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20th April - 27th April 2025 |
Easter Week 2025 |
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Easter Sunday - 20th April Acts10.34a,37-43 1Cor 5.6b-8 Jn 20:1-9 9.00am - Margaret Troth RIP 11.00am - Grazia De-Feo RIP 6.00pm Mass People of the parish Exit Collection Annual gift to SCJ community |
Dear Brothers & Sisters Easter is our greatest feast so everyday this week is Easter.TV ads styled yesterday as Easter Saturday but we know differently: Easter Saturday is April 26th! St. George’s Day (23rd) as a result is deferred to next week, Monday 28 April. So also is Shakespeare Day. This week is a time for immersing ourselves in the mystery of the risen Jesus. The scriptures at mass each day tell us of different appearances of Jesus to his disciples after rising from the dead. They happen in different situations, but they all have four things in common. (i) for some reason, the disciples don’t recognise him at first. (ii) Then Jesus says something, or does something to jog their memory. (iii) Their eyes are suddenly opened and they understand who he is. (iv) The joy of Jesus risen fills them with energy and they run to tell each others all about it. Wednesday is Emmaus Day in our SCJ Congregation, as the gospel tells of the disciples who recognise Jesus in the ‘breaking of the bread’ in the Inn at Emmaus after walking with him. Holy land Pilgrims will know that there are 3 contenders for the real Emmaus site: 1 owned by Franciscans, 1 by Benedictines and the third by ourselves. Ours is the only one that corresponds to the distance from Jerusalem given by St.Luke, verified by Codex Sinaiticus in the British Museum, the oldest copy of St. Luke’s gospel in existence. In the 1967 Six-Day-War the Israeli army planned to shell Emmaus due to heavy resistance in Amwas the local village. Mediation with Israeli General Moshe Dayan by SCJ Superior Fr. Medabielle, saved the site from destruction.
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Monday - 21st March Ac 2:14,22-23 Mt 28:8-15 7.00am Mass - Special Intention RIP 10.15 Mass Teresa Collins & Frances Bennett RIP |
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Tuesday - 22nd April Ac 2:36-41 Jn 20:11-18 7.00am Mass Mr Jones 10.15 Mass Special Intention & Gavin Morrice RIP 1st Anniversary 7.00pm Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday - 23rd April Ac 3:1-10 Lk 24:13-35 7.00 Mass - Shirley Finn 10.15 Mass – Wendy Cleary (retirement) Beatrice Williams RIP 11.00-12.00 Prayer Group (Day Chapel) |
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Thursday - 24th April Ac 3:11-26 Lk 24:35-48 7.00 Mass Margaret Berry RIP 10.15 Ros Sherman (birthday intention) & Amanda Street |
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Friday - 25th April Ac 4:1-12 Jn 21:1-014 7.00 Mass Sean Holland 10.15 Mass Patrick Byrnes RIP & John Cowman RIP |
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Saturday 26th April Ac 4:13-21 Mk 16:9-15 9.30 Confessions 10.15 mass Danielle Mc Skeane RIP & Fr Paul Johnson |
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Second Sunday Easter-Divine Mercy-27th April Ac 5:12-16 Rv 1:9-13,17-19 Jn 20:19-31 9.00am - Gerry Eustace RIP 1st Anniversary 11.00am - People of the Parish 12.30 Baptism 6.00pm Mass Elizabeth (Betty ) Hayden Exit Collection Friends of the Holy Land FHL |