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Sheila; June 10
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COLLECTIONS LAST SUNDAYOffertory:
£522.47, (Gift Aid: £150.10, loose plate: £372.37) +£94 approx by standing order. Second collection:
Catholic Trustfor England and Wales:
£225.47.
Thank you
. Secondcollection today and next Sunday:
Parish Maintenance &Development Fund.BLESSED SACRAMENT PROCESSION TODAY SUNDAY
Today is the feast of
Corpus et Sanguis Christi
(The Body and
Blood of Christ) when we celebrate Our Lord‟s Real Presence in
the Blessed Sacrament. There will be a Blessed SacramentProcession after the 10am Mass in which the First Communionchildren will take part, followed by a reception in the hall for allparishioners.
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
Please pray for all our sick parishioners, particularly, RitaRedman, Catherine Lowe. Names of parishioners who need ourprayers can be placed in the box in the church foyer. All our sickparishioners, named and un-named, are remembered in ourprayers.
TODAY‟S MASS TEXTS
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 80:17
The Lord fed his people with the finest wheat and honey:their hunger was satisfied.
First Reading: Exodus 24:3-8
This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 115:12-13.15-18
R
: The cup of salvation I will raise; I will call on the Lord‟s
name.
How can I repay the Lordfor his goodness to me?The cup of salvation I will raise;
I will call on the Lord‟s name.
(R)O precious in the eyes of the Lordis the death of his faithful.Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;you have loosened my bonds. (R)A thanksgiving sacrifice I make:
I will call on the Lord‟s name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfilbefore all his people. (R)Second Reading: Hebrews 9:11-15
The blood of Christ can purify our inner self from dead actions.
Sequence
Sing forth, O Zion
Gospel Acclamation: John 6:51-52
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread which has comedown from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats thisbread will live for ever. Alleluia!
Gospel: Mark 14:12-16:22-26
This is my body. This is my blood.
Preface of the Holy Eucharist II, Eucharistic Prayer 2
Communion Antiphon: John 6:57
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood will live in meand I in him, says the Lord.YEAR OF PRIESTHOOD
Pope Benedict has announced a „Year of Priesthood‟
commencing this Friday, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart and theannual World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. TheHoly Father said that this special year is intended
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to encouragepriests in their striving for spiritual perfection on which, above all,the effectiveness of their ministry depends.
”
Cardinal Hummes,the Prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy, in a letter to allthe over 400,000 priests around the world, has written that thisyear
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must be, in a very special way, a year of prayer by priests,with priests and for priests, a year for the renewal of thespirituality of the presbyterate and of each priest.
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The year coincides with the 150
th
anniversary on 4
th
August 1859 of the death of St Jean Marie Vianney, the saintlyCuré (parish priest) of Ars in France who brought thousands ofpeople back to the practice of the faith through his priestly lifeand ministry. St Jean Marie is the patron saint of parish priests,but Pope Benedict is expected to name him patron saint of
all
priests during the course of the year.If you have any ideas for initiatives on prayer for priests,please suggest them. For example, you might like to offer a dailyprayer at home with your families for your parish priest and for all
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