food Bank and more recently the Food Market shows that we can all share our time and our talents in many different ways. So, what do you have to share and how can you share it?
Fr Matthew
Priest: We stand in faith before the Father and bring our petitions with trust in God’s goodness and love.
Reader: We pray for the Church and our parish community, may we joyfully take up Jesus’ cross of selflessness and be powerful instruments of evangelization.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Reader: We pray for our world leaders, that they work together to bring healing to countries devastated by war.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Reader: Let us pray for our children and teachers as they embark on the new academic year. May our schools be places where a love of learning prevails.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Reader: Let us pray for Sebastian and Lila Feneck and Sebastian and Bella Paglionico who were baptised into our 3 churches family this weekend. We also pray for their parents and godparents; may their lives and the lives of all of us here, be examples of faith to inspire them.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Reader: We pray for those who are sick and for all who are enduring any kind of suffering.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
Reader: We pray for those who have died in the peace of Christ, that God will raise them to new life.
Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.
We turn to Mary and ask her to join her prayers with ours as we say Hail Mary…
Let us pray for a few moments in the silence of our hearts…
Priest: Heavenly Father, we are merely servants, yet we have confidence in making our need known to you, for the greatness of your mercy and love have been shown to us through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Download the 3 churches newsletter for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time (year B).
Dear friends and parishioners
It is not only the number of organists in our parishes that has been depleted recently. We need new volunteers in many aspects of parish life.
Please remember that through our Baptism, we all together are responsible for the life and ministry of the Church. So, what gifts has God given you that can be used for his glory and the good of his vineyard – it is your responsibility not just to receive in the Church, but to give… not just money but the gifts, interests and enthusiasm God has given you.
~ Fr Matthew
