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Sunday 24th January—Word of God Sunday
Jon 3:1-5,10 1Co 7:29-31 Mk 1:14-20
9am – Norah Donnelly RIP
11am – People of the Parish
5pm – Margaret Hellyar (special birthday)
Sunday Vigil mass (Youtube)
Wright family in thanksgiving
Retiring Collection: Friary building fund
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Dear Brothers & Sisters
We keep Word of God Sunday to give thanks for God’s word to us in holy scripture. Sadly our 2020 Year of the Word was rather stymied by the pandemic as it just about began. Or was it? True, our own ambitious parish Year of the Word schedule was thwarted by Covid but so many people shared bible reflections on line & followed our Sunday readings intently on Youtube or livestream.
Building on what we have begun: The Diocesan website offers bible reflections, & we will share a weekly reflection in our church in lent.
The Conversion of St.Paul (Monday) is a powerful sign of hope for our worlds. Saul of Tarsus had the blood of Christians on his hands before he saw the light, but then became an ardent champion of peace.
Saint Edward Oldcorne (Wednesday) was part of the secret Jesuit mission to England at the end of the 16th cent and ministered at Baddesley Clinton. He was wrongly accused of a part in the gunpowder plot and executed at Worcester in 1606.
St. Thomas Aquinas (Thursday) was the great theologian who worked to understand Christian teaching in the light of the newly rediscovered Greek philosophy that was slowly permeating Europe. He also worked on the connection between faith & reason, and insisted that Faith is not illogical, it simply fits together with human reason as a key fits in a lock. Thomas lived in the turbulent 13th century but his method and his insights still resonate after 700 years.
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