St Paul’s to reopen for mass

St Pauls

Dear parishioners and friends of our 3 Churches,
More great news this week as we reopen St Paul’s for Mass on Wednesday. Sunday Mass will resume at St Paul’s on September 13 , when availability of priests allows. Once again we are indebted to the team of parishioners who have worked hard these last few weeks to reach this point, and so once more we ask that we all observe the stewards’ directions at the church. Well done everybody!

St Paul's

Fr Matthew

Christ the King Bidding Prayers for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, 2020

bidding prayers, Christ the King

CELEBRANT:  Strengthened in faith, we come before the Lord with our needs and the needs of our sisters and brothers:   

READER: We pray for Pope Francis, Archbishop Stack, and all our clergy: that they may lead in faith and serve in love the flock entrusted to their care.

Lord in your mercy, hear our Prayer.

We continue to pray for the victims and families of the Lebanon explosion, and for a country that has endured one tragedy after another: that the Lord may cover all in his mercy and healing.

Lord in your mercy, hear our Prayer.

We pray for our families and children nearing the start of the school year: that the Holy Spirit may dispel fears and anxieties and carry them forward through the challenges that lie ahead.

 Lord in your mercy, hear our Prayer.We pray for the sick, the vulnerable, and the lonely; especially our elderly in their homes and residences who are without the visits of friends and loved ones: that the Lord may bring light and hope to their hearts.

Lord in your mercy, hear our Prayer.

We pray for our deceased loved ones, and for all who mourn their loss: that God may grant them consolation and peace.

Lord in your mercy, hear our Prayer.

We ask Mary the mother of Jesus to pray with us as we say Hail Mary……

In a few moments of silence we place our own needs before our Heavenly Father

CELEBRANT:  Loving Father, give us faith and courage to cope with the storms in our lives.  May we find refuge in your Son, who stretches out his hand for strength and support during all our struggles.  We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Christ the King Bidding Prayers for the Feast of the Assumption 2020

bidding prayers, Christ the King,

Priest: With trust in the Lord who calls us all to follow Him we present all our prayers to Him, confident in His unceasing mercy.

Reader: 
We pray for the Church, may the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, guide and support all bishops, priests and deacons with her maternal love. 

Lord, hear us.                         Lord graciously hear us.

We pray for all who have been affected by Covid19, those in our Churches who cannot leave their homes, Holy Mother be their comforter at this time.

Lord, hear us.                        Lord graciously hear us.

We pray for those in hospital and the families that can only see their relatives virtually, that they may find the assurance of God’s presence in the love of his people.

Lord, hear us.                       Lord graciously hear us.

We pray for the faithful departed: May they come to dwell with Our Lady in the presence of the risen Lord. 

Lord, hear us.                      Lord graciously hear us.

Let us now turn to Mary, who was assumed sinless into heaven, and seek her intercession as we say:
 Hail Mary …

In the silence of our hearts we bring all our needs to the presence of God our merciful Father.


Priest: Loving Father, who raised up the Blessed Virgin Mary into your Heavenly Kingdom, accept our prayers which we make with faith, and bring us into your holy embrace through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

 

 

Feast of the Assumption

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Dear parishioners and friends of our 3 Churches:

Today is the Feast of the Assumption, the main feast of Our Lady in the Church’s year. How much she must be concerned for her children on earth in this time of pandemic. From her place assumed into heaven she still loves us with a mother’s love. Let us ask her to wrap her cloak of protection around us, as she so often does in paintings and sculptures of her as Mother of Mercy. Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most glorious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.

Fr Matthew