5th April, 2014 – First Mass (Fifth Sunday of Lent)

 

 

Second Collection

The Second Collection at all Masses TODAY is for flowers for the Altar.  If you wish to donate a flower in memory of a loved one, please write their name on the List at the back of the Church today and this List will go on the Altar for Easter Sunday.

Liturgy

6^th April 2014 – 5^th Sunday of Lent
Theme:  Christ the Resurrection and the Life
Ent:              HA:  907  HF:  9  Abide with me
Offertory:     HA:  629  HF:  272  I am the Bread of Life
Final Hymn: HA:  764  HF:  118 Colours of Day

1^st Station:  Kyrie Eleison (3times)
2^nd Station: Christe Eleison (3 times)
3^rd Station: Kyrie Eleison (3 times)

RESPONSORIAL PSALM:  5^th Sunday of Lent: A

 

Gospel Acclamation: Glory and praise to you, O Christ (3 times)
I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord:
whoever believes in me will never die.

Information

Chrism Mass at Arundel Cathedral:  Will take place on Wednesday, 16^th April at 6pm.

Next Sunday is Palm Sunday – Palms will be Blessed at every Mass

 

Prayer Requests

For the sick:  Deacon David Morgan, Newton Abrew, Paul Gibson’s Mother, Judy.
Please pray for: The repose of the soul of John Flack who sadly passed away recently. John’s Funeral (Requiem Mass) will take place at Holy Angels at 1.30pm on Tuesday, 15^th April.

Also David Taraszek who sadly passed away recently.  David’s Funeral (Requiem Mass) will take place at Holy Family Church at 10.30am  on Wednesday, 16^th April.

Holy Angels

Prayer Group for Holy Angels and Holy Family Churches takes place once a month on a Tuesday.  The next date is Tuesday, 8^th April and 6^th May.  Coffee at 7.30pm for 7.45pm start. To be held in the Parish Office

Holy Family

Lenten Lunch: Holy Family J&P team will be holding a Lenten lunch on Friday 11th April at 12.30pm. All are most welcome. Please pencil this date in your diaries.

Father David’s Message

We have been asked several times to put the following information in our Newsletter sometime:

 

The Stone Altar is a symbol of the tomb of Christ and during The Mass the Holy Eucharist is lifted up above the Altar to remind us that in Holy Communion we share in the life of the risen Christ.

Relics of Saints Lucentis and Gratiae who lived in the 2^nd Century A.D. were brought from the Catacombs in Rome and sealed in the Altar at Holy Family Church on 30^th May 1956 by Archbishop Cyril Cowderory.

Their relics remind us of our Christian heritage and signify a bond between the Church Community at Holy Family and the early church of the 2^nd Century.  They also remind us that for people of Faith the family of God includes both those in Heaven and those on Earth.

Hymn Story:  When I survey the Wondrous Cross

Is a very popular Lenten Hymn.  It was written by a Hampshire man, Isaac Watts.   He was a very bright preacher’s son who grew up in England.  At that time, music in the church consisted primarily of crude adaptations of the Psalms – poorly written and poorly sung.  When Watts complained to his father about the music, his father invited him to write something better.  Watts did so, composing his first hymn that very night.  During his lifetime, he wrote hundreds of hymns, many of which are among our favourites yet today – Joy to the World and O God, our help in Ages Past.

One of his finest hymns is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” written originally as a communion hymn.  It focuses on the Cross of Christ, and calls us to devoted discipleship in response to Christ’s love.  “Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.”

 

 

Choir Practice for singers from both Churches on Palm Sunday, 13^th April at 2.30pm at Holy Family Church for the music for Maundy Thurs. Good Friday & Easter Vigil.

God Bless you all,

Father David