Mass Times

FIFTH WEEK OF LENT 

SUNDAY:    PARISH MASS at 10.00am (streamed)
                       PARISH FORUM ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ST NICKS 12.30-2.00pm
                         Mass with the LBGTQ+ community and friends at 3.00pm (all very welcome)

MONDAY:     No Liturgy

 TUESDAY: Feast of St Joseph, Husband of Mary, adoptive Father of Jesus
                           Adoration at 6.00pm     Mass at 6.30pm

WEDNESDAY:  Parish Area Mass at Eva and Fanuel’s home at 7.00pm (6 The Reubins,   Speedwell, Bristol BS5 7RX)

THURSDAY:     Adoration at 11.30am Mass at 12.00 noon 

FRIDAY:        Adoration at 8.30am Mass at 9.00am

SATURDAY:  Adoration at 11.30m Mass at 12.00noon

                        Sacrament of Reconciliation: after Mass and 4.00- 4.30pm

TODAY:   [1]   On the Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A we celebrate Jesus who is Life and brings us Life in all fullness. He is the Resurrection and the Life as he calls Lazarus back from the dead and entrusts him to his disciples to ‘unbind and set free’. To be disciples of Jesus we need to be always ‘life-givers’ in a world addicted to death! – the death of poverty and injustice, of war and knife crime violence. How can we ‘unbind and set free’?
[2] Our Parish Forum on the future of our parish takes place after Mass 12.30-2.00pm with snacks and creche provided. Please come – this is really important!
[3] Mass with our LGBTQ+ community and friends at 3.00pm – all welcome!
[4] There will be a Retiring Collection for LEPRA, a Catholic Charity working for sufferers of Leprosy in different parts of the world. Please be generous – it is Lent!

NEXT SUNDAY:   [1]    We begin the ‘Week of Weeks’ – Holy Week – with Palm Sunday. We greet Jesus our Servant King, the One who washes the feet of the poor, feeds the hungry, forgives enemies and preaches and lives total love! The One who carries the Cross for us and bears the burden of our sin even unto death, death on the Cross. Let us not only lay down our palms at this feet, but rather lay down our lives for Him and all our sisters and brothers!
[2] Mass will begin (weather permitting) at the school with the blessing of Palms and the Procession to the Church at 10.00am – PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE!
[3]    There will be a Retiring Collection for flowers for the Church over Easter and beyond. 

DIOCESAN PRAYER   The Diocese prays today for the Parish in Communion for Mission of Sacred Heart, Tisbury with All Saints Chapel, Wardour (16th century) served by Fr Anthony Paris, Fr Jonathan Creer,  Deacon Michael Hughes, and both their communities.  

PRAY FOR THIS WEEK’S PARISH MINISTRY OR MISSION   We pray for our Proclaimers of the Word, co-ordinated by Reagan d’Mello. This ministry of of life-giving importance as the Word of God is our daily ‘Bread for the Journey’. Christ is truly present among us in His Word proclaimed in our Liturgical Assembly. The Word is not simply ‘read’ but is to be proclaimed with faith and love, with understanding passion. We also pray for our Preaching Team who regularly ‘break the Bread of the Word’ for us one Sunday a month and when I am away on a Sunday.