THIRTY-FIRST WEEK OF YEAR A
SUNDAY: PARISH MASS OF THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS at 10.00am (live-streamed)
Mass with Catholic Handicapped Fellowship at 3.00pm -all welcome
MONDAY: COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE DEPARTED ‘ALL SOULS’
Adoration at 6.30pm PARISH REQUIEM MASS at 7.00pm
TUESDAY: Feast of St Martin de Porres, Dominican brother (1579-1639) No Liturgy
WEDNESDAY: School Mass for All Saints at 9.30am – all welcome
THURSDAY: Feast of St Charles Borromeo, Reforming Bishop (1538-84)
Adoration at 11.30am Mass at 12.00 noon
FRIDAY: Adoration at 11.30am Mass at 12.00 noon
SATURDAY: Mass at 9.30am (NB NOTE CHANGE OF TIME]
Sacrament of Reconciliation 4.00-4.30pm only
TODAY [1] At the beginning of the Thirty-First Week of the Year we celebrate The Feast of ALL SAINTS. We give thanks to God for those who have lived lives of faith and love, of deep humanity and a passion for the Lord. We remember those of our own families and communities who have passed on faith in Christ and humanity to us. And we sing ‘Alleluia!’ as we too seek to ‘grow in all ways into Christ’
[2] November Memorial sheets are available for you to fill in with the names of all of your family and friends, the parish community and any others you wish to be remembered and prayed for at every Mass and Service of Word and Communion throughout the month of November. They will be placed beneath the Altar on All Souls Day (Monday 2nd November)
NEXT SUNDAY [1] On the Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year A we celebrate Jesus, the Bridegroom (who lays down his life for His Bride – the Church, you and me, all humanity. We are called to wait and work for His Final Coming ‘to reconcile all things in Himself’. But he pours into our hearts the Oil of the Holy Spirit so that we have the vision and energy to build a New World ready to welcome him, to gather all creation into His Banquet of God’s Love.
[2] This is Remembrance Sunday when all our nation and many others hold silence to remember all who have been killed during the too many wars of the last 120 years. We do not glorify war but weep for the ‘pity of war’. Mass is offered for the Peace of our war-torn world of today.
PRAY FOR THIS WEEK’S PARISH MINISTRY OR MISSION We pray for our Parish Finance Committee, led by Eustace Tameh our Chair. This committee has oversight of all income and expenditure, seeking ways to increase our income and lessen our annual shortfall. All funds in the parish are for the life and mission of our parish community here in the inner city. If we do not increase the parish income we will run out of money to enable the parish to thrive. If this were to happen we would be failing in the Mission that God has entrusted to us among the poor and marginalised of our Inner City. We seek to strengthen our Finance Committee – if able to join us contact Richard or Eustace – thank you.
DIOCESAN PRAYER We pray for the parishes in Communion for Mission of St Augustine of Canterbury, Downend, Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette, Kingswood, St Lawrence, Chipping Sodbury with St Paul, Yate, served by Fr James Williams, Fr Barnabus Page, Fr Frank Birmingham (Retired), Deacons Vincent Calder, Michael Belt, Parish Administrators Maria Fernandez, Bernadette Thompson and all their communities.