We gather together in our homes to join in prayer with all members of our Parish Ordinary Time Autumn 2020 Community.

“Whatever a man prefers to God, that he makes a god to Ss Cornelius & , himself.” 16th September 2020 “You cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: Church for your mother…. God is one and Christ is one and ‘Holy Father, keep those you have given me true to your name, His Church is one; one is the faith and one is the people so that they may be one like us. While I was with them, I kept those cemented together by harmony into the strong unity of a you had given me true to your name. I have watched over them body…. If we are the heirs of Christ, let us abide in the and not one is lost except the one who chose to be lost, and this was peace of Christ; if we are the sons of God, let us be lovers of to fulfil the scriptures. peace.” But now I am coming to you and while still in the world I say these …St Cyprian from The Unity of the things to share my joy with them to the full. I passed your word on to “Let us remember one another in concord and them, and the world hated them, because they belong to the world unanimity. Let us on both sides of death always pray for no more than I belong to the world. one another. Let us relieve burdens and afflictions by I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect mutual love, that if one of us, by the swiftness of divine them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world any more condescension, shall go hence the first, our love may than I belong to the world. continue in the presence of the Lord and our prayers for our Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into brethren and sisters not cease in the presence of the Father’s the world, I have sent them into the world, and for their sake I mercy.” consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth. …St Cyprian from letters (to St Cornelius no 253) John 17:11-19 “You who are envious, let me tell you that however often you may seek for the opportunity of injuring him whom you The souls of the are hate, you will never be able to do him so much harm as you rejoicing in heaven, the Saints who do harm to yourselves. He whom you would punish followed the footsteps of Christ, through the malice of your envy, may probably escape but and since for love of him they you will never be able to fly from yourselves.” shed their blood, St Cyprian of Carthage (190-258) they now exult with Christ for ever.

Parishes of Mary (Woolton) & Our Lady of the Annunciation ( Eton) Cross by Alexchan from the Noun Project